Edelmiro Amante

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Edelmiro Amante

|image = Rep. Edelmiro A. Amante (8th Congress).jpg

|imagesize =

|office = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Agusan del Norte's Second District

|term_start = June 30, 2007

|term_end = June 30, 2010

|predecessor = Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante

|successor = Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante

|term_start2 = June 30, 2001

|term_end2 = June 30, 2004

|predecessor2 = Roan Libarios

|successor2 = Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante

|term_start3 = September 6, 1993

|term_end3 = June 30, 1995

|predecessor3 = Vacant

|successor3 = Eduardo L. Rama Sr.

|term_start4 = June 30, 1987

|term_end4 = September 14, 1992

|predecessor4 = Post created

|successor4 = Vacant

|office5 = 27th Executive Secretary of the Philippines

|president5 = Fidel V. Ramos

|term_start5 = September 14, 1992

|term_end5 = June 30, 1993

|predecessor6 = Peter Garrucho

|successor6 = Teofisto Guingona, Jr.

|office7 = Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Agusan del Norte

|term_start7 = June 30, 1984

|term_end7 = March 25, 1986

|office8 = Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Region X

|term_start8 = June 12, 1978

|term_end8 = June 5, 1984

|office9 = Member of the Butuan City Council

|term9 = 1960–1964

|office10 = Barrio Lieutenant of Ampayon, Butuan

|term10 = 1959

|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|04|21}}

|birth_place = Butuan, Agusan, Philippine Islands

|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|03|10|1933|04|21}}

|death_place = Philippines

|spouse =

|alma_mater = Silliman University

|party = Lakas-CMD (2001-2013)

|otherparty = KAMPI (1997-2008)
Nacionalista (1987-1997)
KBL (1978-1986)

}}

Edelmiro Atega Amante Sr. (April 21, 1933 – March 10, 2013), was a Filipino politician.{{cite web|author=Erwin Mascariñas on March 11, 2013 10:05 am |url=http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2013/03/11/edelmiro-amante-sr-passes-away-at-79/ |title=Edelmiro Amante Sr. passes away at 79 |publisher=MindaNews |date= 11 March 2013|accessdate=2013-03-11}}

Early life and education

Amante was born in Butuan. He attended Ampayon Elementary School and then Mindanao Institute, where he graduated from high school as a salutatorian. He then studied at Silliman University, where he received an Associate in Arts degree in 1954, then a Bachelor of Laws in 1958.

Political career

Amante started his career as a barrio lieutenant in Ampayon, Butuan. He held that position for only one year, 1959, before becoming a Councilor from 1960 to 1964. He represented Agusan del Norte at the 1973 Constitutional Convention. He had also represented Agusan del Norte as an Assemblyman of the defunct Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984. Since 1984, he was elected to four terms to the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Agusan del Norte. He was most recently elected in 2007, succeeding his daughter Angelica.

Amante was a close ally of President Fidel V. Ramos, under whose administration he served as the Executive Secretary from 1992 to 1993 when he decided to return to Congress through a special election, where he ran unopposed.{{Cite news |date=1992-08-11 |title=Top Ramos aide quits, reveals rifts in Cabinet |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0AUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6737,1823607 |work=Business Times |page=19}}{{Cite news |date=1994-01-10 |title=Rainbow grouping still intact, solons claim |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SJcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6546%2C1378820 |access-date=2024-07-25 |work=Manila Standard |page=2}} Prior to his death, he was a member of the KAMPI party.

References

{{cite web |url=http://www.i-site.ph/Databases/Congress/12thHouse/personal/amante-personal.html |title=Personal Information |accessdate=2008-05-09 |publisher= s!te }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?congress=14&id=amante-e |title=Member Information: Edelmiro Amante |accessdate=2008-03-05 |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines }}
{{cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/amantecv.pdf |title=Edelmiro A. Amante |accessdate=2008-02-09 |work=Curriculum Vitae |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040623211102/http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/cv/amantecv.pdf |archivedate=June 23, 2004 }}

Category:20th-century Filipino lawyers

Category:People from Agusan del Norte

Category:1933 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino politicians

Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Agusan del Norte

Category:Executive secretaries of the Philippines

Category:Ramos administration cabinet members

Category:Silliman University alumni

Category:Members of the Batasang Pambansa

Category:Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Merit (Philippines)