Arnulf Bryan "Arnie" Buquid Fuentebella (born January 29, 1976) is the incumbent representative of Camarines Sur's 4th district in the Philippines. He is also the former Municipal

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of Tigaon in the province of

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and ...

Early life and education

Arnulf Bryan "Arnie" Fuentebella was born on January 29, 1976, in Tigaon to former

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and Congressman Arnulfo "Noli" Fuentebella and

Sagñay Sagñay, , officially the Municipality of Sagñay ( bcl, Banwaan kan Sagñay; tl, Bayan ng Sagñay), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,841 peo ...

Municipal Mayor Evelyn B. Fuentebella. His brother is

's 4th district Representative Felix William B. Fuentebella. He graduated in the

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being a

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graduate and a member of the

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fraternity.

Political and professional career

Fuentebella entered politics after barangay captains of Tigaon asked him to run for

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in the 2007 elections. He won the elections over the incumbent mayor. He was instrumental for the proposed creation of a new province to be called as

Nueva Camarines Nueva Camarines is a proposed province of the Philippines to be created out of Camarines Sur in the Bicol Region of the island of Luzon. The proposed province would border Camarines Sur to the west, the Philippine Sea to the north, Albay to the s ...

, which will be composed of the Fourth and Fifth Legislative Districts of

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuentebella, Arnulf Bryan 1976 births Nationalist People's Coalition politicians Living people Mayors of places in Camarines Sur United Nationalist Alliance politicians Arnulf Bryan University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Camarines Sur