Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo

{{Short description|Filipina politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Gabrielle V. Calizo-Quimpo

| successor = Reynaldo M. Quimpo

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| image = Gabrielle Calizo.jpg

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| successor1 = Florencio T. Miraflores

| office = Vice Governor of Aklan

| termend = June 30, 2016

| termstart = June 30, 2007

| office2 = Member of the Aklan Provincial Board from the 1st District

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| office1 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Aklan's Lone District

| predecessor1 = Allen S. Quimpo

| predecessor = Ronquillo Tolentino

| termend1 = June 30, 2004

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| citizenship = Philippines

| termstart2 = June 30, 1998

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| birth_place = Balete, Aklan

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| termstart1 = June 30, 2001

| termend2 = June 30, 2001

| nationality = Filipino

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| spouse = Reynaldo M. Quimpo

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| residence = Kalibo, Aklan

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| occupation = Consultant at Provincial Government of Aklan

| profession = Politician

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Gabrielle "Billie" V. Calizo-Quimpo (born in Balete, Aklan) is a Filipina politician. She is daughter of late Balete Mayor Teodoro F. Calizo.{{cite web |last1=Espartero |first1=Ulysses |title=Aklan's Indefatigable Vice Governor |url=http://peoplewhomakesense.blogspot.com/2011/01/gabrielle-v-calizo-quimpo.html |website=The third world mind |accessdate=12 June 2020}} She is married to Reynaldo "Boy" Quimpo.{{cite web |title=Overview |url=https://www.facebook.com/billie.quimpo.12/about_overview |website=Facebook |accessdate=11 June 2020}}

Political career

She served as Provincial Board Member in Aklan from 1998 to 2001.{{cite web |last1=Sangguniang |first1=Panlalawigan |title=Aklan Provincial Board |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aklan_Provincial_Board |website=Wikipedia |accessdate=12 June 2020}}{{Circular reference|date=November 2020}} Calizo-Quimpo served as Representative from lone district of Aklan from 2001 to 2004 and she succeeded by Florencio T. Miraflores.{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province |title=Roster of Philippine Legislators |website=Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives |accessdate=13 June 2020 |author=Congressional Library Bureau}} She was the Vice Governor of Aklan from 2007 to 2016 and succeeded by her husband, Reynaldo "Boy" Quimpo.{{cite web |title=Work and Education |url=https://www.facebook.com/billie.quimpo.12/about_work_and_education |website=Facebook |accessdate=11 June 2020}} After her term as Vice Governor, she is Consultant at Provincial Government of Aklan.

Calizo-Quimpo received the award called Philippines Awards Best Practices in 'eGovernance' for LGUs held in Philippine International Convention Center.{{cite web |last1=one |first1=Aklan |title=The moment of truth. Compete a good fight for a progressive Aklan. |url=https://www.oneaklan.com/the-moment-of-truth-compete-a-good-fight-for-a-progressive-aklan/ |website=oneAklan want Aklan |publisher=oneAklan wantAklan |accessdate=12 June 2020}} In 2013, one of her legacy during her term is the Construction of Kalibo - Numancia Bridge.{{cite web |last1=aklan |first1=province |title=Aklan and DPWH Officials Preside Over Groundbreaking Of The P375-M New Kalibo-Numancia Bridge |url=http://aklan.gov.ph/aklan-and-dpwh-officials-preside-over-groundbreaking-of-the-p375-m-new-kalibo-numancia-bridge/ |website=Province of Aklan |publisher=aklanprovince |accessdate=12 June 2020}}

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