Antonio "Tony" Veloso Cuenco (March 26, 1936 – June 27, 2020) was a

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politician who served as a council member for the 2nd District of the

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. He also served as the Secretary-General of the

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Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) from 2010 to 2013 and as representative of the 2nd District of

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in the

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Personal life

Born on March 26, 1936, to a well-known family in Cebu, the

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, "Tony" was the son of former Gov. Manuel Cuenco and Milagros Veloso-Cuenco, the grandnephew of former Rep. Miguel Cuenco (5th district), and the grandson of the former Senate President,

Mariano Jesús Cuenco Mariano Jesús Diosomito Cuenco (January 16, 1888 – February 25, 1964) was a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer. He was the 4th President of the Senate of the Philippines. Early life Cuenco was born in Carmen, Cebu on January 16, 1888, ...

. He was married to former congresswoman (2nd district), Nancy Roa-Cuenco with four children; Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco, Cebu City Councilor Ronald Cuenco, Antonio Cuenco, Jr., and Cynthia Cuenco-Dizon. He spent his secondary education (

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) in Ateneo de Cagayan, and received his

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and Bachelor of Law degrees from

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Political career

At 29, he was one of the youngest Congressmen elected during the 6th Congress (1965–1969 in Cebu City 5th District). He had also been a member of the

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, 9th and

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Congresses (1987–1998) and the Batasang Pambansa (1984–1986). After his wife's term (1998–2001), he ran for Cebu City 2nd District's Congressional seat. Since then, he led that area through the

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and

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congress. On May 18, 2007, he was elected to a third term as Congressman of the 2nd District of

in the

. His term ended on June 30, 2010, when

Tomas Osmeña Tomas dela Rama Osmeña (; born July 26, 1948), known as Tommy Osmeña, is a Filipino politician who served as the Mayor of Cebu City thrice: first from 1987 to 1995, again from 2001 to 2010, and lastly from 2016 to 2019. He also served as Congr ...

took his oath as his successor. Cuenco ran for, and won a seat in the

during the

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placing 4th with 140,139 votes.

Death

On June 27, 2020, Cuenco died due to the effects of

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during the

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as confirmed by his son, former Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco. The younger Cuenco said that his father experienced "mild fever and incessant coughing" on June 18 which prompted them to conduct a swab test and later showed on June 20 that the elder Cuenco was positive from the said virus.

References

* Office of the House Member. "Member Information." Congress of the Philippines; House of Representatives. https://web.archive.org/web/20051201115836/http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/about.php?id=cuenco (4 May 2007). * "Legislative Performance." I-Site Database. http://www.i-site.ph/Databases/Congress/13thHouse/personal/cuenco-personal.html (5 May 2007)

External links

Official Information
(Office of the House Member Database)

Curriculum Vitae

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