Mark Lapid

Mark Lapid
Official portrait, 2004
Chief Operating Officer of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Preceded byPocholo Paragas
Philippine Tourism Authority General Manager
In office
August 1, 2008 – October 14, 2015
PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Benigno Aquino III
Preceded byRobert Dean Barbers
Succeeded byGuiller Asido
30th Governor of Pampanga
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2007
Vice GovernorYeng Guiao
Preceded byLito Lapid
Succeeded byEd Panlilio
Personal details
Born
Marco Tadeo Lapid

(1979-02-16) February 16, 1979 (age 45)
San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
Political partyNPC (2018-present)
Other political
affiliations
Aksyon (2015-2018)
Independent (2007-2015)
Lakas-CMD (2003-2007)
Spouse
(m. 2010)
ChildrenMischa Amidala Lyttle Lapid
Matilda Anika Lyttle Lapid
Parent(s)Lito Lapid
Marissa Tadeo
Residence(s)Porac, Pampanga
Alma materAngeles University Foundation
University of the Philippines, Los Baños
OccupationPolitician

Marco "Mark" Tadeo Lapid (born February 16, 1979) is an actor and politician in the Philippines. He is a former Governor of Pampanga (2004–2007). President Gloria Arroyo appointed him as general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority in 2008. From 2009 to 2016, he served as chief operating officer of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) under President Benigno Aquino III. TIEZA is an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT) that designates, regulates and supervises tourism enterprise zones established under Republic Act 9593. Lapid returned to the government agency in 2021 after his appointment as TIEZA chief by President Rodrigo Duterte on January 5, 2021.[1]

  1. ^ Philstar.com (January 9, 2021). "Mark Lapid returns to TIEZA as COO". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 12, 2021.