Mario Gene J. Mendiola was a Filipino politician who was
governor of
Occidental Mindoro and a
representative of the province in the
House of Representatives.
Background
Mario Gene Mendiola became involved in politics at a young age. He joined politics after his father Pedro Mendiola, a former representative of Occidental Mindoro in the
Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1986 was killed by a gunman while delivering a speech in
Sablayan
Sablayan (), officially the Municipality of Sablayan ( tgl, Bayan ng Sablayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 92,598 people.
It has a total l ...
in April 1986.
He was elected as representative of Occidental Mindoro's lone district in the House of Representatives for the
8th Congress which lasted from 1987 to 1992.
Mario Mendiola would get elected as vice governor of Occidental Mindoro in 2010 serving until 2013. He was governor of the province from 2013 to 2019.
In the 2013 elections, he ran under the
Liberal Party, the then-ruling party.
Death
Mendiola died on December 22, 2021 at 63 years old.
References
20th-century births
2021 deaths
Governors of Occidental Mindoro
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Occidental Mindoro
Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
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