Oscar Gozos is a

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politician who served as

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Lipa City Lipa (), officially the City of Lipa ( fil, Lungsod ng Lipa), is a 1st class component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 372,931 people. It is the first city charter in the pro ...

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until June 30, 2010. He was born on September 12, 1950 in Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Rosario,

. He is married to Nilda Mercado.

Education

He was

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when he finished his elementary in Our Lady of Rosary Academy in

on 1961. Since he studied in a Catholic school in his elementary days, he decided to enter a

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for his high school. He finished high school in St. Francis de Sales Seminary in

. He took up AB Political Science in

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. He obtained his

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from the same university in 1976.

Lawyer

After becoming a lawyer he became a managing partner of Gozos, Marquez, De Jesus, Linatoc Law Offices. He was also an original partner for Manalo Puno Gozos and Mendoza Law Offices.

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Education

Lawyer

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