Rebecca "Nini" Alcantara Ynares (born September 26, 1949) is a Filipina politician from the province of
Rizal,
Philippines
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who last served as
governor
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of the province from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2013 to 2022. She also served as president of Octagon Realty & Development Corporation, JNM Realty & Development Corporation, and Mar-vi Enterprise, Inc. and the director of
United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) from 1998 to 2001. During her first term as governor, she was concurrently a director of
Laguna Lake Development Authority from 2001 to 2004 and treasurer of the
League of Provinces of the Philippines
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. She was preceded as governor by her son
Casimiro A. Ynares III and succeeded by her daughter
Nina Ynares-Chiongbian.
On March 25, 2020, Ynares tested positive for
COVID-19
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.
Electoral history
References
1949 births
Living people
Governors of Rizal (province)
Nationalist People's Coalition politicians
Women provincial governors of the Philippines
Filipino Christians
People from Taytay, Rizal
St. Paul University alumni
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