Susan Yap

Susan Yap

Susan A. Yap-Sulit is a Filipino politician of the Lakas Democracy Cong Kristiyano at Muslim (Lakas-Kampi) and currently the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), which has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 .

Life

Susan Yap is the daughter of the politician Jose "Aping" Villa Agustin Yap, Sr. , who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1972, 1987 to 1998 and most recently from 2007 until his death on March 2, 2010, and from 1998 to 2007 Governor the province of Tarlac was. After attending school, she began studying linguistics at the University of the Philippines , which she completed in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts (AB Linguistics). She then founded her own company in 1988, Armed Security Agency Inc. , which she has been running ever since. In addition, she worked for her father and from 1988 to 1995 she was the head of the legislative process in the latter's office. At the same time, she completed a postgraduate degree in business administration at the Ateneo de Manila University , which she completed in 1994 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). In 2007 she again worked for her father and served as his father's political advisor until 2010. At the same time, she became the owner of the Bambu Villa Resort in 2008 .

After her father on March 2, 2010, shortly before the elections on May 10, 2010 , Susan Yap was his successor as a candidate of the Lakas-Demokratikong Kristiyano at Muslim (Lakas-Kampi) in the constituency Tarlac 2nd District . In the election she received 124,190 votes (63.78 percent). It was able to clearly prevail against the candidate of the Liberal Party , Genaro Malvar Mendoza, who received 70,522 votes (36.22 percent). She was re-elected in the May 13, 2013 elections in that constituency, this time running for the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC). In the election she was with 121,341 votes (68.04 percent) well ahead of this time candidate of the Lakas-Kampi, Josefino Rigor, who received 34,750 votes (19.48 percent).

In the current 16th legislative period , which runs from 2013 to 2016  , she is chairwoman of the Parliament's Committee on Information and Communications Technology . He is responsible for all matters that directly and fundamentally deal with post, telegraphy, broadcasting, cable television, telephony, computer and telecommunications technology. The committee also deals with broadband, wired and wireless connections to the Internet, IP telephony, video conferencing, audio-video file streaming and all other public and private electronic means of collecting, processing, storing and forwarding information on the Field of information technology. The committee is also responsible for information systems including hardware, software and applications, applications for mobile short message systems (SMS) in the area of ​​business upstream and downstream applications, and networks that enable access to online technology.

Her younger brother, Victor Yap , has been governor of Tarlac since 2007, while her older brother, Jose Yap, Jr., is the mayor of San Jose .

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the House of Representatives (page accessed on April 17, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ House Committee on Information and Communications Technology on the homepage of the House of Representatives (page accessed on April 16, 2016)
2. ↑ Yap Political Dynasty of Tarlac ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.