Oscar "Richard" Serag Garin Jr. (born December 11, 1967) is a Filipino politician and civil engineer serving as the mayor of

Miagao Miagao (also written Miag-ao), officially the Municipality of Miagao (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,115 people. Miagao is considered as the "Onion Capital ...

since 2022. He was previously the Representative of Iloilo's 1st district, Vice Governor of

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, member of Iloilo's provincial board, and Mayor of

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Education

Richard Garin is a civil engineer by profession. He finished his studies at the

University of San Agustin The University of San Agustin – Iloilo, also known as UniSAg or San Ag, is a private Roman Catholic institution in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is operated by the Augustinian Province of Santo Niño de Cebu, Philippines, belonging to the Orde ...

in 1990 and passed the Board Examinations for Civil Engineers given that same year. He's also an alumni member of

Central Philippine University Central Philippine University (also known as Central or CPU) is a private, Protestant, and research university located in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1905 through a grant from the American industrialist and philanthropist ...

. Centralian Line December 2014 – CONGRATULATIONS!...to the awardees during the Recognition of Centralians in Private and Public Office at the Alumni Homecoming 2013
Retrieved 17 September 2020.

Political career

His career in politics started in 1982 when he was elected as Guimbal Municipal Federation President of the Kabataang Barangay, the precursor of the present day

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. At 24 years old, he was elected in 1992 as Provincial Board Member, representing the First District of Iloilo and was re-elected to the same position in 1995. In 1998 he opted out on his last term as Board Member to become the Municipal Mayor of Guimbal, Iloilo which he served until 2007. He returned to the

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as a Senior Board Member and Floor Leader in 2007. He was elected Vice Governor of the Province of Iloilo in 2010 elections with a margin of about 180,000 votes. He authored legislations providing social pensions for indigent senior citizens who are at least 70 years old, and the establishment of independent high schools in the country. He has filed several bills in Congress, among the most significant and important are House Bills 2147, 3417, 3418 and 3420. When he was Vice Governor of

from 2010 to 2013, he also promoted similar social legislations, like the Senior Citizens Ordinance of 2012, Person with Disability Ordinance of 2012 and the Solo Parents Ordinance of 2013. In 2021, he transferred his voter's registration to

, where outgoing mayor Macario Napulan is his political ally. In the 2022 election, he was elected mayor of Miagao.

Personal life

He is the son of Oscar Garin Sr. and Ninfa Serag Garin. He is the older brother of

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and Christine Garin. He is married to

Janette Garin Janette Loreto Garin (born Janette Petilla Loreto; December 11, 1972) is a Filipina physician and politician who, since 2019, has been serving as the Representative for Iloilo's 1st district, a position she previously served in from 2004 to 20 ...

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, a doctor by profession, a former Secretary of the

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and the incumbent Congresswoman of the First District of Iloilo. She was a Member of the House of Representatives for three terms, from 2004 to 2013. They have a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Garin, Richard Jr. Filipino civil engineers Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Iloilo 1969 births Living people