Ramon Nolasco | |
Office: | Member of Philippine House of Representatives from Cagayan's 1st congressional district |
Term Start: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End: | June 30, 2019 |
Predecessor: | Sally Ponce Enrile |
Successor: | Ramon Nolasco Jr. |
Office1: | Member of Cagayan Provincial Board from the 1st District |
Term Start1: | June 30, 2013 |
Term End1: | June 30, 2016 |
Office2: | Mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2004 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2013 |
Term Start3: | June 30, 1992 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2001 |
Party: | PDP-Laban |
Birth Name: | Ramon Nolasco |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1949 |
Ramon Cases Nolasco (born July 21, 1949) is a Filipino politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the First District of Cagayan.[1] He was a member of the Cagayan Provincial Board, representing the First District, and the former mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan. Nolasco is a member of the Liberal Party and a former member of the United Nationalist Alliance.
"Mon" to his family and close friends, Nolasco is the sixth child among the ten children of the late Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. and Demetria Nolasco. He was first a lawyer under the Public Attorney's Office in Aparri, Cagayan before he entered politics and won as Mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan in 1992.
He was a two-time three-term Mayor of the said town. He ran as board member of the First District of Cagayan in 2013 and won.[2] [3]
In 2016, he faced former representative Jack Enrile for Representative of the First District of Cagayan. Nolasco, despite being the underdog, was proclaimed the winner having more than 13,000 votes ahead of Enrile.[4]