1. Heherson "Sonny" Turingan Alvarez was a politician from the Philippines.
18 Facts About Heherson Alvarez
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Heherson Alvarez served as a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Philippines.
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Heherson Alvarez was Minister of Agrarian Reform from 1986 to 1987 and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from 2001 to 2002.
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Sonny Alvarez studied liberal arts at the University of the Philippines.
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Heherson Alvarez earned a master's degree in Economics and Public Administration from Harvard University.
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Heherson Alvarez was a young activist who participated in the 1971 constitutional convention.
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Heherson Alvarez refused to sign the Ferdinand Marcos regime backed constitution that gave extensions to the president's term in office.
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Heherson Alvarez went into hiding in various places for a while, but the oppositionists soon suggested that he go to the US to help gather support for their resistance against Marcos, working with Senator Raul Manglapus who had likewise escaped capture because he was overseas on a speaking engagement when martial law was declared.
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When Ninoy Aquino was assassinated in 1983, Heherson Alvarez organized the Ninoy Aquino Movement, which lobbied for the US Government to stop supporting Marcos, despite the latter's closeness to Ronald Reagan.
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Marcelo Heherson Alvarez, who had begged Sonny to be more discreet in his opposition to Marcos, died of a heart attack after he learned of Marsman's death.
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Heherson Alvarez returned to the Philippines in 1986 to partake in rebuilding the government in the wake of collapse of the Marcos regime.
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Heherson Alvarez won a senatorial seat, representing Isabela province's 4th district, in the post-revolution government of President Corazon Aquino.
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In early 1994, Heherson Alvarez initiated the "Healthy Air Pact" among three oil companies for them to introduce unleaded gasoline to the Philippine market.
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Senator Heherson Alvarez held two cabinet positions - Secretary of Agrarian Reform and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.
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Heherson Alvarez was known as staunch environmentalist as he was called "Mr Environment" during his term as Environmental Secretary.
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Heherson Alvarez is an advocate of using organic fertilizer and pesticides.
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Heherson Alvarez married artist and activist Cecile Guidote; the couple had two children, Hexilon and Herxilla.
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CNN reported that Heherson Alvarez underwent experimental plasma therapy treatment and blood plasma convalescent therapy.