Zosimo Jesus "Jess" Paredes II (born May 27, 1948) is a Filipino former politician.

Politics

Paredes was elected Assemblyman of

Regular Batasang Pambansa The Regular Batasang Pambansa (English language, English: Regular National Assembly), or the First Batasang Pambansa, was the meeting of the Batasang Pambansa (legislature), Batasang Pambansa from the beginning of its session on July 23, 1984 ...

representing

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from 1984 until its dissolution in 1986. He has twice ran for the

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namely, the 1987 Senatorial elections under the

Grand Alliance for Democracy The Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) was a political multi-party electoral alliance during the 1987 Philippine legislative election. The coalition opposed the policies of incumbent president Corazon Aquino and her Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN; Peop ...

, the same party of

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 until his resignation in 2001. ...

and

Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., (born Juan Valentin Furagganan; February 14, 1924), also referred to by his initials JPE, is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to ...

, but placed 46th and more recently the 2007 Senatorial elections under the Ang Kapatiran Party but placed 29th. He was the former head of Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom) later on resigned at the height of the Philippine government's perceived protection of convicted American rapist Lance Corp. Daniel Smith after the latter's transfer of detention from the

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City Jail to the United States Embassy in Manila. In 2011, he was appointed as spokesperson of the

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, assuming office on October 5. However, he resigned from the post for unknown reasons on November 24.

Personal life

He is related to Horacio Paredes and

Jim Paredes Jaime Ramon Misa Paredes (born August 30, 1951), better known simply as Jim Paredes, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, television host, writer and actor. He is known as one of the members of popular musical trio APO Hiking Society along with ...

(a member of APO Hiking Society and a composer-singer). Paredes used to host two programs on DZXQ 1350: *''Para sa Diyos, Bayan at Sambayanan'' *''Moral Force Radio''

References

1948 births Ang Kapatiran politicians Kilusang Bagong Lipunan politicians Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Ifugao Nacionalista Party politicians People from Ifugao Politicians from Manila Ferdinand Marcos administration personnel Members of the Batasang Pambansa Philippine Military Academy alumni {{Philippines-politician-stub