Edelmiro Atega Amante Sr. (April 21, 1933 – March 10, 2013), was a Filipino politician.

Early life and education

Amante was born in

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. He attended Ampayon Elementary School and then Mindanao Institute, where he graduated from high school as a

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. He then studied at

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, where he received an Associate in Arts degree in 1954, then a Bachelor of Laws in 1958.

Political career

Amante started his career as a barrio lieutenant in Ampayon,

. He held that position for only one year, 1959, before becoming a

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from 1960 to 1964. He represented

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at the 1973 Constitutional Convention. He had also represented

as an Assemblyman of the defunct

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from 1978 to 1984. Since 1984, he was elected to four terms to the

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representing the 2nd District of Agusan del Norte. He was most recently elected in 2007, succeeding his daughter

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. Amante was a close ally of

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, under whose administration he served as the Executive Secretary from 1992 to 1993 when he decided to return to Congress through a

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, where he ran unopposed. Prior to his death, he was a member of the KAMPI party.

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