Pantaleon Alvarez

Pantaleon Alvarez
Portrait during the 19th Congress
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Davao del Norte's 1st district
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Preceded byAntonio Rafael del Rosario
In office
June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001
Preceded byRogelio Sarmiento
Succeeded byArrel Olaño
20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
July 25, 2016 – July 23, 2018
Preceded byFeliciano Belmonte Jr.
Succeeded byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Secretary of Transportation and Communications
In office
January 20, 2001 – July 3, 2002
PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byVicente Rivera
Succeeded byLeandro Mendoza
Personal details
Born
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez

(1958-01-10) January 10, 1958 (age 66)[1]
Tagum, Davao, Philippines[citation needed]
Political partyReporma (1998;[2] 2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
PDP–Laban (2015–2020)
PMP (1998–2015)
Spouse
Emelita Apostol
(m. 1986; ann. 2021)
RelationsPascual Álvarez (great-grandfather)
EducationFar Eastern University (BA)
Ateneo de Manila University (LL.B)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez (born January 10, 1958) is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016, previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001.[3] He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018. He also served as the Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2002. He is a stern advocate to shift the current centralized set-up of the Philippines into a federal form, pushing for the establishment of an indigenous state in Luzon and an indigenous state in Mindanao. Initially in favor of an independent Mindanao, Alvarez changed stance when Rodrigo Duterte talked about a federal Philippines with him. In 2017, Alvarez proposed a new set-up to spearheaded federalism in the Philippines.[4]

  1. ^ Arcangel, Xianne (July 25, 2016). "Duterte pal Alvarez comes out of retirement to wrest speakership". GMA News. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. ^ News5Everywhere (March 24, 2022). NEWS ExplainED: Kasaysayan ng Partido Reporma. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "DAVAO (DAVAO DEL NORTE) - Provincial Results - Eleksyon2016 - Results". GMA News. May 18, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ Yap, DJ (May 22, 2016). "Ties that bind: Duterte and Alvarez go back a long way". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 25, 2016.