Rogelio "Roger" Jimenez Espina (born June 30, 1960) is a Filipino politician from

Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray language, Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of ...

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. He was the

governor of Biliran The governor of Biliran () is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Biliran. The governor holds office at the Biliran Provincial Capitol located at Brgy. Calumpang, Naval, Biliran. Like all local government heads in the Philipp ...

from 2019 to 2022, and previously from 2001 to 2010. He also served as representative for the lone district of Biliran from 2010 to 2019.

Early life

Espina was born in

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. From 1976 to 1980, he studied at the

Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private research non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and ...

with a bachelor's degree on

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. From 1980 to 1984 at the same school, he studied a degree on Doctor of Medicine. He was a

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in the Philippine

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(Valenzuela District) from January 1, 1997 to April 1, 1998.

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Province of Biliran
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