Agustin Ramon Miciano Perdices (October 16, 1934 – January 5, 2011), fondly known as Tuting, was a Filipino

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. He served as the

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of the city of

Dumaguete Dumaguete, officially the City of Dumaguete ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dumaguete; fil, Lungsod ng Dumaguete), is a 3rd income class component city and the capital of the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a p ...

from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2010 before being elected vice governor of Negros Oriental in the

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of May 2010. However, the vice-governor-elect found himself governor-elect of Negros Oriental following the death of the just re-elected incumbent governor, Emilio Macias II, from liver cancer on June 13, 2010.Alex Pal
"Negros Oriental governor, 76, dies of liver cancer"
.

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. Retrieved 2010-06-18. Outgoing Vice Governor Jose Baldado took over as governor during the remaining days of Macias's term before Perdices then officially took the post of governor on June 30, 2010. In November, just five months after taking office, Governor Perdices announced that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died at St. Luke's Global City Hospital in

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at 5 p.m. on January 5, 2011, at the age of 76.

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1934 births 2011 deaths Governors of Negros Oriental Mayors of places in Negros Oriental People from Dumaguete Place of birth missing Deaths from cancer in the Philippines Deaths from stomach cancer {{Philippines-mayor-stub