Luzviminda Ilagan
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honorable
| name = Luzviminda Ilagan
| image = Luzviminda Ilagan - 2018 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Ilagan in January 2018
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| office = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Gabriela Partylist
| alongside = Emerenciana A. De Jesus
| term_start = June 30, 2007
| term_end = June 30, 2016
| office2 = Member of the Davao City Council
| term_start2 = June 30, 1998
| term_end2 = June 30, 2001
| term_start3 = June 20, 1986
| term_end3 = February 1, 1988
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| nationality = Filipino
| spouse = Atty. Laurente Ilagan (deceased)
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| profession = Development worker
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| otherparty = Partido Galing at Puso (2016)
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Luzviminda "Luz" Calolot-Ilagan is a Filipina development worker and former congresswoman. She represented the Gabriela Women's Partylist in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from 2007 to 2016.
In September 2017, she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as Undersecretary for Legislative Liaison Affairs and Special Presidential Directives in the Mindanao Region of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/182181-luz-ilagan-appointed-dswd-undersecretary|title=Ex-Gabriela representative Luz Ilagan is new DSWD undersecretary|work=Rappler|access-date=November 15, 2018|language=en}}
Early life and career
Luzviminda Ilagan is the wife of Atty. Laurente "Larry" Ilagan.{{cite web|url=http://www.bantayog.org/node/342|title=ILAGAN, Laurente "Larry" Calanog|work=bantayog.org|access-date=April 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010232126/http://www.bantayog.org/node/342|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=dead}} She was appointed city councilor during the Cory Aquino administration, and elected in the 1998 elections.{{cite web|url=http://spdavao.wordpress.com/listing-of-davao-city-officials/|title=Listing of Davao City Officials|work=Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod|date=December 3, 2007 }} Ilagan failed to win as city councilor for Davao City's 3rd district in 2016.
She was the recipient of the Datu Bago Awards in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p071208.htm&no=9&date=12/08/2007|title=PIA daily news in English, Tagalog, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ilocano, Waray, Pangalatok from around the Philippines|website=archives.pia.gov.ph|access-date=June 5, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://davaotoday.com/main/2007/03/08/luz-ilagan-is-2007-datu-bago-awardee/|title=Luz Ilagan Is 2007 Datu Bago Awardee|date=March 8, 2007|work=Davao Today}}
Ilagan was appointed the undersecretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in September of 2017.
In 2024, she was in favor of passing the divorce bill.{{cite web |title=Pro, anti-divorce advocates discuss passing of Divorce Bill, reassures openness to dialogue |url=https://atenews.ph/pro-anti-divorce-advocates-discuss-passing-of-divorce-bill-reassures-openness-to-dialogue |website=ATE News |access-date=21 January 2025}}
Batasang Pambansa bombing
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Congresswoman Ilagan was injured in the 2007 bombing of the Philippine House of Representatives Building, along with Negros Oriental Congressman Pryde Henry Teves, whose eardrums and legs were damaged severely. Congressman Wahab Akbar of Basilan was killed.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/about.php?id=maza&np=PL%20-%20GABRIELA%20* Luzviminda Ilagan, Gabriela, in the House of Representatives]
- [http://www.gabrielawomensparty.net Gabriela Women's Party official website]
- [http://members.tripod.com/~gabriela_p/home.html GABRIELA]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for Gabriela Women's Party
Category:Filipino socialist feminists
Category:21st-century Filipino women politicians
Category:21st-century Filipino politicians
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