Margarita "Margot" Lim Vargas Osmeña (born July 25, 1949) is a Filipino politician who served as a member of the

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from 2010 to 2019. She is married to former mayor of Cebu City Tomas Osmeña. A member of the Vargas clan of

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and

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islands, Osmeña was born in Japan and lived there for one and a half years. She grew up in Manila, where she finished her studies, then moved to the

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where she stayed for eight years. She worked as a banker in both the Philippines and the United States. In 1983, she married Tomas Osmeña, son of former

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Sergio Osmeña Jr. and grandson of former

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Sergio Osmeña Sergio Osmeña Sr. (, ; zh, c=吳文釗, poj=Gô͘ Bûn-chiau; September 9, 1878 – October 19, 1961) was a Filipino people, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the List of presidents of the Philippines, fourth president of the Ph ...

, and eventually settled in Cebu in 1983. She first ran as a city councilor in the 2010 elections when her husband was term-limited as

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, and went on to serve for three consecutive terms until 2019. Osmeña also briefly served as acting mayor from May 17, 2016 to June 30, 2016 with the suspension of then mayor Michael Rama. Osmeña ran for the position of mayor of Cebu City in the 2022 elections but lost to then sitting Mayor Michael Rama.

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* , - {{Philippines-politician-stub 1949 births Living people People from Cebu City Cebuano people Filipino bankers Filipino politicians of Chinese descent Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan politicians Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino politicians Cebu City Council members