Felicito Cruz Payumo (born March 7, 1937) is a
Filipino businessman and politician currently serving as chairman of
University of Nueva Caceres–Bataan. He represented the First District of
Bataan
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in the
House of Representatives of the Philippines
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from 1987 to 1998, and served as chairman of the
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
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from 1998 to 2004 and
Bases Conversion and Development Authority from 2011 to 2012, respectively.
Biography
Born in
Dinalupihan, Bataan, Payumo graduated valedictorian from the Northern Bataan Institute. He studied at the
Ateneo de Manila University, where he completed his Bachelor of Science, Major in Economics, cum laude. He holds an MBA from
Harvard Business School
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on an
S.C. Johnson Scholarship. He completed the Executive Program for Leaders in Development at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government.
He worked in the private sector for more than twenty years, including stints at
Procter and Gamble
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Philippines,
Mobil Corporation in New York, and Engineering Equipment Incorporated, where he served as president before venturing into politics.
As legislator, he was voted as one of "Top 10 Congressmen" from the 8th to the 10th Congress. He was principal author of the Build, Operate, and Transfer Law, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Law, and the Act converting the military bases into special economic zones. He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Works during the 8th Congress and chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs during the 9th and 10th Congress.
Marriage and children
He is married to Daisy Sison of
Naga City. They have one son and four daughters.
Awards
*2003: Three Outstanding Filipinos (TOFIL), Philippine Jaycee Senate.
[http://www.tofil.ph/awardee_profile.php?id=77. Retrieved 2010 3/07]
References
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1937 births
Living people
Ateneo de Manila University alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Chairmen of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Bataan
People from Bataan
Benigno Aquino III administration personnel
Arroyo administration personnel
Estrada administration personnel