Jose Antonio Reyes Sy-Alvarado (born January 7, 1983) is a

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politician and businessman who last served as a Member of the

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, representing the 1st district of Bulacan from 2016 to 2022.

Education

Sy-Alvarado earned a degree of Business Management major in Entrepreneurship at

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Political career

Congressional stint (2016-2022)

Sy-Alvarado ran for a Congress seat for the First district of Bulacan in the 2016 elections under the then-ruling Liberal Party. He succeeded his mother Victoria Sy-Alvarado. He was reelected for second term in 2019 under the National Unity Party. During his term, he became the owner and backer of the

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, a basketball team that played in the

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. Sy-Alvarado, then chairman of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, is one of the 70 representatives who voted to deny the ABS-CBN franchise on July 10, 2020. Due to the changes under new House Speaker

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, he was removed as the Good Government panel chair. In January 2021, he was announced to be part of the new bloc "''BTS sa Kongreso''" (named after the K-pop boy band group

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), a coalition group formed by Taguig–Pateros Representative and former House Speaker

Alan Peter Cayetano Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: ajɛˈtano born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 20 ...

during the 18th Congress. Sy-Alvarado ran for third and final term in 2022 but lost to former

Malolos Malolos, officially the City of Malolos ( fil, Lungsod ng Malolos), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 261,189 people. It is the capital city ...

Mayor Danilo "DAD" Domingo.

Personal life

Jose Antonio is the son of politicians

Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado Wilhelmino "Willy" Manucdoc Sy-Alvarado (born December 29, 1946) is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as the governor of Bulacan from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as a Vice Governor of Bulacan from 2019 to 2022, then he serv ...

, who also served as the

Governor of Bulacan The governor of Bulacan ( fil, Punong Lalawigan ng Bulakan) is the local chief executive of the province of Bulacan in Central Luzon region of the country. The governor holds office at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol in Malolos Malolos, offici ...

from 2010 to 2019, and Victoria Sy-Alvarado, whom he succeeded as Representative of

Bulacan's 1st congressional district Bulacan's 1st congressional district is one of the seven congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine As ...

after serving 3 terms from 2007 to 2016. He has 6 more siblings including Maria Rosario S. Mendoza, who currently serves as the vice mayor of

Hagonoy, Bulacan Hagonoy, officially the Municipality of Hagonoy ( tgl, Bayan ng Hagonoy), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 133,448 people. History Hagonoy was first mentio ...

. Prior to serving in Congress, he once involved in a car accident which almost killed him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sy-Alvarado, Jose Antonio Living people 1983 births San Beda University alumni PDP–Laban politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Bulacan National Unity Party (Philippines) politicians