1. Francis Escudero recently served as governor of Sorsogon from 2019 to 2022 and was the representative for Sorsogon's 1st district from 1998 to 2007, as well as House Minority Leader from 2004 to 2007.
47 Facts About Francis Escudero
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Francis Escudero unsuccessfully ran for vice president of the Philippines in the 2016 elections as the running mate of Grace Poe.
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Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero was born on October 10,1969, in Manila, Philippines, the second of the three children of the late Salvador "Sonny" Escudero III, who was then the director of UP Veterinary Hospital at the time of his birth and later served as the Agriculture Minister, representative of the first district of Sorsogon during the Marcos era, and Sorsogon representative until his death in 2012.
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Francis Escudero's mother is Dr Evelina B Guevara-Escudero, a former representative of the first district of Sorsogon.
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Francis Escudero attended the University of the Philippines Integrated School in elementary and high school.
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Francis Escudero obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines College of Law.
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Francis Escudero became the Secretary General of the Association of Law Students of the Philippines on his senior year at law school.
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In 1996, Francis Escudero received his master's degree in International and Comparative Law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC.
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Francis Escudero taught at the Graduate School of the Ateneo de Manila University in 2000.
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On July 3,2000, Francis Escudero was named a Commander of the Philippine Navy Reserve Command.
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Francis Escudero penned a column, "Usapang Legal ni Chiz Francis Escudero" in two tabloids: Abante and Abante Tonite.
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Francis Escudero first expressed interest in running for public office as municipal councilor of Sorsogon when he was 22.
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Consequently, Francis Escudero was 28 when he began his political career.
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Francis Escudero was elected representative of the first district of Sorsogon in 1998 and was one of the youngest lawmakers in the 11th Congress.
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Francis Escudero was a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, the second biggest political party in the Philippines that time, from 1998 to 2009.
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Francis Escudero was elected Assistant Majority Floor Leader of the 11th Congress from June 1998 to November 2000 and became Second Deputy Majority Floor Leader from November 2000 to January 2001.
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Francis Escudero was Assistant Deputy Majority of the 11th Congress from January to June 2001.
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In 2004, Francis Escudero figured prominently in the Philippine presidential elections as the campaign spokesperson of presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr.
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When evidence of alleged electoral fraud surfaced, Francis Escudero was among the lawmakers who moved for the impeachment of then President Arroyo.
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On September 6,2005, Francis Escudero voted no on the dropping of impeachment complaints against President Arroyo.
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Francis Escudero belonged to the anti-charter change bloc who voted against the constitutional reform initiatives of then-House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
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Francis Escudero believed these attempts to change the Constitution are nothing but last ditch efforts to keep the president and his allies in power.
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Francis Escudero was a member of a group of NGO-legislators proposing an alternative national budget called "Imperatives of Real and Equitable Growth: An Alternative Proposal for Financing the Millennium Development Goals in the 2007 Budget".
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On January 30,2007, Francis Escudero filed his candidacy for the Senate of the Philippines.
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Francis Escudero was elected to the Senate with the second highest tally of votes, slightly behind Loren Legarda.
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Francis Escudero led the Joint Oversight Committees on Ecological Solid Waste Management and the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Clean Air Act.
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On October 29,2009, Francis Escudero announced his resignation from the Nationalist People's Coalition and became an independent.
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Francis Escudero was expected to run for the presidency but he did not.
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Francis Escudero remained independent but ran as part of the administration-backed coalition Team PNoy.
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Long rumored as the possible running mate of leading presidential candidate Grace Poe, Francis Escudero officially announced his candidacy for Vice President of the Philippines on September 15,2015, at the historic Club Filipino.
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Francis Escudero is a person who can be trusted, a person who has experience and a person who has already done something for the people.
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In late 2015, Francis Escudero began leading the vice presidential opinion polls, and by February 2016 started being statistically tied with Senator Bongbong Marcos several times, before being beaten by Marcos by early April.
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Francis Escudero was elected Governor of Sorsogon and executed his duties for one term from June 30,2019 to June 30,2022.
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Francis Escudero was elected, finishing fifth with over 20 million votes.
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Francis Escudero won a closed-ballot vote to become the 25th President of the Senate of the Philippines.
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Francis Escudero replaced outgoing Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on the May 20,2024.
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Francis Escudero was sworn-in by Senator Mark Villar and was accompanied by his wife Heart Evangelista.
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Francis Escudero maintained that the Senate cannot convene into a impeachment court during break after the Impeachment of Sara Duterte on February 5,2025 shortly before the Congress ended their regular session.
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Francis Escudero has previously advocated for the construction of permanent structures during his previous tenure as Governor of Sorsogon after similar water cannon attacks.
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Francis Escudero highlighted the struggles he faced as Governor of Sorsogon surrounding the distribution of aid in response to calamities which was impeded by existing bureaucracy and red-tape.
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Francis Escudero married Christine Elizabeth Flores, who is a singer and stage actress, in 1999.
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On February 15,2015, Evangelista and Francis Escudero married on Balesin Island, off the coast of Polillo, Quezon.
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In May 2018, Evangelista announced that she and Francis Escudero were expecting their first child together.
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In 1999, Francis Escudero was awarded Youth Achiever in Government; in 2000, Most Outstanding Congressman and Outstanding Public Servant of the Year; and in 2005, he was one of Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines awardees in recognition of his youth leadership.
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In 2007, Francis Escudero was the only Filipino named as Asia's News Network's Asia's Idols.
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Francis Escudero was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in the same year in recognition of his professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world.
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Francis Escudero received the Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Political Governance and Legislation in 2012.