| Ben Evardone | |
| Office: | Governor of Eastern Samar |
| Term Start: | June 30, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Marcelo Ferdinand Picardal |
| Term Start1: | June 30, 2004 |
| Term End1: | June 30, 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Clotilde Hilaria Japzon-Salazar |
| Successor1: | Conrado Nicart Jr. |
| Office2: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Eastern Samar's at-large congressional district |
| Term Start2: | June 30, 2010 |
| Term End2: | June 30, 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Teodulo Coquila |
| Successor2: | Maria Fe Abunda |
| Birth Name: | Ben Pagaran Evardone |
| Birth Place: | Sulat, Samar |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1963 |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Party: | PFP (2024–present) |
| Otherparty: | PDP-Laban (2016–2024) Liberal (2009–2016) Independent (2009–2010) Lakas-CMD (2004–2009) |
Ben Pagaran Evardone (botn September 30, 1963) is the governor of Eastern Samar, Philippines and was the Congressman of Eastern Samar; he was born in Sulat, Eastern Samar (then part of undivided Samar), on September 30, 1963.
Evardone was a former journalist, who worked with Jose Burgos the cover the last few years of the Marcos dictatorship. He was also the student council president for the University of the East in 1983.[1]
Evardone was the governor of Eastern Samar from 2004 to 2010 for two terms.[2]
Then, Evardone ran for Congress man in 2010 and won, serving as the Congressman of Eastern Samar for 3 terms.
Evardone ran for governor in 2022; he also actively voiced his support for then-vice president Leni Robredo's presidential campaign. He got elected as Governor of Eastern Samar. He was also the longest-serving governor and he was the vice president of PDP-Laban for the Visayas.[3] [4] He later switched to Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the party chaired by President Bongbong Marcos.