Joseph Durano

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Joseph Felix Mari "Ace" Hotchkiss Durano (born April 3, 1970 in Cebu City ) is a Filipino politician .

biography

Joseph Durano comes from an influential family of politicians from Cebu City. His grandfather Ramon M. Durano Sr. was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to the imposition of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 and represented there the constituency I the province of Cebu, while his grandmother Beatriz Durano temporarily mayor of the municipality (Municipality) Danao was . His father Ramon D. Durano III was a member of Congress (Batasang Pambansa), mayor of Danao, vice governor of the province of Cebu and also a member of the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998. In addition, numerous other relatives were politically active.

After attending the Sacred Heart School for Boys and the St. Laurence Academy in Santa Clara (California) , he studied East Asian Studies at the University of Redlands in Redlands (California) and graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Asian Studies). In 1993 he also took a year of Japanese studies at Waseda University in Tokyo . He then completed postgraduate studies in law at the Ateneo de Manila University , graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). During his studies, he was not only Exekutivdirektör the Federation of University Students in the 5th district of Cebu (Federation of Supreme Student Council of the Fifth District of Cebu) and founding president of the charitable foundation for law students at the Ateneo de Manila University (Ateneo Law School Student Scholarship Foundation ).

He began his political career in 1998 when he was elected member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (Kapulungán ng mgá Kinatawán ng Pilipinas or Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso), where he represented the interests of the constituency V (5th District) of Cebu until 2004 as his father's successor.

In September 2005, he was appointed Secretary of Tourism by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and was a member of her cabinet until the end of her term in 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Durano, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durano, Joseph Felix Mari Hotchkiss (full name); Durano, Ace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino politician
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd April 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Cebu City