Ciriaco S. Calalang | |
Office: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Kabayan |
Term Start: | January 20, 2018 |
Term End: | September 23, 2018 |
Predecessor: | Harry Roque |
Successor: | Ron Salo |
Birth Name: | Ciriaco Calalang |
Birth Date: | 1951 |
Death Place: | De Los Santos Medical Center |
Death Cause: | Stroke |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Party: | Kabalikat ng Mamamayan |
Ciriaco S. "Acoy" Calalang (– September 23, 2018) was a Philippine legal academic and politician representing Kabalikat ng Mamamayan.
He taught law at the university level and specialized in taxation law.[1] Despite concerns raised by Harry Roque,[2] [3] Calalang took office in the House of Representatives on January 20, 2018, succeeding Roque, who was named presidential spokesman.[4] Calalang was admitted to the De Los Santos Medical Center for surgery on September 17.[5] He died of a stroke in hospital on September 23, 2018, aged 67.[6]