Eduardo "Eddie" Rivera Gullas Sr. (born October 13, 1930) is a

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politician from Cebu, Philippines. The son of Vicente Gullas and Pining Rivera, he has been elected to five terms as a Member of the

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, representing the 1st District of Cebu from 1992 to 2001, and from 2004 to 2013. He is currently a member of

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and the

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party. Gullas had also served as the governor of

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during the administration of

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. Gullas also served as the president of the University of the Visayas. He had also held the offices of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the House Majority Leader. He served mayor of Talisay City, Cebu from 2016 to 2019. He is among the 70 congressman who voted to deny the ABS-CBN franchise.

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