Mario Gene Mendiola

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| name = Mario Gene Mendiola

| image = Mario Gene Mendiola 2017.jpg

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| caption = Mendiola in 2017

| office = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Occidental Mindoro

| term_start = June 30, 1987

| term_end = June 30, 1992

| predecessor = Pedro Mendiola
{{small|(as Regular Batasang Pambansa member)}}

| successor = Jose Villarosa

| order1 = 7th

| office1 = Governor of Occidental Mindoro

| term_start1 = June 30, 2013

| term_end1 = June 30, 2019

| predecessor1 = Josephine Sato

| successor1 = Eduardo Gadiano

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| office2 = Vice Governor of Occidental Mindoro

| term_start2 = June 30, 2010

| term_end2 = June 30, 2013

| governor2 = Josephine Sato

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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age at death|63|2021|12|22}}

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| party = Liberal (2013–2019)

| otherparty = NPC (2010–2013)
Nacionalista (1987–1992)

| death_date = {{death date|2021|12|22|1958}} (aged 63)

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Mario Gene J. Mendiola was a Filipino politician who was governor of Occidental Mindoro and a representative of the province in the House of Representatives.

Background

Mario Gene Mendiola became involved in politics at a young age. He joined politics after his father Pedro Mendiola, a former representative of Occidental Mindoro in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1986 was killed by a gunman while delivering a speech in Sablayan in April 1986.{{cite news |last1=Virola |first1=Madonna |title=Former Occidental Mindoro gov dies |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1531244/former-occidental-mindoro-gov-dies |access-date=3 September 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=23 December 2021 |language=en}} He was elected as representative of Occidental Mindoro's lone district in the House of Representatives for the 8th Congress which lasted from 1987 to 1992.{{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=3 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806183344/http://www.congress.gov.ph/legislators/?v=province|archive-date=6 August 2016|author=Congressional Library Bureau}}

Mario Mendiola would get elected as vice governor of Occidental Mindoro in 2010 serving until 2013. He was governor of the province from 2013 to 2019. In the 2013 elections, he ran under the Liberal Party, the then-ruling party.{{cite news |title=Mindoro vice guv falls off stage in Team PNoy campaign launch |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/269728/mindoro-vice-guv-falls-off-stage-in-team-pnoy-campaign-launch |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=Sunstar |date=12 February 2013 |language=English}}

Death

Mendiola died on December 22, 2021, at 63 years old.

References

Category:1950s births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Governors of Occidental Mindoro

Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Occidental Mindoro

Category:Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians