Divina Grace Yu | |
Office: | Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives |
1Namedata: | Lord Allan Velasco |
Term Start: | December 7, 2020 |
Term End: | June 1, 2022 |
Office2: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Zamboanga del Sur's First District |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Victor Yu |
Office3: | Vice Mayor of Pagadian |
1Namedata3: | Romeo Pulmones |
Term Start3: | June 30, 2013 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Romeo Pulmones |
Successor3: | Ernesto Mondarte |
Office4: | First Lady of Zamboanga del Sur |
Term Label4: | In role |
Term Start4: | June 30, 2019 |
Governor4: | Victor Yu |
Predecessor4: | Aurora Cerilles |
Birth Name: | Divina Grace Cabardo |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1974 |
Party: | Lakas-CMD (2023-present) |
Otherparty: | PDP-Laban (2017-2023) Liberal (2015-2017)[1] NPC (2012-2015) |
Alma Mater: | New Era University[2] |
Spouse: | Victor Yu |
Children: | 3 |
Divina Grace Yu (née Cabardo) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the representative of the first district of Zamboanga del Sur in the 17th and 18th Congress of the Philippines.[3] She previously served as city vice mayor of Pagadian.[4] Yu is among the 70 representatives who voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.[5]
In 2013, Yu made her run for vice mayor of Pagadian alongside Romeo "Tata" Pulmones under the Nationalist People's Coalition, defeating Romeo Vera Cruz of the Liberal Party.[6]
In the 18th Congress, she is currently one of the vice chairpersons of the House Committee on Accounts; one of the vice Chairperson of the House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy; and sits in as member of the House Committees on Ecology, Appropriations, and Disaster Resilience. On July 10, 2020, along with 70 other members of Congress, Yu voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. Since December 7, 2020, Yu serves as one of the House deputy speakers under the leadership of House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.[7]
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She is married to Victor Yu; they have three children.