Ruth Mariano Hernandez (born May 16, 1974) is a

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politician and Member of the

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of Laguna's 2nd District since 2019. She previously served as board member of Laguna from 2016 to 2019 and councilor of Calamba from 1995 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016. She is married to the incumbent Laguna

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Ramil Hernandez, with whom she has 2 daughters.

Political career

Calamba City Council(1995-2004, 2007-2016)

In 1995, she ran as Member of the Calamba Municipal Council and re-elected in 1998 and in 2001. In 2007, she ran again for the said position and re-elected again in 2010 and in 2013.

Member Of Laguna Provincial Board From 2nd District

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, she ran for Member of the Laguna Provincial Board from the 2nd district.

House of Representatives (2019-present)

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, she ran as Member of the

from Laguna's 2nd District and re-elected as congresswoman in

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. Hernandez ran for

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

, aiming to replace her term-limited husband, but lost to

Sol Aragones Marisol "Sol" Castillo Aragones Sampelo (born November 7, 1977) is a Filipino politician and former journalist who is the Governor of Laguna, governor-elect of Laguna, having been 2025 Laguna local elections, elected in 2025. She previously se ...

Personal life

Mariano-Hernandez married Ramil Hernandez, whom she met as a fellow councilor of Calamba, and have two children. She finished her undergraduate degree in the

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References

1974 births Living people Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Laguna (province) University of the Philippines Los Baños alumni 21st-century Filipino women politicians Members of the Laguna Provincial Board Filipino city and municipal councilors {{Philippines-politician-stub