Mercedes "Cheding" Kho Alvarez-Lansang is a Filipino politician who served as

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of the

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and represented the 6th district of Negros Occidental.

Family members

Rep. Alvarez is the daughter of former

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Genaro Alvarez Jr., himself a former representative of the district. On October 6, 2016, she married Major Dranreb "Dran" Lansang of the

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As legislator

Alvarez was elected as member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians from the Asia Pacific in Geneva, Switzerland. She also represented the Philippines to the Inter-Parliamentary Union conferences in New York and Tokyo. She was elected unopposed in the

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. In the

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, she was elected as one of the Deputy Speakers under the leadership of Speaker

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, as part of the multi-party coalition named

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. She was fondly known for her quirky pictures lying on the road in southern Negros, showed during the last State of Nation Address of President

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. Rep. Alvarez is a staunch advocate of

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practices in the "CHICKS area," which stands for 6th district towns and cities composed of Cauayan,

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, Candoni,

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and

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References

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