Victor Yap
{{Short description|Filipino politician}}
{{Philippine name|Areno|Yap}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honorable
| name = Victor A. Yap
| image = Victor Yap - former Tarlac governor.jpg
| caption = Victor A. Yap in 2023
| office = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the Tarlac's 2nd congressional district
| term_start = June 30, 2016
| term_end = June 30, 2022
| predecessor = Susan Yap
| successor = Christian Yap
| office2 = 30th Governor of Tarlac
| term_start2 = June 30, 2007
| term_end2 = June 30, 2016
| predecessor2 = Jose V. Yap Sr.
| successor2 = Susan Yap
| office3 = Vice Mayor of Victoria
| term_start3 = June 30, 1988
| term_end3 = June 30, 1998
| birth_name = Victor Areno Yap
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|03|04}}
| birth_place = Victoria, Tarlac, Philippines
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Filipino
| alma_mater = University of the Philippines
| party = NPC
| relations = Susan Yap (sister)
}}
Victor Areno Yap (born March 4, 1966) is a Filipino politician who is recently served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 2nd district of Tarlac.{{Cite web|title=House of Representatives House Members|url=https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=yap-v|access-date=2021-10-23|website=www.congress.gov.ph|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Lower House passes anew bill providing open access in data transmission|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/29/lower-house-passes-anew-bill-providing-open-access-in-data-transmission/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Manila Bulletin|language=en-US}} He also sits as Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology.{{Cite web|title=Bill penalizing spams and unwanted calls and texts readied for Lower House approval|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/06/27/bill-penalizing-spams-and-unwanted-calls-and-texts-readied-for-lower-house-approval/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Manila Bulletin|language=en-US}} He previously served as Governor of Tarlac from 2007 to 2016.{{Cite web|date=2015-07-16|title=Tarlac officials start probe on imported Canadian waste {{!}}|url=https://politics.com.ph/tarlac-officials-start-probe-on-imported-canadian-waste/,%20https://politics.com.ph/tarlac-officials-start-probe-on-imported-canadian-waste/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=politics.com.ph|language=en-US}}
Biography
= Education =
Yap studied at Ateneo de Manila University and University of the Philippines, obtaining a master’s degree in Strategic Studies.{{Cite web|title=Gov. Vic Yap and his Tarlac|url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/sunday-life/2011/12/18/759187/gov-vic-yap-and-his-tarlac|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Philstar.com}}
= Political career =
Yap served as vice mayor of Victoria, Tarlac, from 1988 to 1998. In 1999, he was named to the board of directors of the Clark Development Corporation.
He was executive assistant to the governor of Tarlac from 2001, and was elected governor in 2007.
Yap is the son of former Governor Jose “Aping” Yap Sr. and brother of current Tarlac Governor of Susan Yap. He is a member of Upsilon Sigma Phi.{{Cite web|last=INQUIRER.net|date=2014-01-29|title=Upsilon alumni hold global reunion|url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/97949/upsilon-alumni-hold-global-reunion|access-date=2021-10-23|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en}}
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Category:21st-century Filipino politicians
Category:University of the Philippines alumni
Category:Politicians from Tarlac