Lex Anthony Colada

Lex Anthony Cris A. Colada is a lawyer and a representative for the AAMBIS-Owa Party List to the 19th Congress of the Philippines. He is also running as a party-list representative for the party-list ANGKASANGGA in the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections.

Lex Anthony Colada
Representative for the AAMBIS-Owa Party List to the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Sharon Garin
Personal details
Born	Lex Anthony Cris Adelantar Colada (1969-09-01) September 1, 1969 (age 55) Iloilo, Philippines
Political party	AAMBIS-Owa, ANGKASANGGA
Spouse	Janette Garin-Colada
Alma mater	University of the Philippines Visayas
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Education and background

He studied at the University of the Philippines Visayas, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Community Development.^[1] He was the former president of Iloilo 1 Electric Cooperative, Inc.^[2]

House of Representatives

1st term

On the 2022 Philippine general election, AAMBIS-Owa Party List, or Ang Asosasyon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma, ran in the party list elections. The party list gained 245,650 votes or 0.68 percent of the votes, qualifying for one seat. Since Colada was the first nominee, he fufilled the seat.^[3] On March 7, 2023, he led a panel from the House Committee on Ways and Means which will craft a bill penalizing the bulk smuggling of foreign currencies.^[4] On May 22, 2024. he opposed Shopee, calling for a deeper probe into the company for worker rights.^[5] On November 12, 2024, a gun used in a murder of a barangay chairman in Iloilo was traced to Colada.^[6] Two days later, a charge was filed against him.^[7] On December 19, 2024, Colada endorsed the third impeachment complaint against Sara Duterte.^[8] On January 23, 2025, he supported a government takeover of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.^[9]

Other terms

On October 4, 2024, Department of Energy Undersecretary Sharon Garin nominated the party Ang Kasangga ng Mangunguma-Owa Mangunguma or ANGKASANGGA to the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections. Colada is selected as the third nominee of the party-list.^[10]

Personal life

Colada's wife is Jennifer Garin, the mayor of Guimbal. She is part of the Garin clan, a political clan in Iloilo.^[11]