Agustin Perdices
Honorable Agustin M. Perdices | |
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19th Governor of Negros Oriental | |
In office June 30, 2010 – January 5, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Jose Baldado |
Succeeded by | Roel Degamo |
Mayor of Dumaguete City | |
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Agustin Ramon Miciano Perdices[1] October 16, 1934[1] Dumaguete |
Died | January 5, 2011 (Aged 76) Saint Luke's, Taguig, NCR |
Nationality | Filipino |
Occupation | Mayor, Vice-Governor, Governor |
Agustin Ramon Miciano Perdices (October 16, 1934[1] – January 5, 2011), fondly known as Tuting,[1] was a Filipino politician. Perdices served as the Mayor of the city of Dumaguete for eighteen years before being elected Vice Governor of Negros Oriental in the gubernatorial election in May 2010.[2] However, Perdices who was the Vice-Governor-elect became Governor-elect of Negros Oriental following the death of incumbent Governor Emilio Macias II from cancer on June 13, 2010.[2][3] He then officially took the post of governor on June 30, 2010.
In November 2010, Governor Perdices announced that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, just five months after taking office.[2] Perdices died at St. Luke's Global City hospital in Taguig City, at 5 p.m. on January 5, 2011, at the age of 76.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d https://issuu.com/rhardo/docs/january_09__2011/29
- ^ a b c d Pal, Alex (2011-01-05). "Negros Oriental governor dies of stomach cancer". Inquirer Visayas. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-01-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Alex Pal. "Negros Oriental governor, 76, dies of liver cancer" Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2010-06-18.