GOVERNOR'S DIRECTORY

Region I, Region II, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region III, Region IV-A, Region IV-B, Region V, Region VI, Region VII, Region VIII, Region IX, Region X, Region XI, Region XII, CARAGA, Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Ateneo de Davao University. He joined the corporate business world for a time, and was connected with ANFLO Management and Investment Corp., United Financial Corp., Pioneer Trading and Supply and Worldwide Agri-Development Corporation.

He spent a major part of his political career in the houses of Congress, starting his years as assemblyman of the Interim and Batasang Pambansa from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Concurrently, he served as minister, cabinet rank, in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and of Natural Resources until 1986.

With the restoration of democracy, Governor Dolfo, as he is fondly called, continued to serve the legislature. He was voted to represent the 3rd District of Davao del Norte in the House of Representatives for three consecutive terms in 1987, 1992 and 1995. Among the congressional bodies and committees he served were the Commission on Appointments, Agricultural Modernization, Constitutional Amendments and Justice.

He was elected as governor in 1998, and reelected in 2001. During his second term in 2001, he was elected by his peers to be the president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines and, subsequently, the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines. In the course of the service, he represented the private sector at the International Government Group on Bananas in Rome in 1976 and headed the Philippine delegations to the 9th World Forestry Congress in Mexico in 1985 and the UN 9th Session on Natural Resources in 1985.

In 2004, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed him as Presidential Assistant on New Government Centers.

During the May 14, 2007 elections, he joined once more in the gubernatorial race and handily won the mandate of the constituents of Davao del Norte. He was likewise appointed to co-chair the Council of Advisers of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.

Born on September 1, 1934 in Tondo, Manila, Governor del Rosario is married to Milagros M. Garcia with whom he has five children: Rodolfo Jr., Antonio, Manuel, Rafael and Ma. Socorro.