Boy Vargas
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Melvin Kamatoy Vargas Jr. (born June 11, 1981), also known as Boylet, is a Filipino politician who served as vice governor of
Cagayan Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan (; ; ; isnag language, Isnag: ''Provinsia nga Cagayan''; ivatan language, Ivatan: ''Provinsiya nu Cagayan''; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Cag ...
from 2016 to 2025.


Family

He is the son of former Cagayan Governor Melvin Vargas Sr. and grandson of former Representative
Florencio Vargas Florencio Liquigan Vargas (November 7, 1931 – July 22, 2010) was a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party, he has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the ...
.


Career

From 2007 to 2016, he served as board member of Cagayan from the 2nd District. In the 2016 election he won the position as Vice Governor of Cagayan opposing Mila Catabay-Lauigan, incumbent board member of Cagayan's 3rd District and Ignacio Taruc. In 2018, he reacted to incumbent Cagayan Governor
Manuel Mamba Manuel Noveno Mamba Sr. (born August 19, 1958) is a Filipino physician and politician who is serving as provincial governor of Cagayan since 2016. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 3rd District ...
to run for Vice Governor because Mamba said that for his second term he would run for Vice Governor. Although Vargas said that it was an honor to face Mamba for the Vice Gubernatorial race since he is known as a veteran in politics. When the Cagayan provincial budget was delayed, Mamba filed an administrative complaint against the provincial board for delaying the passage of the province's budget in 2017, as bickering among officials dragged on for the second straight year. After Mamba was removed from office by the
Commission on Elections An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
on May 31, 2025 for violations of electoral campaign spending, Vargas was designated acting governor.


References

Politicians from Cagayan Living people Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians Partido Federal ng Pilipinas politicians 1981 births {{Philippines-politician-stub