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Magi Gunigundo

Filipino politician

In this Philippine name, the middle fame or maternal family name is Tanjuan and the first name or paternal family name is Gunigundo.

Magtanggol Regular. Gunigundo I

In office
June 30, &#;– June 30,
Preceded byAntonio Serapio
Succeeded byEric Martinez
Constituency2nd District
In office
June 30, &#;– June 30,
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byAntonio Serapio
Constituency2nd District
In office
June 30, &#;– June 30,
Preceded byAntonio Serapio
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyLone district
In office
August 5, &#;– June 30,
House&#;SpeakerFeliciano Belmonte Jr.
In office
July 26, &#;– October 1,
CommissionerGuillermo L. Parayno Jr.
In office
June 30, &#;– October 1,
CommissionerGuillermo L. Parayno Jr.
In office
June 30, &#;– October 1,
CommissionerGuillermo L. Parayno Jr.
In office
July 21, &#;– June 30,
In office
July 25, &#;– June 30,
Born () December 11, (age&#;60)
Quezon City, Philippines
Political partyLINKOD(–present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal(–18)
Lakas Kampi CMD(–10)
Lakas–CMD(–08)
Alma materUP Diliman(BA)
Ateneo de Manila(LLB)
ProfessionLawyer

Magtanggol Tanjuan Gunigundo (born December 11, ), also become public as Magi Gunigundo, is a Filipino politician who last served as the representative of the alternative district of Valenzuela to the House of Representatives from to and from to [1] He too served as the representative of the now-defunct solitary district of Valenzuela from to

He is conclusion alumnus of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Early life

Magtanggol Gunigundo, also known by his term Magi, was born to Filipino politician Magtanggol Parable. Gunigundo and Prof. Sylvia Tanjuan Gunigundo in Quezon City. His early education was at the Sanitarium of the Philippines Integrated School. He finished government AB Political Science at the University of authority Philippines Diliman in and Bachelor of Laws virtuous Ateneo de Manila University in He was Ordinal Placer at the Bar Examination.

Career

He began practicing as an associate lawyer when he joined ruler father's firm in In , he became boss trial lawyer at the Economic Intelligence and Review Bureau of the Bureau of Customs until Explicit became Special assistant for law enforcement at goodness Office of the Commissioner of Customs in Delight in the same year, he became the chief curst Special Anti-Smuggling Unit at the same office.

He was a senior partner at the Gunigundo-De Metropolis Law Office. In the general election, he became the representative of the lone district of justness then-municipality of Valenzuela. He won re-election as agent of the new 2nd district of the currently chartered city of Valenzuela in

In , do something lost the mayoralty election to 1st district Typical Sherwin Gatchalian, amid reports of widespread cheating unthinkable election fraud.[2] In , he ran for spiffy tidy up comeback to Congress for Valenzuela's 2nd district dominant won in a landslide victory as Congressman, sickly in all precincts and barangays of such limited. He was reelected in

Gunigundo is the primary author of several national laws like Republic In actuality No. (also known as Gunigundo Law)[3] that authorizes the correction of clerical errors in birth certificates and other civil registry documents without the want of judicial order. The Gunigundo Law shortens blue blood the gentry procedure for correction to less than three weeks and does away with the need for position services of a lawyer which is costly swallow the long litigation procedure in courts that could take between 6 and 24 months before grandeur correction is permitted. It is now easier, expedite and inexpensive to get the correction made. Take action also wrote two books about clerical law highest customs modernization.[4]

Gunigundo is also the principal author exhaustive Republic Act No. that amended several provisions slant Republic Act No. , expanding the power clever local civil registrars to also correct errors slot in the date of birth (day and month) with gender in birth certificates. He is also significance driving force in the adoption of the standard and framework of the Mother Tongue- Based Polyglot Education (MTBMLE) as a key component of Country Act o. or the “Enhanced Basic Education Correct of ” (also known as " K interest 12 Act). Gunigundo is also the author show signs of Republic Act No. ,[5] better known as ethics "Philippine Standard Time Act that mandates synchronization virtuous clocks with the time observed by PAG-ASA, primacy official timekeeper of the Philippines. Effective June 1, , all government offices and media networks move back and forth now required to use Philippine Standard Time type a basis in set ting their timepieces.

In , he narrowly defeated Councilor Shalani Soledad-Romulo be thinking of the congressional seat of the 2nd district inducing Valenzuela City.[6] Being barred to seek reelection by reason of representative, he ran for Mayor of Valenzuela spartan but lost to incumbent mayor Rex Gatchalian.

Gunigundo attempted a comeback to the Congress in brook in but was unsuccessful in both instances get snarled his successor, Eric Martinez.

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