Evelyn Buquid Fuentebella (born September 15, 1945) widely known as Nanay Belen, is the Municipal Mayor of Sagñay 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 an ...

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, serving from 2010 until 2019. She is the wife of former

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Arnulfo Fuentebella.

Early life and education

Evelyn Buquid was born on September 15, 1945, in Sagñay to former

Provincial Board Member and COMELEC Regional Chairman Atty. William Buquid.

Career

Before she entered politics, Fuentebella worked as an executive assistant to then

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and

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Cesar E. A. Virata. In 2010, she ran as Municipal Mayor of Sagñay winning by a large margin of votes. In 2015, a complaint for misappropriation of public funds was lodged against Fuentebella and her husband before the Ombudsman. On May 12, 2016, Fuentebella won her third term as mayor of Sagnay by a landslide.

Personal life

Fuentebella is married to former

Arnulfo P. Fuentebella and they have four sons and two daughters, two of whom are also in politics: Tigaon Municipal Mayor Arnulf Bryan B. Fuentebella. and

's 4th District Representative Felix William B. Fuentebella.

References

External links

* Building Institutions: The Fuentebella Legacy by Coylee Gamboa * http://www.dilg.gov.ph {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuentebella, Evelyn Living people 1945 births Mayors of places in Camarines Sur Evelyn Women mayors of places in the Philippines