Luzviminda Tancangco

Luzviminda Tancangco
Luzviminda Tancangco
Chairman of the Commission on Elections
	In office; October 8, 1998 – January 10, 1999
Appointed by	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Bernardo P. Pardo
Succeeded by	Harriet Demetriou
Commissioner of the Commission on Elections
	In office; August 5, 1998[1] – February 2, 2004[1]
Appointed by	Joseph Estrada
Personal details
Born	Bustos, Bulacan
Nationality	Filipino

Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections. She was also its first female acting chairman (1998–1999).

Service

She served from 1998 to 2004,[1] and is one of the six women to have been appointed to the Commission as of 2014.

Controversies

GMANews.TV reported that in August 2002, "NAMFREL and other civil society organizations" filed an "impeachment complaint" against "COMELEC Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco", and that the complaint was "endorsed by Rep. Monico Puentevella".[2] The Congress of the Philippines dismissed the complaint on February 3, 2003 and found it "not sufficient in substance".[3] Ms. Tancangco continued to serve on the COMELEC until February 2, 2004.[1]

References

"The Commission on Elections from 1940 to the present". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved February 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
"Past impeachment complaints filed against top Comelec officials". 2007-09-27. Retrieved February 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
"PLENARY ACTION ON THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE OF INSUFFICIENCY IN SUBSTANCE OF AN IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT: TANCANGCO CASE" (PDF). December 2, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2009.

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Preceded by Bernardo P. Pardo	COMELEC Chairman October 08, 1998– January 10, 1999	Succeeded by Harriet Demetriou

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[comelec1940-1] "The Commission on Elections from 1940 to the present". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved February 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[2] "Past impeachment complaints filed against top Comelec officials". 2007-09-27. Retrieved February 2009. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[3] "PLENARY ACTION ON THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION BY THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE OF INSUFFICIENCY IN SUBSTANCE OF AN IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT: TANCANGCO CASE" (PDF). December 2, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2009.