predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence spouse image article_title term_end name
victor sumulong daniel garcia romeo acop victor sumulong roman catholic antipolo city , rizal lakas-kampi-cmd -lrb- 1998-2009 -rrb- , npc -lrb- 2010-present -rrb- member 's 2nd district mayor of antipolo city of the philippine house of representatives from antipolo 3 july 1952 june 30 , 2007 june 30 , 1998 antipolo city , rizal dr. josefina galang-gatlabayan ph.d. angelito gatlabayan.jpg angelito gatlabayan
 june 30 , 2010 june 30 , 2004 angelito gatlabayan
angelito gatlabayan

angelito c. gatlabayan -lrb- born july 3 , 1952 -rrb- is a filipino politician .
a member of the npc party , he was elected as a member of the house of representatives of the philippines , representing the 2nd district of antipolo city beginning in 2007 .
prior to his election to congress , gatlabayan was elected to three terms as the 1st city mayor of antipolo city , serving from 1998 to 2007 .
an antipolonian native as he was born and raised in the city to parents former vice mayor maximo leyva gatlabayan and catalina legado cabaron .
before his stint as the city mayor of antipolo for -lrb- 9 -rrb- consecutive years , he worked and held top positions in various multinational companies such as handyware philippines , macstrat incorporated , n.p foods company , nagai package company , philippine cellophane film corporation and union ajinomoto philippines .
at the dawn of antipolo 's transition into cityhood he was then elected as its first local chief executive on may 15 , 1998 and was then re-elected to a second term via landslide victory by more than 42,000 votes last may 5 , 2001 .
mayor gatlabayan guides the second largest municipality in rizal province , exercising authority over antipolo city 's 800,000 million budget and representing its 500 thousand residents .
under his leadership , antipolo city experienced an all-time high in tax revenues , the lowest unemployment rate in decades , a substantial improvement in healthcare services and a progressive and comprehensive relocation and housing program for the needy .
he was able to put the city 's economic resources at a high point .
his administration had focused on restoring ethics to the local government and elevating quality of life in the community , while utilizing fiscally sensible strategies and policies in reducing crime , corruption and illiteracy - likewise , he has been streamlining and making government services more efficient and accessible for his constituents .
since he was elected , mayor acg has combined a substantial legislative record .
the first initiative of his administration was the comprehensive crime fighting measures , where crime rate level is at its lowest in the last 20 years .
the highly successful clean and green program , where streets are cleaned constantly , canals and streams are dredge periodically and tree planting for an eco-friendly environment .
this program earned the city gawad sa pangulo sa kapaligiran award -lrb- 1st place for the cleanest and greenest city in region iv and 2nd place at the national level -rrb- .
troubled by the worsening illiteracy condition of youth and adults in the city , he unveiled his most ambitious undertaking in his last five years , this initiative called for championing the rights of the children .
thus in 1999 , the literacy program was conceived .
it details long range plans to better prepare less privilege children for school .
it motiveates out-of-school youths and adults to pursue and education or skill .
it facilitates the re-education of dumagats ethnic group .
it provides teaching facilities , faculty members , books , notebooks and classrooms in all 16 barangays .
a remarkable feat worth mentioning is that the young mayor was able to establish 14 public high schools in different barangays in just 1 year .
economic development is another priority for him , in alleviating the poor sectors of the city , his most important triumph for the economic revitalization of antipolo was the revolutionary way of increasing revenues from a p140 million mark to p600 million in his first term alone .
this paved way for building modern infrastructures , systematized water system , facilitating lightning fixtures throughout the city .
at year 2007 , he ended his post as the city mayor and then was elected once again via landslide victory as the 2nd district representative of antipolo city .
he was a member of eleven -lrb- 11 -rrb- standing committees back at the congress , which includes the committee on appropriation which passed the 2008 general appropriations act or the 2008 national budget .
