Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Peter John Calderon | |
Office: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Cebu's 7th district |
Term Start: | June 30, 2016 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Office2: | Member of the Cebu Provincial Board from Cebu's 2nd district |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2007 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2016 |
Office3: | Mayor of Samboan |
Term Start3: | June 30, 2001 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2007 |
Predecessor3: | Crisologo A. Abines |
Successor3: | Raymond Joseph D. Calderon |
Birth Name: | Peter John Durano Calderon |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1961 |
Birth Place: | Samboan, Cebu |
Party: | NPC |
Alma Mater: | University of the Philippines Diliman (B.S.) (LL.B.) University of the Philippines Cebu (MBA) |
Peter John Durano Calderon (born March 27, 1961) is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the representative for the 7th district of Cebu since 2016.[1] [2] He served as mayor of Samboan, Cebu from 2001 to 2007 and as member of the Cebu Provincial Board representing the 2nd district from 2007 to 2016.[3]
Calderon earned his bachelor's degree in business economics and in laws at University of the Philippines Diliman. He then took up his master's in business management in University of the Philippines Cebu.
He placed 11th in the 1988 Philippine Bar Examination. He went on to complete the Program of Instructions for Lawyers at Harvard Law School in Massachusetts, United States in 1997.[3]
Calderon started his political career by serving as mayor of Samboan for two consecutive terms from 2001 to 2007.
Calderon ran for board member of Cebu's 2nd district in the 2007 elections[4] and went on to be re-elected for three consecutive terms serving until 2016.[5]
Calderon ran for representative of Cebu's 7th district in the 2016 elections. The said district was re-created by virtue of Republic Act 10684 comprising the municipalities of Alcantara, Alegria, Badian, Dumanjug, Ginatilan, Malabuyoc, Moalboal, and Ronda.[6] He defeated Pablo John Garcia, who previously ran against then-Governor Hilario Davide III in the 2013 elections.[1]
He ran for re-election in the 2019 elections and won against then-Dumanjug mayor Nelson Garcia.[2]
He is currently serving as the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Appropriations.[7]