Bernardo "Bernie" M. Vergara (born December 4, 1937) is a Filipino politician and professional

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

. He served as

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from the lone district of Baguio for three terms from 1992 to 2001, 2010-2013 and as

mayor of Baguio The mayor of Baguio ( fil, Punong Lungsod ng Baguio) is the chief executive of the government of Baguio, a highly urbanized city territorially located in Benguet and the regional center of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. The mayo ...

for one term from 2001 to 2004.Baguio Mayor Concedes Defeat
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Early and political career

Vergara is a former

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District Engineer. At a young age of 30, he has been known as the country's youngest District Engineer. He has been in public service since the 1960s and has catapulted the Northern Philippines in particular the La Union and Ilocos areas to its premier state, as it is now today. As District Engineer for La Union, he was then tapped by Former President

Ferdinand E. Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

and Former Tourism Secretary

Jose D. Aspiras Jose D. Aspiras (August 18, 1924 – November 14, 1999) was a Filipino politician. He was a member of former President Ferdinand Marcos's cabinet, and was considered one of the most loyal political lieutenants from Marcos' “northern bloc” of ...

to lead the

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which he served as general manager from 1978 to 1986. Through his leadership as congressman, he has been instrumental in the upliftment of Baguio ruined by the July 1990 devastating earthquake. He was awarded as the Philippines' Ten Most Outstanding Congressman for two times during his 9 year-tenure. He is most known for his involvement in the reconstruction of Marcos Highway and magnanimous efforts to improve Baguio's economy by way of extensive infrastructure projects. Vergara won his 4th term as Congressman for the lone

Legislative district of Baguio The legislative districts of Baguio are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Baguio in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines thr ...

this 2010 elections, as the candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD. His 4th term from 2010 to 2013, makes his over-all tenure 12 years as legislator

Personal life

Vergara lives in

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

with his wife, Gloria, and their six children.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20100614202357/http://bernievergara.com/ 1937 births Living people People from La Union People from Baguio Filipino civil engineers National University (Philippines) alumni 21st-century Filipino politicians Nationalist People's Coalition politicians Lakas–CMD politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Baguio Mayors of Baguio United Nationalist Alliance politicians {{Philippines-mayor-stub