Mikee Romero

Mikee Romero
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
October 14, 2020 – June 1, 2022
Serving with several others
House SpeakerLord Allan Velasco
Preceded byLuis Raymund Villafuerte
In office
August 13, 2019 – October 2, 2020
House SpeakerAlan Peter Cayetano
Succeeded byFredenil Castro
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 1-Pacman party-list
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Serving with Enrico Pineda (2016–2022)
Preceded byOffice established
ConstituencyParty-list
Personal details
Born
Michael Odylon Lagman Romero

(1972-03-21) March 21, 1972 (age 52)[1]
Manila, Philippines
Political party1-Pacman
Spouse
Sheila Bermudez
(m. 1992)
Children5
Parent(s)Reghis Romero II[2]
Lilibeth Lagman-Romero[2]
EducationDe La Salle University
Website
Years active2002–present
Board member ofGlobalport 900, Inc.
AirAsia Philippines

Michael Odylon "Mikee" Lagman Romero (Tagalog: [ˈmaɪki roˈmɛɾo]; born March 21, 1972) is a Filipino businessman, politician, and polo player who previously served as a House Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2022, except for a 12-day period out of office in October 2020 due to a House leadership crisis. He is concurrently serving as a Party-list Representative for 1-Pacman since 2016. He is also the president of the Party-list Coalition, an alliance of more than 50 representatives from various party-lists.[3] As a businessman, he is currently the chairman and president of Globalport 900, Inc. and owns the NorthPort Batang Pier basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).[4][3] As of December 2018, his declared net worth is 7.858 billion.[5] He is the Philippines' richest Congress representative and is among the country's 50 richest persons.[6]

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  2. ^ a b Mañalac, Sheila (July 5, 2014). "MIKEE ROMERO conquers the 'game of kings'". The Manila Times. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Berlanga, Ryniel (June 12, 2019). "Romero is richest congressman, Elago poorest". SunStar. Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Cepeda, Mara (June 12, 2019). "Mikee Romero, Albee Benitez still richest congressmen in 2018". Rappler. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Cabico, Gaea Katreena (June 14, 2019). "Who's who: Richest, poorest House lawmakers in 2018". Manila: The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Punay, Edu (2020-09-19). "Romero remains richest lawmaker". Philstar. Retrieved 2022-05-04.