Aurelio "Dong" Dueñas Gonzales Jr. (born October 27, 1962) is a Filipino politician, businessman, and civil engineer who is currently serving as congressman of the 3rd District of Pampanga in the

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. A former member of

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, he has been a member of the Lakas–CMD party since November 2023. In February 2025, Gonzales was one of the 95 Lakas–CMD members who voted to impeach

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Sara Duterte.

Early life

Gonzales was born at the Virgen de los Remedios Hospital in Barangay San Jose in San Fernando, Pampanga on October 27, 1962. He was raised in Barangay Anao in Mexico, Pampanga.

Political career

Before becoming a congressman, he was a board member for the same district for one term before running for Congress.

House of Representatives (2007–2013; 2016–present)

He won the 2004 election against Dinan Labung and Tiger Lagman. He was one of the signatories of House Resolution 1109 in 2009 calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution. He ran for representative in the 2013 elections and received a total of 108,275 votes, but lost to Oscar Samson Rodriguez. In 2020, Gonzales supported the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN. In November 2023, Gonzales left

to join the Lakas–CMD party. On February 5, 2025, Gonzales was among the 95 Lakas–CMD members who voted to impeach

Sara Duterte.

Paskuhan Village

The Court of Appeals of the Philippines' Fourth Division Decision dated May 23, 2024, granted Gonzales Jr.'s

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annulling Regional Trial Court, Branch 42, San Fernando, Pampanga's judgment. The ruling allowed Gonzalez' intervention in the

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between San Fernando City and Premier Central, Inc.'s P939 million sale of Paskuhan Village. The "deed of donation" transferred to San Fernando 5,000 square meters of the 9.3 hectares sold to Premier Central, Inc. and a 2-story building, and a company would construct an amphitheater. Gonzales was granted the right to file

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s on the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority sale decision of Paskuhan Village to Premier Central Inc. (PCI) in 2014 for P939 million.

Personal life

Gonzales was married to Elizabeth Panlilio until her death at the 2017 Resorts World Manila attack on June 2, 2017. He later married My-my Mercado. Together, they have named Aurelio III, Aurelio Brenz (named after the late Pampanga Governor Bren Guiao and is a

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and City Councilor of San Fernando, Pampanga), Aurelio Michaeline, Michael Aurelio and Alyssa Michaela (Senior Board Member of Pampanga 3rd district). Gonzales later married his second wife, Michaeline "My-My" Mercado. Mercado is running for a 3rd district seat in the Pampanga Provincial Board in 2025.

References

*http://ph.rappler.com/people/dong-gonzales

External links

Hon. Aurelio "Dong" D. Gonzales, Jr. - Republic of the Philippines House of Representatives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzales, Aurelio 1962 births Living people 21st-century Filipino engineers Deputy speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Filipino civil engineers Kapampangan people Mapúa University alumni Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Pampanga Members of the Pampanga Provincial Board People from San Fernando, Pampanga