Robert Raymond Estrella
{{Short description|Filipino politician}}
{{Philippine name|Masonsong|Estrella}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Robert Raymund Estrella
| image = Rep. Robert Raymund M. Estrella (19th Congress).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| office = Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines for Abono Partylist
| term_start = July 25, 2022
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2013
| birth_name = Robert Raymund Masonsong Estrella
| birth_place = Manila, Philippines
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|09|02}}
| occupation = Politician
| party = Abono Partylist
| relatives = Conrado Estrella III (brother), Conrado Estrella Jr. (father), Conrado Estrella Sr. (grandfather)
}}
Robert Raymund 'Eskimo' Masonsong Estrella is a politician and is currently the representative of Abono Partylist, a Filipino political party.{{Cite web |url=https://congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=estrella-r |title=Hon. Estrella, Robert Raymund M. |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=congress.gov.ph}}
Early life
Estrella was born in the province of Pangasinan in the Philippines, he was born to politician Conrado Estrella Jr.{{Cite web |url=https://peoplaid.com/2023/03/30/robert-raymond-estrella/ |title=Robert Raymond Estrella |date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=PeoPlaid |last=Lando |first=Roy}}{{unreliable source|date=July 2024}} His brother is Agrarian Reform Secretary and former congressman Conrado Estrella III.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dar.gov.ph/index.php/articles/news/103884 |title=CA confirms Estrella as DAR Secretary |date=2022-09-28 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=dar.gov.ph}}
Career
He was elected as a representative of the Filipino political party Abono Partylist from 2010 to 2013, his brother later succeeded him.
He was elected again as a representative of Abono Partylist in the 2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections.
He joined committees, including:
- Cooperatives Development – Vice Chairperson
- Government Enterprises and Privatization – Vice Chairperson
- Persons With Disabilities – Vice Chairperson
- Agrarian Reform – Member for the Majority
- Agriculture and Food – Member for the Majority
- Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources – Member for the Majority
- Banks and Financial Intermediaries – Member for the Majority
- Energy – Member for the Majority
- Food Security – Member for the Majority
- Health – Member for the Majority
- North Luzon Growth Quadrangle – Member for the Majority
- Nuclear Energy – Member for the Majority
- Transportation – Member for the Majority
Estrella was a main investigator in a case regarding an "improper" sale of 75,000 rice bags.{{Cite web |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/03/05/calls-abolishing-nfa-opposed |title=Calls abolishing NFA opposed |date=2024-03-06 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=tribune.net.ph |last=Oliquino |first=Edjen |last2=Angeles |first2=Vivienne}}
=Bills=
= Pork barrel scam charges =
{{Further|List of implicated parties to the pork barrel scam}}
In August 2015, the National Bureau of Investigation charged Estrella with graft for his alleged involvement in the multibillion-peso pork barrel scam.{{Cite web |last=Marcelo |first=Elizabeth |last2=Merueñas |first2=Mark |date=2015-08-07 |title=Honasan, Villanueva, 7 others face graft raps over ‘pork’ scam |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/531984/honasan-villanueva-7-others-face-graft-raps-over-pork-scam/story/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}
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