Alfredo Marañon Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Alfredo G. Marañon Jr.
Order:41st
Office:Governor of Negros Occidental
1Blankname:Vice Governor
1Namedata:Genaro Alvarez

Eugenio Jose Lacson
Term Start:June 30, 2010
Term End:June 30, 2019
Predecessor:Isidro Zayco
Successor:Eugenio Jose Lacson
Office2:Mayor of Sagay City
Term Start2:June 30, 2004
Term End2:June 30, 2010
Predecessor2:Joseph Marañon
Successor2:Rafael Cueva
Office3:Member of Philippine House of Representatives from Negros Occidental's 2nd congressional district
Term Start3:June 30, 1995
Term End3:June 30, 2004
Predecessor3:Manuel Puey
Successor3:Alfredo Marañon III
Birth Name:Alfredo Galicia Marañon Jr.
Birth Date:21 December 1935
Birth Place:Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippine Commonwealth
Death Place:Bacolod, Philippines
Resting Place:Heavenly Hills Memorial Park and Gardens
Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Nationality:Filipino
Party:PDP–Laban (2016–2020)[1]
UNEGA
Otherparty:NPC (until 2016)
Spouse:Marilyn Dalisay-Marañon
Children:7 (including Alfredo III)
Alma Mater:De La Salle University, Manila
University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos

Alfredo Galicia Marañon Jr. (21 December 1935  - 1 October 2020) was a Filipino politician from Sagay City who served as Governor of Negros Occidental.[2]

Personal life

Marañon, also known as "Freddie" by his peers, was the third child of the late Alfredo Espinosa Marañon Sr. of Mandurriao, Iloilo and the late Salvacion Galicia Marañon of Sagay City. He was the brother of former Governor Joseph G. Maranon. His wife is Marilyn Andres Dalisay-Marañon of Looc, Romblon. His son is politician Alfredo "Thirdy" D. Marañon III. He was a farmer, civil engineer and aquaculturist by profession.

Marañon attained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree at De La Salle University, Manila. He attended the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos in Bacolod and Sagay Elementary School for his secondary and elementary education.

Marañon died of cardiac health problems in a hospital in Bacolod on October 1, 2020, aged 84.[3]

Political career

Marañon started his political career in 1964, when he became municipal councillor in Sagay.[3] He later served as vice mayor and eventually mayor of Sagay,[3] a post held previously by his older brother, the late Gov. Joseph G. Marañon. He assumed office as Governor of Negros Occidental[4] on June 30, 2010, implementing the Negros First! strategic development plan for the province. Negros First! seeks to optimize the potentials of Negros Occidental as an agricultural province to ensure food sufficiency and agricultural productivity as well as generate livelihood for the poor and marginalized. His term in office ended in 2019.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Time to read 1 minute . Sources: Marañon to join PDP-Laban Thursday . Sun.Star . August 4, 2016. November 1, 2016.
  2. Web site: Government Officials of Negros Occidental – Negros Occidental Provincial Government . Negros-occ.gov.ph . June 20, 2014 . November 1, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113233259/http://www.negros-occ.gov.ph/government-officials-of-negros-occidental . November 13, 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Carla P. Gomez . Ex-gov of Negros Occidental Alfredo Marañon, Jr.; 84 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201002131917/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1342811/ex-gov-of-negros-occidental-alfredo-maranon-jr-84 . Inquirer.net . October 2, 2020 . October 2, 2020.
  4. Web site: Can you defy Danding and win in Negros polls? . Rappler.com . April 29, 2013. November 1, 2016.