Eileen Ermita-Buhain is a Filipino

Philippines

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 politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party

Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats

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, she has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

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, representing the 1st District of Batangas. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007.

Ermita-Buhain is married to the swimmer and former Olympian Eric Buhain

Eric Buhain

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, who currently serves as Chairman of the Games and Amusement Board. Her father, Eduardo

Eduardo Ermita

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, has served as Executive Secretary

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 of the administration of President

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 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...

since 2004.