Alvin Biano Garcia was born on June 29,1946 and is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served twice as the Mayor of Cebu City from 1995 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2001.
11 Facts About Alvin Garcia
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Alvin Garcia served as the vice mayor of the said city from 1988 to 1995 alongside the mayor at the time: Tomas Osmena.
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Alvin Garcia is the founder of Kugi Uswag Sugbo, a local political party based in Cebu City.
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Alvin Garcia's father is the brother of former Cebu Governor Pablo Paras Garcia making him the cousin of current governor Gwendolyn Garcia.
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Alvin Garcia was admitted to the Philippine Bar on March 10,1971.
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Alvin Garcia started his political career as vice mayor to Tomas Osmena in 1988.
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Alvin Garcia served as president of the Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines from 1992 to 1995.
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Alvin Garcia went on to serve for two terms until 2001 when he was defeated by Osmena, his political mentor, who challenged him in the 2001 elections.
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Alvin Garcia declined to run for the same position in the 2007 elections but ran in the 2010 elections after expressing confidence in the automated elections.
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Alvin Garcia ran for the position of representative of Cebu City's 1st district against incumbent Raul del Mar in the 2016 elections but was overwhelmingly defeated by more than 70,000 votes.
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Alvin Garcia has a 5 percent share of SunStar Publishing, Inc.