Josephine Ylagan Ramirez-Sato (born April 29, 1954) is a Filipino

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. She served as a member of the

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representing the

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Occidental Mindoro Occidental Mindoro (), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro ( or ''Lalawigan ng Occidental Mindoro''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. I ...

under the

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from 2013 to 2022.

Education

Sato attended St. Theresa's College where she attained a BA Major in Political Science in 1973 where she was included at her college's

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. She also attended

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where she graduated as a Bachelor of Laws and top 14 among her graduating batch in 1978. In 1986, she accomplished a program on instructions of lawyers-international law and taxation at

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and in 1987 she completed her urban studies and planning at

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Political career

In 1988, Sato was elected as vice governor of Occidental Mindoro until 1992. After her term as vice governor, she was elected as governor for three consecutive terms (1992–1995, 1995–1998, 1998–2001). She then served her first term as congresswoman at the

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from 2001–2004 and was barred by law to run for a fourth consecutive term. After Sato's first term as congresswoman, she again served for three consecutive terms as governor of her province (2004–2007, 2007–2010, 2010–2013). Then after her sixth term as governor, she was again elected as congresswoman of Occidental Mindoro. In 2015, she was appointed as secretary general of the

. In 2022, she filed her candidacy for governor in the 2022 Occidental Mindoro local elections. She lost to

Eduardo Gadiano Eduardo Baltazar Gadiano (born April 1, 1963) is a Filipino politician who has served as Governor of Occidental Mindoro since 2019. He is a member of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. He previously served as mayor of Sablayan from 2010 to 2019 ...

after only garnering 92,208 votes.

References

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