Yeng Guiao - Political Career

Political Career

Joseller Guiao
Vice Governor of Pampanga
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Governor Mark Lapid
Eddie Panlilio
Lilia Pineda
Board Member of Pampanga (First District)
In office
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2004
Personal details
Born (1959-03-19) March 19, 1959 (age 53)
Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party Lakas-CMD (2001-2007)
KAMPI (2007-2009)
Lakas-Kampi-CMD (2009- present)
Spouse(s) Jennifer Tablante
Alma mater University of the Philippines, Diliman
Occupation Basketball Coach, Politician, Civil servant

In 2001, Guiao became a board member in the province of Pampanga, after serving in numerous local positions in his home town. Guiao had plans to have Pampanga host several sports for the 2005 Southeast Asian Games but was later scrapped. In 2004, he won the Vice Governor position of the province in the local elections which he currently serves.

Guiao, the son of former Pampanga Governor Bren Z. Guiao, had been critical about the leadership of former Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid, who was his former ally, so he switched sides and aligned himself to Lilia Pineda. In 2005, he asked Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to investigate Gov. Lapid and his father Senator Lito Lapid of plunder charges.

He ran for re-election as Vice Governor and won as a running mate of Senior Provincial Board Member Baby Pineda, the wife of alleged-Jueteng lord Bong Pineda, under the KAMPI banner (KAMPI is the mother party of Arroyo).

He will run for congressman of the First District of Pampanga in 2013.

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