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 Enrique T. Garcia is currently on his second term as governor of the Province of Bataan, a position he previously held for one term from 1992 to 1994.

A lawyer by profession, he has carved for himself a niche in Bataan’s political arena in the last 20 years. His political career begun in 1987 when he was elected to represent the 2nd district of the province in the House of Representatives. After serving a single term, he threw his hat into the gubernatorial arena and handily got the nod of the constituents of Bataan. In 1995, he once more ran for congressman of his district and won a seat in the House of Representatives, three elections in a row.

After serving the full three terms in Congress, he was once more elected governor in 2004, and this mandate was reaffirmed on May 14, 2007. He was likewise appointed as member of the Council of Advisers of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.

After finishing his elementary education at the Balanga Elementary School and high school at the Bataan High School, Gov. Garcia enrolled at the De La Salle College, where he obtained both of his Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting and Economics in 1963. In 1970, he finished a course in Linear Programming which he took up at the EMSI in New Jersey, USA.

Prior to his venture into politics, Gov. Garcia started his career at ESSO Philippines, Inc. where he too the positions of Senior Auditor, Senior Financial Analyst, and Assistant Marketing Economic Manager before he moved to ESSO Standard Eastern, New York and Humble Oil – Texas both as executive trainee. In 1971, he returned to ESSO Philippines, Inc., where he assumed the position of Marketing Economist and Resident Manager until 1973. From 1974 – 1979, he was president of VICGAR Trading, then moved to the civil service as executive assistant of the Bureau of Internal Revenue from 1980 to 1982. He was senior partner of the Garcia, Lava & Associates from 1983 until 1987, when he ran for congressman.

Gov. Garcia has been actively involved in the Supreme Court cases relative to the Oil Deregulation Law and the Relocation of the Petro-Chemical Plant.

Born on September 13, 1940, Tet, as he is fondly called, is married to Victoria S. Garcia with whom he has five children, namely: Anna, Abet, Gila, Joet and Francis.