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Lutgardo Barbo
Former governor of Eastern Samar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lutgardo "Lutz" Boco Barbo is a politician and former governor of Eastern Samar. He was originally a lawyer in the Mosqueda Law Office, before becoming the senate secretary of senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. since 2000 and being the secretary of senator Koko Pimentel until 2016.
In 2022, he ran for Senator, in the slate of Manny Pacquiao with PDP-Laban. He got 48th overall, being elected as the vice-chairman for PDP-Laban shortly after the elections.
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Early life and early career
He was born on October 1, 1945, in Llorente, Eastern Samar (then part of undivided Samar).[1] He was originally a part of the Mosqueda Law Office, with the earliest report coming from 1979.[2]
Career
Governor and secretary
Lutgardo Barbo was the governor of Eastern Samar for four terms from 1986 to 1998.[1] Since 2000,[a] he was the senate secretary of Aquilino Pimentel Jr.[3] On December 7, 2000, he was the case caller for the impeachment of Joseph Estrada out of 21 senator judges, 11 prosecutors, and three defense lawyers.[4] Until 2016, Barbo was the secretary for the senator Koko Pimentel, and as a senate secretary until 2018.[1][5]
2022 Senate run
He ran for the Senate of the Philippines, joining the slate of former senator and boxer Manny Pacquiao,[6] with the political party PDP-Laban. He ended up getting 48th overall, with 749,472 votes, roughly 1.35% of the overall votes.[7] After the election, in August 2022, Barbo was elected as the vice-chairman for the Pacquiao-Pimentel Faction of the PDP-Laban party.[5]
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