Aurelio "Dong" Dueñas Gonzales Jr. (born October 27, 1962) is the
congressman
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of the 3rd District of
Pampanga
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in the
Philippines
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. He was formerly a member of
Lakas-Kampi-CMD but switched to
PDP–Laban
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in the
2016 Philippine general election
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At the top of the ballot was the elect ...
s.
Gonzales was born and raised in Brgy. Anao in the town of
Mexico, Pampanga
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. He was married to Elizabeth Panlilio Gonzales and together they share a son named Brenz (after the late Governor Bren Z. Guiao). Elizabeth was among the victims killed in the
2017 Resorts World Manila attack
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on June 2, 2017.
Before becoming a congressman, he was a board member for the same district for one term before running for Congress and winning against Dinan Labung and Tiger Lagman.
He ran for representative in the
2013 elections
The following elections were occurred in the year 2013.
Asia
* 2013 Armenian local elections 26 May, 17 November, and 8 December 2013
* 2013 Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013
* 2013 Bangladeshi presidential election 22 April 2013
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and received a total of 108,275 votes.
He was one of the signatories of House Resolution 1109 calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
Personal life
He has five children named Aurelio III, Aurelio Brenz who is a Civil Engineer, Aurelio Michaeline, Michael Aurelio and Alyssa Michaela.
References
*http://ph.rappler.com/people/dong-gonzales
External links
Hon. Aurelio "Dong" D. Gonzales, Jr. - Republic of the Philippines House of Representatives
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1962 births
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Pampanga
Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Members of the Pampanga Provincial Board
Mapúa University alumni
Filipino engineers
Filipino civil engineers
Kapampangan people