Carlos "Totoy" Ozamiz Fortich was a Filipino politician who was the longest serving governor of
Bukidnon.
Career
Fortich served as
governor of
Bukidnon in several non-consecutive terms. He was first elected as governor in 1968 until 1978 when he was elected to the
Interim Batasang Pambansa under President
Ferdinand Marcos
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Kilusang Bagong Lipunan
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(KBL). When the interim legislature ended and was replaced by the
Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984, he was succeeded by Lorenzo S. Dinlayan and
Jose Ma. R. Zubiri.
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He would return as Bukidnon governor in 1980. He avoided being immediately being replaced with a caretaker governor after the People Power Revolution which deposed Marcos and had ]Corazon Aquino
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installed as president by switching allegiance and burning an image of Marcos and his wife Imelda
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* Imelda Calixto-Rubiano, Filipina politician
* Imelda Chiappa, Italian road racing cyclist
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in Malaybalay. He would be replaced as governor in December 1987 by vice governor Esmeraldo Cudal.[
Fortich became governor again of Bukidnon in 1992 and was re-elected for two consecutive terms. His governorship ended in 2001. He launched a failed bid to get elected as mayor of Valencia in 2001 before deciding to retire from politics.][
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Death
Fortich died on February 24, 2019, at the Capitol University Medical Center (CUMC) in Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...
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References
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1930s births
2019 deaths
People from Bukidnon
Governors of Bukidnon
Members of the Batasang Pambansa