Luzviminda "Luz" Calolot-Ilagan is a
Filipina development worker and former congresswoman. She represented the
Gabriela Women's Partylist in the
14th Congress of the Philippines from 2007 to 2016.
In September 2017, she was appointed by President
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assum ...
as Undersecretary for Legislative Liaison Affairs and Special Presidential Directives in the Mindanao Region of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Early life and career
Luzviminda Ilagan is the wife of Atty. Laurente "Larry" Ilagan. She was appointed city councilor during the
Cory Aquino administration, and elected in the 1998 elections. Ilagan failed to win as city councilor for
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a City of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the List of Philippine cities and municipalities ...
's 3rd district in 2016.
She was the recipient of the Datu Bago Awards in 2007.
Ilagan was appointed the undersecretary of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development in September of 2017.
In 2024, she was in favor of passing the divorce bill.
Batasang Pambansa bombing
Congresswoman Ilagan was injured in the 2007 bombing of the
Philippine House of Representatives Building, along with
Negros Oriental Congressman
Pryde Henry Teves, whose eardrums and legs were damaged severely. Congressman
Wahab Akbar of Basilan was killed.
See also
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Ninotchka Rosca
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Liza Maza
References
External links
Luzviminda Ilagan, Gabriela, in the House of RepresentativesGabriela Women's Party official website
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for Gabriela Women's Party
Filipino socialist feminists
21st-century Filipino women politicians
21st-century Filipino politicians
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