Tomas V. Apacible is an incumbent congressman representing the First Legislative District of the province

Provinces of the Philippines

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 of Batangas

Batangas

Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the...

 in the Philippine House of Representatives

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. He defeated former Congressman and Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita

Eduardo Ermita

Eduardo R. Ermita, was the Executive Secretary of the Philippines, and spokesperson for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was born on July 13, 1935 in Balayan, Batangas. Ermita took his Defense Resource Management Course at Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California, U.S.A...

in the 2010 elections. He is also a former Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs, Senior Undersecretary of the Department of Finance, Senior Governor Development Bank of The Philippines and Private Sector Representative to the Land Bank of The Philippines Board of Directors.

He sits as Senior Vice Chairman of the Committee of Trade and Industry, and Southern Tagalog Regional Development. He is also a member of the following committees: Ways and Means, Agriculture and Food, Energy, Tourism, Public Works and Highways, Information, Communication and Technology, Public Order and Safety, and Banks and Financial Intermediaries.

Apacible is married to Maria Dolores Cacdac with whom he has three children.