Ramon Nolasco

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Cases and the surname or paternal family name is Nolasco.
Ramon Nolasco
Member of Philippine House of Representatives from Cagayan's 1st congressional district
In office
June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2019
Preceded bySally Ponce Enrile
Succeeded byRamon Nolasco Jr.
Member of Cagayan Provincial Board from the 1st District
In office
June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2016
Mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
In office
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001
Personal details
Born
Ramon Nolasco

(1949-07-21) July 21, 1949 (age 75)
Political partyPDP-Laban

Ramon Cases Nolasco (born July 21, 1949) is a Filipino politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the First District of Cagayan.[1] He was a member of the Cagayan Provincial Board, representing the First District, and the former mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan. Nolasco is a member of the Liberal Party and a former member of the United Nationalist Alliance.[2][3]

"Mon" to his family and close friends, Nolasco is the sixth child among the ten children of the late Dr. Tomas Nolasco Sr. and Demetria Nolasco. He was first a lawyer under the Public Attorney's Office in Aparri, Cagayan before he entered politics and won as Mayor of Gattaran, Cagayan in 1992.

He was a two-time three-term Mayor of the said town. He ran as board member of the First District of Cagayan in 2013 and won.[2][3]

In 2016, he faced former representative Jack Enrile for Representative of the First District of Cagayan. Nolasco, despite being the underdog, was proclaimed the winner having more than 13,000 votes ahead of Enrile.[4]

  1. ^ "Cagayan Elections". Rappler. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Gascon, Melvin (May 21, 2013). "Cagayan's rugged road to political change". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Gascon, Melvin (October 15, 2015). "Races reshape Cagayan's political landscape". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Dullana, Raymon (May 10, 2016). "Enrile son losing in Cagayan congressional race". Rappler. Retrieved May 19, 2016.