Michael Marcos Keon

Michael Marcos Keon
Mayor of Laoag
Assumed office
June 30, 2019
Vice mayorVicentito M. Lazo (2019–2022)
Rey Carlos M. Fariñas (2022–present)
Preceded byChevylle V. Fariñas
Governor of Ilocos Norte
In office
June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2010
Preceded byBongbong Marcos
Succeeded byImee Marcos
4th President of the Philippine Olympic Committee
In office
1981–1984
Preceded byJulian Malonso (provisional)
Succeeded byJose Sering
Personal details
Born
Michael Edward Marcos Keon

(1954-09-22) September 22, 1954 (age 70)
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Nacionalista (2018–2021)
Lakas–Kampi–CMD (2008–2010)
Lakas–CMD (before 2008)
Parent(s)Michael Keon Sr.
Elizabeth Marcos-Keon
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (BA)
Known forFirst Executive Director of Project Gintong Alay
(1979–1986)

Michael Edward Marcos Keon (born September 22, 1954) is a Filipino politician. Keon is the son of Australian journalist Michael James Keon and Elizabeth E. Marcos-Keon, governor of Ilocos Norte from 1971 to 1983 and the nephew of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.

His mother, the first female vice-governor and governor of Ilocos Norte, was the sister of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos.[1] His father worked for the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and had a hand in setting up the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna. His father also joined the historic 10,000-km. "Long March" with Mao Zedong during the Chinese Revolution, covering the monumental event for the Chicago Daily Tribune.[citation needed]

Before entering politics, Keon worked in the sports sector as director of the Gintong Alay program. This project was launched on October 31, 1979 and was intended to ensure the success of Philippine sports to promote and ultimately to achieve gold medals in international events.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Laoag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Michael Keon: From sports to politics, Manila Standard Today, May 19, 2007.