Rowena Guanzon

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The Honorable
Rowena V. Guanzon
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Guanzon's official portrait as a commissioner of the Commission on Elections
COMELEC Commissioner
Assumed office
April 28, 2015
Appointed byBenigno Aquino III
Mayor of Cadiz
In office
1986–1992
Preceded byPrudencio Olvido
Succeeded byVicente Tabanao
Personal details
Born
Maria Rowena Amelia Villena Guanzon

(1957-08-29) August 29, 1957 (age 64)
Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines[1]
University of the Philippines College of Law
Silliman University[2]
Harvard University[2]
ProfessionLawyer
Public Servant
Politician
COMELEC Commissioner

Maria Rowena Amelia Villena Guanzon (born August 29, 1957), is a Filipino lawyer, public servant, and politician, currently serving as Philippine Commission on Elections commissioner.[1] She had been an audit commissioner before taking office at the Philippine Commission on Elections in February 2015 during the time of then President Benigno Aquino III.[3]

Guanzon was mayor of Cadiz City in Negros Occidental until 1992, and also served as chief of staff to late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, whom she still considers a role model.[4]

Biography[]

Guanzon was born to the Honorable Sixto Guanzon, or Don Sixto Guanzon, a Regional Trial Court judge (now retired) in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, and to the Honorable Elvira Villena Guanzon, or Doña Elvira Villena de Guanzon, a lawyer and former Cadiz City vice-mayor.[5] She comes from a landed and affluent family in Negros, the Guanzons,[6] who have been owners of sugar cane plantations or haciendas.[6][7]

Guanzon was appointed mayor of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental in 1986 by the first Aquino administration after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship and the end of the martial law years. Upon completing her mandate as an appointed official, she ran for and was elected Cadiz City mayor (the same position she held as an appointee) in the 1988 Philippine Elections.

On March 8, 2013, she was appointed commissioner to the Commission on Audit (COA).[8]

On April 28, 2015, Guanzon was named a commissioner to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for a seven-year term, lasting until February 2022.

Publications[]

Guanzon's published works include Issues and Problems in the Enforcement of the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, Philippine Law Journal (Dec 2008); Constitutional Challenges to the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004, Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (March 2009); The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act: Issues and Problems, Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines; and Legal and Conceptual Framework of Battered Woman Syndrome as a Defense, Philippine Law Journal (Vol. 86, No. 1 December 2011).

The U.P. Law Center also published Guanzon's book, The Anti-Sexual Harassment Act Notes and Cases in 2014. Guanzon is currently writing textbooks on The Local Government Code for the University of the Philippines and The Auditing Code of the Philippines Casebook.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Commission on Elections - Commissioner Ma. Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon". Commission on Elections. March 28, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Torrevillas, Domini M. (January 11, 2016). "Robredo for women empowerment/Who is Rowena Guanzon?". PhilStar.com. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Cruz, RG. "Duterte camp blasts Comelec commissioner". ABS-CBN News.
  4. ^ "Comelec commissioner Guanzon says Miriam Santiago is her idol". GMA News Online.
  5. ^ "Rowena Guanzon: 'Comelec version' of Miriam Santiago". Sunstar. September 29, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Roxas". Guanzon Merchandising Corporation. June 30, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  7. ^ Pacete, Ver F. (January 15, 2016). "Pacete: Hacienda culture in Negros politics". Sunstar. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. ^ Gomez, Carla P. (March 13, 2013). "Law professor named audit commissioner". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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