Ciriaco S. "Acoy" Calalang (c. 1951 – September 23, 2018) was a Philippine legal academic and politician representing

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. He taught law at the university level and specialized in taxation law. Despite concerns raised by

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, Calalang took office in the

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on January 20, 2018, succeeding Roque, who was named presidential spokesman. Calalang was admitted to the

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for surgery on September 17. He died of a stroke in hospital on September 23, 2018, aged 67.

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