Tomas Apacible Explained

Tomas V. Apacible
Office:Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Batangas's 1st District
Term Start:June 30, 2010
Term End:June 30, 2013
Predecessor:Eileen Ermita-Buhain
Successor:Eileen Ermita-Buhain
Office1:Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs
Term Start1:1991
Term End1:1992
Predecessor1:Salvador Mison
Successor1:Guillermo Parayno, Jr.
President1:Corazon Aquino
Birth Date:7 March 1946
Birth Place:Commonwealth of the Philippines
Nationality:Filipino
Party:Liberal
Residence:Nasugbu, Batangas
Alma Mater:San Beda College
Spouse:Maria Dolores Cacdac

Tomas Villadolid Apacible is a Filipino politician who last servecd as representative of the 1st district in the province of Batangas in the Philippine House of Representatives from 2010 to 2013. He defeated former Congressman and Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita in the 2010 elections,[1] but lost his re-election bid in 2013 to his predecessor and Ermita's daughter, Eileen Ermita-Buhain. He is also a former Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, Senior Undersecretary of the Department of Finance, Senior Governor of the Development Bank of The Philippines and Private Sector Representative to the Land Bank of the Philippines Board of Directors.

As representative, he sat as Senior Vice Chairman of the Committee of Trade and Industry and Southern Tagalog Regional Development. He was also a member of the following committees: Ways and Means, Agriculture and Food, Energy, Tourism, Public Works and Highways, Information, Communication and Technology, Public Order and Safety, and Banks and Financial Intermediaries.

Apacible is the son of former Batangas 1st district representative Apolinario Apacible and Remedios Villadolid and the brother of former Nasugbu mayor and Batangas 1st district representative Conrado Apacible.[2] He is married to Maria Dolores Cacdac with whom he has three children: Alyanna, Tomas II, and Airene.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Servando . Kristine . Most ex-cops, soldiers lose election bids . ABS-CBN News . 2010-05-31 . 2010-06-22.
  2. Web site: House Resolution No. 2356. 2021. December 29, 2023.