Felix William "Wimpy" Buquid Fuentebella is a lawyer and politician who was the former representative of the 4th and

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district of 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 ...

, which is popularly known as the "Partido District".

Early life and education

Felix William "Wimpy" Fuentebella was born in

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to former

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and Congressman Arnulfo P. 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 Buquid. He belongs to the century-old dominating political family in the Philippines. Wimpy is a fourth-generation politician from the family's patriarch

Mariano Fuentebella Mariano Benitez Fuentebella (died 1916) was the Governor of Ambos Camarines from 1912 to 1916. He is considered as the "Patriarch" of the Fuentebella family clan of Camarines Sur. Early life and education Mariano Fuentebella was born and educate ...

who became the Governor of

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(combined

Camarines Norte Camarines Norte ( bcl, Amihanan na Camarines; fil, Hilagang Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Norte, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Daet, Camarin ...

and

) during the American period. He studied in elementary and high school in the

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from 1989 to 1993. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the

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from 1993 to 1997, where he was a member of the

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fraternity. He started his Bachelor of Laws degree in the

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from 1998 to 2001 and was cut shortly after he was elected as the Representative of the Partido District. After his 3-year term, he continued studying at San Sebastian College Recoletos Institute of Law and passed the Bar Exams in 2009. He was admitted to the

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, the Partido Bar Association, and the Rinconada Bar Association.

Political and Professional Career

Before he was elected as the Congressman of the Third District (now Fourth District) of

, he worked to the office of his father Arnulfo Fuentebella as a Political Affairs Officer from 1997 until 2000. After his father has reached his three consecutive term limit as congressman, he was chosen to replace his father to the Congress in 2001 at the age of 26, therefore being the youngest legislator of the

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and serving as its Assistant Majority Floor Leader. He was noted for leading an investigation of the possible misuse of the Judicial Development Fund and filing an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. During his term as congressman, he co-authored the Anti-Money Laundering Act(RA 9160) and pursued amendments to the Procurement Reform Act (RA 9184). After his father returned to Congress, Wimpy served as the Chief Of Staff and Head of Legislative Staff from 2007 to 2010. During this time, he was also the co-chairman of the Partido Development Administration (PDA) Board. He was chosen as the Housing Commissioner of the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) by President

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in 2010 and later appointed as the Deputy Secretary General of the

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(HUDCC) in 2011 by Vice-President

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. He resigned to the post in 2012 to run for Congress and succeed his father as the representative of Partido. He won by a close fight to actor-turned politician

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in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuentebella, Felix William Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Camarines Sur Ateneo de Manila University alumni University of the Philippines alumni Nationalist People's Coalition politicians United Nationalist Alliance politicians People from Camarines Sur People from Quezon City Felix William San Sebastian College – Recoletos alumni Year of birth missing (living people)