Prospero Nograles

Infobox Officeholder
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name = Prospero C. Nograles

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order = 13th
office = Speaker of the House of Representatives
term_start = February 5, 2008
term_end =
predecessor = Jose de Venecia, Jr.
order2 =
office2 = President of Lakas-CMD
term_start2 = March 10, 2008
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = Jose de Venecia, Jr.
order3 =
office3 = Representative, 1st District
of Davao City
term_start3 = June 30, 2001
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order4 =
office4 = Representative, 1st District
of Davao City
term_start4 = June 30, 1995
term_end4 = June 30, 1998
order5 =
office5 = Representative, 1st District
of Davao City
term_start5 = June 16, 1989
term_end5 = June 30, 1992
birth_date = birth date and age|1947|10|30
birth_place = Davao City
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nationality = Filipino
party = Lakas-CMD
spouse = Rhodora Bendigo
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children =
residence = Old Balara, Quezon City
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occupation =
profession = Lawyer
religion = Roman Catholic


website = http://www.nograles.net/press/index.php|www.nograles.net/index.php
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Prospero C. Nograles (born October 30,1947), also known as Boy Nograles, is the incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. He was elected as the Speaker of the House on February 5, 2008, the first ever elected Speaker from Mindanao.cite news |first=Maila |last=Ager |title=Nograles is new House Speaker |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080205-116796/Nograles-is-new-House-speaker |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-05 ] Beginning in 1989, Nograles has been elected to five terms as a member of the House of Representatives, representing the 1st District of Davao City.

Early life

Nograles was born in Davao City, and finished his primary and secondary education at the Ateneo de Davao. He then studied at the Ateneo de Manila University, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1967, and his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo Law School in 1971.cite web |url=http://i-site.ph/Databases/Congress/13thHouse/personal/nograles-personal.html |title=Prospero Nograles - Personal Information |accessdate=2008-02-04 |format= |work=I-Site.ph ] He placed second in the 1971 bar examinations.cite news |first=Norman |last=Bordadora |title=Would-be successor was De Venecia’s No. 2 |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080204-116596/Would-be-successor-was-De-Venecias-No-2 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2008-02-04 |accessdate=2008-02-04 ]

Political career

Nograles was active in the political opposition against President Ferdinand Marcos. He was involved in the litigation of human rights cases during that period, and was an active campaigner for Corazon Aquino during the 1986 snap presidential elections. After Aquino assumed the presidency, Nograles sought a seat in the House of Representatives, representing the 1st district of Davao City. Although his opponent Jesus Dureza was initially proclaimed as winner, Nograles was seated in the House in 1989 following a favorable decision of the House Electoral Tribunal.cite news |first=Jeffrey M. |last=Tupas |coauthors=Germelina Lacorte |title=Nograles from human rights lawyer to Arroyo’s ‘lapdog’ |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080204-116751/Nograles-from-human-rights-lawyer-to-Arroyos-lapdog |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date= 2008-02-04 |accessdate=2008-02-04 ] He gave up his House seat in 1992 to make an unsuccessful challenge to the re-election of Davao City Rodrigo Duterte, but regained the seat in the 1995 election. In 1998, Nograles again gave up his House seat to make another unsuccessful bid for election as Davao City mayor against Duterte-backed Benjamin de Guzman and lost in his bid. He again won election to the House in 2001 and was elected for two more consecutive terms thereafter.

In his stay in Congress, Nograles was able to author 17 House bills and co-authored 85. He chaired the Special Committee on Law Enforcement and its subcommittee on Gambling, Committee on Housing and Urban Development, and the Committee on Rules. He was the Majority Floor Leader during the 13th Congress of the Philippines. Before his election as Speaker, he was the head of the House contingent to the Commission on Appointments.

House Speaker

In early 2008, several members of Congress dissatisfied with the leadership of House Speaker Jose de Venecia expressed support for Nograles as the new Speaker. Shortly after midnight, February 5, 2008, the House of Representatives approved a motion to declare the position of House Speaker as vacant. [cite news |title=De Venecia ousted as House speaker |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080204-116757/De-Venecia-ousted-as-House-speaker |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date= 2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-05 ] Several minutes later, de Venecia nominated Nograles to be his replacement. Nograles was immediately elected as Speaker after no other representative was nominated to the post and no objection was posed to his election.

External links

* [http://www.nograles.net/index.php Official website of Representative Prospero Nograles]

Notes

succession box
before= Jose de Venecia
title= Speaker of the House of Representatives
years= 2008–present
after= Incumbentsuccession box
before= Jesus Dureza
title= Representative, 1st District of Davao City
years= 1989–1992
after= Jesus Durezasuccession box
before= Jesus Dureza
title= Representative, 1st District of Davao City
years= 1995–1998
after= Rodrigo Dutertesuccession box
before= Rodrigo Duterte
title= Representative, 1st District of Davao City
years= 2001–present
after= Incumbent