Luzviminda Tancangco

Luzviminda Tancangco
Chairman of the Commission on Elections
Acting
In office
October 8, 1998 – January 10, 1999
Appointed byJoseph Estrada
Preceded byBernardo P. Pardo
Succeeded byHarriet Demetriou
Commissioner of the Commission on Elections
In office
August 5, 1998[1] – February 2, 2004[1]
Appointed byJoseph Estrada
Personal details
BornBustos, Bulacan
NationalityFilipino
AffiliationTau Gamma Sigma

Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections. She was also its first female acting chairman (1998–1999).

Service

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She served from 1998 to 2004,[1] and is one of the six women to have been appointed to the Commission as of 2014.

Controversies

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GMANews.TV reported that in August 2002, "NAMFREL and other civil society organizations" filed an "impeachment complaint" against "COMELEC Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco", and that the complaint was "endorsed by Rep. Monico Puentevella".[2] The Congress of the Philippines dismissed the complaint on February 3, 2003 and found it "not sufficient in substance".[3] Ms. Tancangco continued to serve on the COMELEC until February 2, 2004.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Commission on Elections from 1940 to the present". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  2. ^ "Past impeachment complaints filed against top Comelec officials". 2007-09-27. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  3. ^ "Plenary Action on the Preliminary Determination by the Committee on Justice of Insufficiency in Substance of an Impeachment Complaint: Tancangco Case" (PDF). December 2, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
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Government offices
Preceded by COMELEC Chairman
October 08, 1998– January 10, 1999
Succeeded by