Rosalina Jalosjos Explained

Rosalina Jalosjos
Office:Governor of Zamboanga del Norte
Predecessor:Roberto Uy
Office2:Member of the Dapitan City Council
Birth Name:Rosalina Garcia Jalosjos
Nickname:Nene
Birth Date:1 May 1947
Relations:Bullet Jalosjos (nephew)
Romeo Jalosjos Jr. (nephew)
Rommel Jalosjos (nephew)
Lana Jalosjos (niece)
Angel Jalosjos Carreon (niece)
Residence:Dapitan
Occupation:Politician
Party:Nacionalista (2012–present)
Honorific Prefix:The Honorable
Order:10th
Termstart:June 30, 2022
Office1:Mayor of Dapitan
Successor1:Bullet Jalosjos
Predecessor1:Agapito Cardino
Termstart1:June 30, 2013
Termend1:June 30, 2022
Termstart2:June 30, 2010
Termend2:June 30, 2013
Otherparty:Lakas–CMD (until 2012)
Aggrupation of Parties for Prosperity (local party; 2009–present)

Rosalina Garcia Jalosjos, known locally as Nene Jalosjos, is a Filipino politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. She currently serves as Governor of Zamboanga del Norte since 2022, the second woman after fellow Dapitanon Guadalupe "Guading" Adaza to hold the position in the province's history.

Political career

Jalosjos first started her political career when she was elected as member of the Dapitan City Council from 2010 to 2013.

She would go on to run for mayor of Dapitan, and won against Agapito Cardino (who only assumed office in January 2013 after the Commission on Elections nullified her brother then-Mayor Dominador Jalosjos Jr.'s 2010 victory)[1] in 2013, 2016, and in a hotly contested 2019 election against former Dipolog City mayor Evelyn Uy where disqualification cases were filed by the Jalosjos camp to question Uy's residency requirement.[2] [3]

As her term as mayor was to end, she made her run as governor of Zamboanga del Norte where she faced Evelyn Uy again and four other candidates in the 2022 elections. From there, she went on to win the gubernatorial race, and take over the reins from the Uy family since the Jalosjos family's political defeat by the Uy family in 2013.[4]

Personal life

She is the sister of businessman and former Zamboanga del Norte First District congressman Romeo "Nonong" Jalosjos, who was removed from Congress in 2002 following his conviction for raping a child, businessman and former Third District congressman Cesar Jalosjos, former First District congresswoman and Piñan town mayor Cecilia "Cely" Jalosjos-Carreon, former Dapitan mayor Dominador "Jun" Jalosjos Jr.,[5] and former Zamboanga del Norte First District board member Anabel "Bebing" Jalosjos-Garcia.

Incumbent Dapitan mayor Bullet Jalosjos, incumbent representative Romeo Jalosjos Jr., incumbent First District board member Angel Jalosjos Carreon, former Baliangao, Misamis Occidental mayor Svetlana Jalosjos-de Leon, and former Zamboanga Sibugay governor Rommel Jalosjos are her nephews.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Supreme Court and last-minute mayors. Purple S.. Romero. 16 April 2013. Rappler. 22 September 2021.
  2. News: Tension builds as vote counting drags on in Dapitan City. 17 May 2019. Rappler. 29 October 2020.
  3. News: Jalosjos proclaimed mayor in Dapitan. 18 May 2019. Rappler. 29 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Jalosjos’ sister snatches Zamboanga del Norte’s top seat from Uy family. Bert. Laput. 11 May 2022. Rappler. 2 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Charges vs dead ex-Dapitan Mayor dismissed. Elizabeth. Marcelo. 21 December 2019. Philippine Star. 6 July 2022.