Cielo Krisel Burce Lagman-Luistro, also known as Krisel Lagman, is a Filipino politician. A

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politician, she was a former member of the

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from 1998 to 2004. She will be returning to the Congress after winning in the 2025 election. She previously served as mayor of

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Early life and education

Cielo Krisel Burce Lagman was born in

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, Philippines on November 9, 1968. She is the eldest child of former Albay first district representative

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and Maria Cielo Burce. She studied at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman where she obtained a bachelor's degree in zooloogy. She also studied in the United States graduating with a bachelor's degree in nursing and public health from

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. In 2015, Krisel obtained a master's degree in public administration at the

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with a ''summa cum laude'' grade point average.

Political career

House of Representatives member (1998–2004)

Krisel Lagman first became a member of the

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as a representative of

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district in 1998. She was a former member of the

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(LDP), which is part of the

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(LAMMP) coalition which elected

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as president in 1998. Her predecessor was her father

. In 1999, Lagman exposed an attempt by

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, who allegedly offered her an opportunity illicitly earn 40 percent commission for the purchase of school supplies for Albay's 1st district. In 2000, Lagman was among the LDP politicians to sign the impeachment complaint against Estrada. This led to the anti-Estrada faction of LDP to splinter by the following year. Estrada was deposed in the

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in January 2001. She was the principal author of the House version of a legislation converting

from a municipality into a city – House Bill No. 9794. Residents of the then-municipality ratified the law in 2001. Her father Edcel Lagman retook the her position after the latter won the

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. The elder Lagman served until 2013.

Mayor of Tabaco

Lagman first became the first female mayor of her hometown of

after she won the 2007 election. In the 2013 election, Lagman failed to get a third consecutive term after she lost to Marie Demetriou. Lagman was reelected as mayor in the 2016 election.

House of Representatives member (2025–)

Lagman ran in Albay's 1st congressional district during the 2025 elections. She won with 128,871 votes. She pledge to pursue the passage of a law legalizing

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in the Philippines as well as providing financial aid to solo parents. She won the race, marking her return to the Congress after 21 years, and will fill the vacancy created by the death of her father in January 2025.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagman, Krisel Living people People from Albay Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Albay Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians 1968 births Women mayors of places in the Philippines Mayors of places in Albay University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Neumann University alumni Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines