Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Eduardo Gullas | |
Office: | House Majority Leader |
Term Start: | January 2, 2000 |
Term End: | November 13, 2000 |
Predecessor: | Mar Roxas |
Successor: | Bella Angara |
Office1: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Cebu |
Term Start1: | June 30, 2019 |
Term End1: | June 30, 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr. |
Successor1: | Rhea Mae Gullas |
Constituency1: | 1st District |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2004 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2013 |
Predecessor2: | Jose R. Gullas |
Successor2: | Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr. |
Constituency2: | 1st District |
Term Start3: | June 30, 1992 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2001 |
Predecessor3: | Antonio Bacaltos |
Successor3: | Jose R. Gullas |
Constituency3: | 1st District |
Term Start4: | December 30, 1969 |
Term End4: | September 23, 1972[1] |
Predecessor4: | Ernesto H. Bascón |
Successor4: | Post abolished Post later held by Pablo John Garcia |
Constituency4: | 3rd District |
Office5: | Mayor of Talisay, Cebu |
Term Start5: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End5: | June 30, 2019 |
Predecessor5: | Johnny V. de los Reyes |
Successor5: | Gerald Anthony V. Gullas, Jr. |
Term Start6: | June 30, 2001 |
Term End6: | June 30, 2004 |
Predecessor6: | Socrates Fernandez |
Successor6: | Socrates Fernandez |
Office7: | Governor of Cebu |
Term Start7: | January 1, 1976 |
Term End7: | March 26, 1986 |
Predecessor7: | Osmundo G. Rama |
Successor7: | Osmundo G. Rama |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1930 |
Birth Name: | Eduardo Rivera Gullas |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | Nacionalista (1969-1972; 2001-present) One Cebu (local) |
Otherparty: | LAMMP (1998-2001) LDP (1992-1998) |
Spouse: | Norma Selma-Gullas |
Children: | Gerald Anthony Gullas Eduardo Gullas Jr. |
Parents: | Vicente Gullas Josefina Rivera-Gullas |
Alma Mater: | University of the Visayas |
Occupation: | Politician |
Eduardo "Eddie" Rivera Gullas Sr. (born October 13, 1930) is a Filipino politician from Cebu, Philippines. The son of Vicente Gullas and Josefina "Pining" Rivera,[2] he has been elected to seven terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of Cebu from 1992 to 2001, 2004 to 2013, and from 2019 to 2022. He is currently a member of Nacionalista and the One Cebu party. Gullas had also served as the governor of Cebu during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, whom he was a close political associate of.[3] During his tenure as governor, he oversaw Typhoon Ike, which affected and devastated the province. Gullas also served as the president of the University of the Visayas. He had also held the offices of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the House Majority Leader. He served mayor of Talisay City, Cebu from 2016 to 2019.[4] He is among the 70 congressman who voted to deny the ABS-CBN franchise.[5]