Dr. Jovito O. Claudio | |
Successor3: | Rolando Briones |
3Namedata4: | Pablo Cuneta |
1Namedata: | Gregorio "Greg" Alcera |
1Blankname: | Vice Mayor |
Birth Place: | Pasay, Rizal, Philippine Islands |
Birth Date: | June 15, 1927 |
Death Place: | Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Predecessor3: | Lorna Verano-Yap |
Office: | Mayor of Pasay |
Termend: | April 15, 2000 |
Termstart: | June 30, 1998 |
Termstart2: | December 30, 1969 |
Termend2: | December 30, 1971 |
Successor2: | Pablo Cuneta |
Predecessor2: | Pablo Cuneta |
Successor: | Wenceslao Trinidad |
Predecessor: | Pablo Cuneta |
Office3: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Pasay |
Termend3: | June 30, 1998 |
Termstart3: | June 30, 1992 |
Office4: | Vice Mayor of Pasay |
Termend4: | December 30, 1967 |
Termstart4: | December 30, 1963 |
3Blankname4: | Mayor |
Office5: | Member of the Pasay City Council |
Termstart5: | 1959 |
Termend5: | 1963 |
Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
Party: | Lakas |
Otherparty: | Nacionalista |
Alma Mater: | University of Santo Tomas |
Profession: | Physician |
Spouse: | Norma Santos |
Children: | 1 |
Order: | 11th |
Predecessor4: | Ansberto Paredes |
Jovito O. Claudio (June 15, 1927 – December 16, 2009) was a Filipino doctor and politician who served as the mayor of Pasay from 1968 to 1971, and again from 1998 to 2000.
Claudio was born in C. Jose Street in Malibay, Pasay on June 15, 1927.
Claudio finished Medicine in University of Santo Tomas in 1954, and finished medical bar examination at the same year.
His political career started in 1959 when he was elected as top councilor. Four years later, he ran a Vice Mayor and won in a landslide victory.
Claudio won the Pasay congressional race in 1992, beating mayor Pablo Cuneta's son Arding.[1] Claudio successfully defended his congressional seat in 1995.
Claudio was elected mayor in 1998.[2] A year later, Claudio suffered a major stroke.[3] He was then involved in a recall election, where he lost to former vice mayor Wenceslao Trinidad.[4]
Claudio married Norma Santos and had one son named Joven (acting councilor in 2006-2007, ran as councilor in 2010).
Claudio died due to complications from diabetes.