Edcel Lagman is a Filipino

Philippines

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 politician from the province

Provinces of the Philippines

The Provinces of the Philippines are the primary political and administrative divisions of the Philippines. There are 80 provinces at present, further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are autonomous from any provincial...

 of Albay

Albay

Albay is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Legazpi City and the province borders Camarines Sur to the north and Sorsogon to the south. Also to the northeast is Lagonoy Gulf....

 and a prominent supporter of the Reproductive Health Bill (where he is the principal author).

Political life

Lagman has been elected to a total of five terms as a Member of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of the Philippines

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, representing the 1st District of Albay. He first served from 1987 to 1998, and then from 2004 to the present. His daughter Krisel B. Lagman-Luistro represented the district from 1998 to 2004.

Lagman is presently a member of the LAKAS-CMD Party

Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats

Lakas-CMD , popularly known as Lakas, was a political party in the Philippines and the predecessor of Lakas Kampi CMD. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy, and by Populism...

, and is the main proponent of the Reproductive Health Bill

Reproductive Health Bill (Philippines)

The Reproductive Health bills, popularly known as the RH Bill, are Philippine bills aiming to guarantee universal access to methods and information on birth control and maternal care. The bills have become the center of a contentious national debate. There are presently two bills with the same...

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Personal life

Lagman is the older brother of Filemon "Popoy" Lagman

Filemón Lagman

Filemon Lagman , popularly known as Ka Popoy was a revolutionary socialist and workers' leader in the Philippines. He shares the ideology of Marxism-Leninism...

, the founder of the Partido ng Manggagawa, and who was assassinated in 2001. Another brother, Hermon, was a political activist

Activism

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 who disappeared during the martial law

Martial law

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 government of President

President of the Philippines

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 Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...

. Lagman is married to Maria Cielo B. Lagman and has children.