Juan Castañer Ponce Enrile Jr. (born July 16, 1958), also known as Jack Enrile or JPEJ, is a Filipino politician. He was a representative of the 1st District of Cagayan in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th Congresses. He is the only son and namesake of former Senate President

Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., (born Juan Valentin Furagganan; February 14, 1924), also referred to by his initials JPE, is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to ...

of Cagayan and the former ambassador to the

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, Cristina Castañer of

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. He is married to former Cagayan Province Congresswoman Salvacion "Sally" Santiago.

Education

Jack attended Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines from Preparatory School (1972) until High School (1976). He then earned a Bachelor of Arts in English degree from Christian Heritage College,

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in 1993. He has a Presidential master's degree in business administration from

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(1995). He completed the Digital Business Leadership Program at

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Business School, New York, in 2017.

Personal life

Jack Enrile is married to Sally Ponce Enrile with whom he has two children. He has two daughters from a previous relationship, as well as six grandchildren.

Political career

His political career started in 1998 as representative of the 1st District of Cagayan in the Congress of the Philippines, serving from 1998 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2013. He is the principal author of the Batas Kasambahay, Food for Filipinos First, Credit Access and Protection Reform and the Anti-Monopoly Bill. He ran for a seat in the

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in 2013, but lost. He ran again in 2016 to get back his previous position as representative of the 1st District of Cagayan but lost to Ramon Nolasco.

Corporate background

Enrile was appointed president and chief executive officer of JAKA Investments Corporation and the JAKA Group of Companies from 1994 to 1998. He founded the Philippine Practical Shooting Association (PPSA) In 1982. He was the president of PPSA. Enrile was also the regional director of the International Practical Shooting Confederation.

Civic membership

Ponce Enrile is a reservist of the 4th Philippine Marine Brigade.

References

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