Anna Dominique "Nikki" Marquez-Lim Coseteng (born December 18, 1952) is a Filipina politician who served as a

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from 1992 to 2001, and as

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's 3rd district from 1987 to 1992.

Early life

Coseteng was born on December 18, 1952, the daughter of Emerson T. Coseteng and Alicia Guanco Marquez-Lim. For her early schooling, she went to St. Paul's College, Maryknoll College and St. Maur's Convent in

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. She attended the Notre Dame College of California and the

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at the tertiary level. At the age of 18, she was appointed Assistant to the President of the Mariwasa Group of Companies. From 1970 to 1981, she was curator and proprietress of her own art gallery, Galerie Dominique. In 1982, she became team manager of the Mariwasa basketball team of the

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. The following year, she took ownership of the franchise and renamed it Galerie Dominique. She served in the PBA as vice-president and treasurer during the same year.

Politics

She became a street parliamentarian and human rights activist during the latter part of the

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years. After the

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, she became radio commentator of Radyo ng Bayan and later host of ''Womanwatch'' on PTV television and radio. In 1991, she published ''Sinaunang Habi – Philippine Ancestral Weave''. She was elected member of the

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for the 3rd District of

in 1987. In 1992, she was elected

and became Chairperson of the Committee on Women and Family Relations and the Committee on Cultural Communities. She was also Vice-Chairperson of the Committees on Cooperatives, on Public Works, and on Trade on Commerce. In 1995, she was re-elected senator and served until 2001. She became the Chairperson of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development, and the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization. She also became vice-chairperson of various Senate Committees. She was among the eleven senators who voted against examining the second envelope of evidence against President

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in January 2001, leading directly to the

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. She ran in

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under the

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coalition but was unsuccessful, placing 22nd.

Awards

As a public official, she was a convenor of many conferences which include the National Convention on the Prevention of Family Violence, International Association of Women in Radio and Television, ''Wakasan ang Karahasan Laban sa Kababaihan sa Loob ng Tahanan'', Regional Consultations on the Prevention of Family Violence, Sisterhood is Global: Dialogues in the Philippines, Advocates for the Study and Ratification of the Constitution, and the Legislators' Dialogue on International Standards. She was one of the Top Human Advocates in the Senate (1992–1995), one of the Twelve Outstanding Freshmen Solons of 1991, one of the Top Ten Outstanding Representatives of 1991, Outstanding Congresswoman of 1989, and one of the Top Ten Lawmakers and Achievers of 1988. She was also the recipient of numerous awards, such as the Gawad

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Trophy – A Symbol of Filipina Womanhood in 1990.

Later life

Having visited almost more than 2,000

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, she has been an Adopted Daughter of

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, Prosperidad City in

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, Ivisan in Capiz, Banate in Iloilo,

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and Tunga in Leyte and Binalonan in Pangasinan. Since December 2006, she has been managing the Diliman Educational Corporation, which operates Diliman Preparatory School and Diliman College. The senator speaks fluent English, Tagalog and Chinese and is at home with several dialects in the

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. Her family includes a son and a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coseteng, Nikki 1952 births Living people Philippine Basketball Association executives People from Manila People from Quezon City Senators of the 11th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 10th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 9th Congress of the Philippines Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Quezon City Notre Dame de Namur University alumni Nationalist People's Coalition politicians People from Iloilo Independent politicians in the Philippines University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Visayan people Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Women members of the Senate of the Philippines Filipino politicians of Chinese descent