Florencio Miraflores
{{Short description|Filipino politician}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honorable
| name = Florencio Miraflores
| image = Governor Miraflores LPP Official Portrait.jpg
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| office = Governor of Aklan
| term_start = June 30, 2013
| term_end = June 30, 2022
| predecessor = Carlito S. Marquez
| successor = Jose Enrique Miraflores
| term_start2 = June 30, 1995
| term_end2 = June 30, 2004
| predecessor2 = Corazon Legaspi-Cabagnot
| successor2 = Carlito S. Marquez
| order =
| office3 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Aklan
| term_start3 = June 30, 2025
| predecessor3 = Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr.
| constituency3 = 2nd district
| term_start4 = June 30, 2004
| term_end4 = June 30, 2013
| constituency4 = at-large
| predecessor4 = Gabrielle Calizo - Quimpo
| successor4 = Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr.
| office5 = Mayor of Ibajay
| term_start5 = June 30, 1988
| term_end5 = June 30, 1995
| predecessor5 = Florante Ascano
| successor5 = Pedro Garcia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|7|1}}
| birth_place = Ibajay, Aklan, Philippines
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| nationality = Filipino
| party = NPC (2024-present)
| otherparty = PDP–Laban (2017–2024)
Liberal (1987-2007; 2009–2017)
Lakas-CMD (2007-2009)
| residence = Regador, Ibajay, Aklan
| alma_mater = De La Salle University Manila
| occupation = Politician, Businessman
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Florencio Tumbocon Miraflores (born July 1, 1951) is a Filipino politician. "Joeben" was born in Ibajay, Aklan to parents Dr. Jose Conlu Miraflores and Eusebia Tumbocon. He is married to Ma. Lourdes Villanueva Martin. He graduated valedictorian at St. Clement's College, Iloilo and finished Industrial and Management Engineering at De La Salle University. He was Mayor of Ibajay from 1988 to 1995, and Governor of Aklan from 1995 to 2004 and from 2013 to 2022{{Cite web |title=Personal Profile of Gov. Florencio T. Miraflores |url=http://www.geocities.com/lppsec/govs/miraflores.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011221042906/http://www.geocities.com/lppsec/govs/miraflores.html |archive-date=2001-12-21 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=www.geocities.com}}
Early life
Florencio Tumbocon Miraflores was born on July 1, 1951, on Ibajay, Aklan. He was the first and only son of Dr. Jose Miraflores, a onetime major of Ibajay. He had two younger sisters. He completed his primary education at Naisud Elementary School, he was a valedictorian in his secondary education at the St. Clement's College at Iloilo and studied at the De La Salle University, gaining a degree in industrial and management engineering.{{Cite web |title=Profile of GOV. FLORENCIO “JOEBEN” T. MIRAFLORES, Aklan {{!}} League of Provinces of the Philippines Online |url=https://lpp.gov.ph/profile-of-gov-florencio-joeben-t-miraflores/ |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=League of Provinces of the Philippines |language=en-US}}
Early career
He was the Training and Information Office of the Provincial Development Staff from 1972 to 1975. He served as the Human Settlements Officer of the Ministry of Human Settlements for ibajay for two years. He was then the Provincial Manager for Aklan for the Ministry of Human Settlements in 1981 and became the Regional Manager in 1984, ending in 1987.
Political career
He ran for mayor of Ibajay in 1987, winning by a landslide. He ran again in 1992, winning. He then ran for Governor of Aklan in the 1995 elections, winning by a landslide. He ran again in 1998 and 2001, winning. He became chairman of the Aklan Provincial Tourism Development Special Task Force. He was then picked as chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council of Region VI in 2001. In the 2004 Philippine House of Representatives elections, he ran for the Lone district of Aklan, winning. He ran again in the 2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections. File:Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores.jpgDuring his term in the 14th Congress of the Philippines, he was the vice chairman of the Philippine House Committee on Tourism. In the 15th Congress of the Philippines, he was elected as a chairman in the committee of Tourism. He ran in the 2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections, winning again. During his term, he implemented participatory decision making.{{Cite web |title=Meet Florencio Joeben Miraflores, Electoral Candidate on Serbisyo.ph |url=https://www.serbisyo.ph/philippines/ibajay/electoral-candidates/florencio-joeben-miraflores |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=Serbisyo PH |language=en-US}}
In the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections, he ran for Aklan's 2nd congressional district against his cousin.{{Cite web |last=Guardian |first=Daily |date=2025-03-11 |title=Marquez, Haresco ensure Aklan’s Congress seats stay in family |url=https://dailyguardian.com.ph/marquez-haresco-ensure-aklans-congress-seats-stay-in-family/ |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=Daily Guardian |language=en-US}} He ran under the Nationalist People's Coalition. He won with 88,795 votes, 21.40 percent of the votes, slightly beating his cousin Nonong Haresco.{{Cite web |title=RESULTS: Aklan election 2025 |url=https://ph.rappler.com/elections/2025/local-race/aklan |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=ph.rappler.com |language=en}}
Personal life
On June 29, 2008, Miraflores was rushed to a hospital in Kalibo, Aklan after complaining of chest pains and difficulty in breathing; initial tests indicated that his heartbeat was irregular.{{cite news |author=Nestor P. Burgos, Jr. |title=Aklan Rep. Miraflores rushed to hospital |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080629-145489/Aklan-Rep-Miraflores-rushed-to-hospital |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=June 29, 2008 |access-date=June 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702181052/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080629-145489/Aklan-Rep-Miraflores-rushed-to-hospital |archive-date=July 2, 2008 |url-status=dead }} At the time he was stricken ill, Miraflores had been engaged in relief operations for his province, which had been devastated by Typhoon Fengshen (Frank).
References
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External links
{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?congress=14&id=miraflores |title=Member Information: Florencio T. Miraflores |access-date=March 5, 2008 |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines}}{{s-start}}
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