Margarita "Margot" Lim Vargas Osmeña (born July 25, 1949) is a Filipino politician who served as a member of the

Cebu City Council The Cebu City Council (Filipino: Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Cebu) is the legislature of Cebu City, Philippines. The legislative body is composed of 18 councilors, with 16 councilors elected from Cebu City's two councilor districts and two elec ...

from 2010 to 2019. She is married to former

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Tomas Osmeña Tomas dela Rama Osmeña (; born July 26, 1948), known as Tommy Osmeña, is a Filipino politician who served as the Mayor of Cebu City thrice: first from 1987 to 1995, again from 2001 to 2010, and lastly from 2016 to 2019. He also served as Congr ...

. A member of the Vargas Clan of

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and

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islands, Osmeña was born in Japan and lived there for one and a half years. She grew up in Manila, where she finished her studies, then moved to the

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where she stayed for eight years. She worked as a banker in both the Philippines and the United States. In 1983, she married

, son of former

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Sergio Osmeña Jr. and grandson of former

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Sergio Osmeña Sergio Osmeña Sr. (, ; 9 September 1878 – 19 October 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden ...

, and eventually settled in Cebu in 1983. She first ran as a city councilor in the 2010 elections when her husband was term-limited as

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, and went on to serve for three consecutive terms until 2019. Osmeña also briefly served as acting mayor from May 17, 2016 to June 30, 2016 with the suspension of then mayor

Michael Rama Michael Lopez Rama (born October 28, 1954) is a Filipino politician serving as Mayor of Cebu City since 2021, a position he previously held from 2010 to 2016. He served as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City from 2001 to 2010 and from 2019 to 2021, and ...

. Osmeña ran for the position of

in the 2022 elections but lost to then sitting Mayor

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* , - {{Philippines-politician-stub 1949 births Living people People from Cebu City Cebuano people Filipino bankers Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan politicians Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino politicians Cebu City Council members