Isidro Ungab
| Isidro Ungab | |
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| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Davao City's Third District | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ruy Elias Lopez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 8, 1961 Davao City |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | PMP (2003–2009) Liberal Party (2009-present) |
Isidro T. Ungab (born May 8, 1961) is a Filipino politician, a former banker, and a former local legislator of the City of Davao. He was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Third District of Davao City beginning in 2007.
Ungab attended the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, Laguna and attained a degree in B.S. Agri Economics.He finished his Advanced Bank Management Program (ABMP) at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Masters in Public Management (MPM) from the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), and the Command and General Staff Course in Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo.
He had worked as an economic analyst, account officer, development bank manager and as a consultant to various financial institutions. He joined politics in 1995 and was elected as city councilor of Davao City for nine (9) consecutive years. In the May 2007 elections, he ran as a 3rd District Congressman and was re-elected in 2010 for his second term. He run unopposed in his third and last term as congressman of the 3rd district of Davao City. Ungab served as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in the Fifteenth Congress and was primarily responsible for the passage of the law amending the excise taxes for tobacco and alcohol otherwise known as the Sin Tax Law of 2012. He now serves as chairman of the powerful Committee on Appropriations in the Sixteenth Congress.
Ungab is also a reserve officer in the AFP as an army reserve lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of the 3rd Metro Davao Infantry Battalion (Ready Reserve) under the 22nd Infantry Division (Philippines). He is also a member of the U. P. Vanguard Inc.
External links
- Ungab signs scholarship pact for poor students at Sunstar.com
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| Preceded by | Representative, 3rd District of Davao City 2007–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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