Roseller Barinaga

Roseller Barinaga
Barinaga in 2022
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Zamboanga del Norte's Second District
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byCresente Y. Llorente, Jr.
Succeeded byRosendo S. Labadlabad
13th Mayor of Dipolog
In office
February 2, 1988 – March 27, 1998
Preceded byPascual B. Bajamunde
Succeeded byEdelburgo L. Cheng
In office
May 1978 – April 1986
Preceded byFelicisimo L. Herrera
Succeeded byDario B. Lacaya
Personal details
Born
Roseller Lara Barinaga

(1936-08-04) August 4, 1936 (age 88)
NationalityFilipino
Political partyPDP-Laban
Other political
affiliations
NPC, LAMMP, Nacionalista, APP
Alma materUE College of Law
OccupationLawyer, professor, politician
NicknameMatoy

Roseller "Matoy" Barinaga (born August 4, 1936) is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. He previously served as Vice Mayor of Dipolog (1970–1978),[1] Mayor of Dipolog (1978–1986; 1988–1998),[2] member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the 2nd legislative district of Zamboanga del Norte from 1998 to 2007,[3] and Undersecretary for Mindanao of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (2016–2018).[4][5]

Apart from his political career, Barinaga served as a professor and dean in Jose Rizal Memorial State University - Main Campus in Dapitan.[6]

  1. ^ "POLITICAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY". Old website of the City of Dipolog. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Mindanao City Mayors 1988-2013" (PDF). MindaNews. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Magkaisa na tayo". The Philippine Star. June 14, 2004. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Revita, Juliet C. (October 28, 2017). "NAPC to establish Mindanao office". SunStar. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Corrales, Cong B. (October 13, 2018). "Bishop, tagged as a communist rebel, now fears for his life". Mindanao Gold Star Daily. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "Five JRMSU Law grads hurdle 2015 BAR exam". Jose Rizal Memorial State University. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2020.