Carlos "Totoy" Ozamiz Fortich was a Filipino politician who was the longest serving governor of

Bukidnon Bukidnon (), officially the Province of Bukidnon (; ; ; Bukid language, Binukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindan ...

Career

Fortich served as

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in several non-consecutive terms. He was first elected as governor in 1968 until 1978 when he was elected to the

Interim Batasang Pambansa The Interim Batasang Pambansa ( English: Interim National Assembly) was the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines from its inauguration on June 12, 1978, to June 5, 1984. It served as a transitional legislative body mandated by the 1 ...

under President

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(KBL). When the interim legislature ended and was replaced by the

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in 1984, he was succeeded by Lorenzo S. Dinlayan and Jose Ma. R. Zubiri. He would return as Bukidnon governor in 1980. He avoided being immediately being replaced with a caretaker governor after the

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which deposed Marcos and had

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installed as president by switching allegiance and burning an image of Marcos and his wife Imelda in

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. He would be replaced as governor in December 1987 by vice governor Esmeraldo Cudal. Fortich became governor again of Bukidnon in 1992 and was re-elected for two consecutive terms. His governorship ended in 2001. He launched a failed bid to get elected as mayor of

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in 2001 before deciding to retire from politics.

Death

Fortich died on February 24, 2019, at the Capitol University Medical Center (CUMC) in

Cagayan de Oro Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO and officially the City of Cagayan de Oro; ; Bukid language, Binukid: ''Ciudad ta Cagayan de Oro''; ; ) is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Regions of the Philippi ...

. He was 83 years old. His remains were buried at the Shepherds Meadow Memorial Park in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fortich, Carlos 1930s births 2019 deaths People from Bukidnon Governors of Bukidnon Members of the Batasang Pambansa