Edcel Lagman

Edcel Lagman (born May 1, 1942) is a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House in 2010 up to the present. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines until 2012, when he resigned from the post. Lagman is one of the key liberal figures in the House, having supported the Reproductive Health Bill (where he is the principal author), the SOGIE Equality bill, the Free Tertiary Education Act, the Anti-dynasty Bill, and the Freedom of Information Bill.

Education

Lagman has degrees in political science from the University of the Philippines Diliman where he became a member of the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity. He eventually finished his Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines College of Law, also within UP Diliman.

Political life

Lagman has been elected to a total of five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the 1st District of Albay. He first served from 1987 to 1998, and then from 2004 to 2013. His daughter Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro represented the district from 1998 to 2004. In 2013 he was succeeded by his son, Edcel Lagman, Jr.

Lagman was a member of Lakas-CMD, and is the main proponent of the Reproductive Health Bill.

Personal life

Lagman is the elder brother of Filemon "Popoy" Lagman, the founder of the Partido ng Manggagawa, and who was assassinated in 2001. Another brother, Hermon, was a political activist who disappeared during the martial law government of President Ferdinand Marcos. Lagman is married to Maria Cielo B. Lagman and has children.^[1]

References

• "Member Information: Edcel C. Lagman". House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

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