Satur Ocampo

Satur Ocampo
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Bayan Muna party-list
In office
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010
Serving with Crispin Beltran (2001–2003), Liza Maza (2001–2004), Joel Virador (2003–2007), Teodoro Casiño (2004–2010), & Neri Colmenares (2009–2010)
Personal details
Born
Saturnino Cunanan Ocampo

(1939-04-07) April 7, 1939 (age 85)
Santa Rita, Pampanga, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Political partyBayan Muna
Other political
affiliations
Makabayan (2009–present)
National Democratic Front (1973–present)
SpouseCarolina Malay
ProfessionWriter, journalist

Saturnino "Satur" Cunanan Ocampo (born April 7, 1939) is a Filipino politician, activist, journalist, and writer.[1]

As party president and first nominee, he led the party-list group Bayan Muna in three successful elections in 2001, 2004, and 2007. He was a member of the House of Representatives, and Deputy Minority Leader in the 14th Congress of the Philippines. He has done work in human rights and other areas.

After his three terms as representative, he ran for senator in the May 2010 elections; then-Representative Liza Maza of the women's partylist group GABRIELA and Ocampo were fielded by the Makabayan coalition and were included as guest senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party, a mainstream Philippine political party whose presidential standard bearer, Senator Manny Villar, they supported.

After the elections, on August 21, 2010, Ocampo started a weekly opinion column in the Philippine Star titled "At Ground Level".

  1. ^ "Philippines group seeks to bar strongman's son from election". Al Jazeera. Retrieved July 10, 2024.