Atty. Edwin B. Gastanes (born December 21, 1958) is a Filipino lawyer and sports administrator who is the current general secretary of the

Philippine Football Federation The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in the Philippines. Established as the Philippine Amateur Football Association (PAFA) in 1907, the PFF is one of the oldest national football associations in ...

and secretary general of the Philippine Olympic Committee. Gastanes was appointed as general secretary of the

(PFF) on February 15, 2013. He was tapped by PFF President

Mariano Araneta Mariano "Nonong" V. Araneta, Jr. (born November 9, 1954) is a Filipino sports executive, businessman and retired footballer. Araneta formerly played for the Philippines national football team. He is the current president of the Philippine Footbal ...

to help manage the sports body. He was likewise named secretary general of the Philippine Olympic Committee on August 8, 2019.

Early life and Law practice

Gastanes was born on December 21, 1958, in

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

. He obtained his Bachelors of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1986. He was in the Top 10 of his class, and was conferred by the Dean's Medal. He worked for the law firm Ponce Enrile Reyes & Manalastas Law Offices (PECABAR) as Junior Associate (1987-1989), Senior Associate (1989-1992), Junior Partner (1992-1995), and Senior Partner (1996-2004). He is also a Legal practitioner in several areas of law and currently acts as counsel for several select (foreign and domestic) individual and corporate clients.

International Appointments

He was initially appointed as the Member of the AFC Legal Committee for the term 2013 until 2015. Then he was appointed as the chairman of the ad-hoc AFC Electoral Committee during the 26th AFC Congress held in Manama, Bahrain. He went on become the Deputy Chairperson of the AFC Legal Committee for the term 2015 to 2019, and currently he sits as Member of the AFC Legal Committee for the term 2019 until 2023. He also served as Alternate Council Member of the AESAN Football Federation for the term 2019 to 2023.

Political Career

Hailing from the province of

, considered as the last frontier of the

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, Gastanes made two unsuccessful attempts to get elected as a representative of the province's 2nd district in the House of Representatives, in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

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. His platform includes a focus on agriculture and strict regulations of the local mining industry.

References

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