Region 5

Bicol Region
 Camarines Sur
Current Political Leaders
Coming from Political Clans

• Governor Luis Raymond F. Villafuerte

• Congressman Arnulfo P. Fuentebella
• Congressman Felix R. Alferor Jr.
• Congressman Diosdado “Dado” M. Arroyo
 Villafuerte Clan
• Mariano Enciso Villafuerte Sr. was governor
Camarines from 1942 to 1943, during the
Japanese Occupation
• Also served as Representative of the 1st district
of Camarines Sur to the 8th and 9th Philippine
Legislature (1928-1934)
Luis Villafuerte Sr.
• Son of Mariano Enciso Villafuerte
• Served as Congressman of the 2nd district of
Camarines Sur to the 13th and 14th (2004 – 2010)
• Also served as governor of Camarines Sur in
1986 to 1992 and in 1995 to 2004 before being
succeeded by his son L-Ray Villafuerte
• Multi awarded businessman in banking and
finance
Positions held Outside of Politicsbefore being
elected as Governor
• Minister of Trade, Philippines
• Chairman,Confederation of Philippine Exporters
• Chairman, Design Center of the Philippines
• Chairman, Garments and Textiles Export Board
• Chairman, Metric Systems Board
• Chairman,Philippine International Trading Corp.
• Chairman, Philippine Shippers Council
• Director, National Economic Development Authority
• Director, Philippine Ports Authority
• Director, National Research Council of the Phils.
• Vice-Chairman, Abaca Industry Dev. Authority
 Awards received in business
• Most Outstanding National Businessman
Awardee - Civic Assembly of Women in the
Philippines
• Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Of the
Philippines, Awardee for Investment Banking
and International Finance – Jaycees
• Most Outstanding Investment Banker Award -
President Manuel A. Roxas
Luis Raymund “L-Ray”
Villafuerte Jr.

• Son of Luis Villafuerte

• Succeeded his father as governor of
Camarines Sur from 2004 to 2007 and was re-
elected in the last 2010 elections as governor
• CEO of Lara Gifts and Decors Co., a multi-
million dollar company (estimated $20 million
sales in 2005 with 3,000 direct and indirect
employees)
Fuentebella Clan
• One of the old political dynasties of the
Philippines
• Celebrated 100 years of government service in
April of 2007
• The family’s patriarch is Don Mariano
Fuentebella who was a former gobernadorcillo
of the town of Sangay and Governor of Ambos,
Camarines during the American Colonialism.
Jose Fuentebella
• Son of Don Mariano Fuentebella and brother of Felix and
Manuel Fuentebella
• Practiced law for three years then served as Congressman in
the 3rd district of Camarines Sur in 1909 to 1916, as Senator
to the Philippine Legislature from 1928 to 1935, and again
as a Congressman to the National Assembly in 1935 to 1941
• Served as president of the Nacionalista Party in Camarines
Sur from 1909 until 1955
• Appointed as Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Philippines to the Republic of Indonesia at Jakarta in
March 31, 1955 by the late Pres. Ramon Magsaysay
Manuel Fuentebella
• served as a Congressman in the 2nd district of
Camarines Sur to the 7th (1925–1928) and 8th
Philippine Legislature (1928–1931)

Felix Fuentebella
•  former Representative of the 2nd District of the
province of Camarines Sur to
the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th (1953-1972)
• Also served as Governor of Albay preceding Luis
Villafuerte Sr.
Arnulfo P. Fuentebella
• Son of Felix Fuentebella
• current Representative of the 4th
district of the province of Camarines Sur to the 15th
Congress
• also represented the 3rd district to the Batasang
Pambansa in 1978 to 1984, the 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th
(1992 – 2001) and 14th (2004-2007) Congress of the
Philippines
• was the Speaker of the Philippine House of
Representatives from 2000 to 2001
Felix William B.
Fuentebella

• Son of Arnulfo Fuentebella

• former Representative of the 3rd District of
the province of Camarines Sur to the 12th
Congress of the Philippines of the House of
Representatives (2001-2004)
Arnie Fuentebella

• Son of Arnulfo Fuentebella

• Mayor of Tiagon, Camarines Sur
Other family members in Politics (2007)

• Awel Fuentebella Llaguno - Camarines Sur

provincial board member
• Caloy Fuentebella Llaguno - Tigaon municipal
councilor
• Felix Fuentebella - president of the
Sangguniang Kabataan Federation
• Arnie Fuentebella - proponent of the Bangon
Tigaon Movement
 Albay
Current Political Leaders
Coming from Political Clans

• Congressman Al Francis Bichara

• Congressman Edcel Lagman
• Governor Jose Ma. Clemente S. Salceda
 Imperial Clan
• Also one of the old political dynasties of the
Philippines
• The first of the more known family members
to enter into politics was Carlos Imperial, a
former representative of the 2nd District of
Albay in 1907 until 1909
• Carlos was appointed as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court in 1931
• Leoncio Imperial, Carlos’s brother, was a
former Senator (1916-1922) for the Sixth
Senatorial District of Albay, Sorsogon,
Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte and Masbate
• Domingo Imperial, cousin of Carlos, was a
former Senator from 1934 to 1935 and in 1941
to 1947 of the Sixth Senatorial District
of Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines
Norte, Camarines Sur, and Masbate
• Jose Imperial, also a cousin of Carlos, Domingo
and Lucencio, was a former governor of Albay
Carlos “Papay” del
Rosario Imperial
• Son of Domingo Imperial
• Was a former Representative of the 2nd District of
Albay (1965-1972 and 1987-1998), and an
Assemblyman to the Interim Batasang Pambansa
(1978-1984)
• The longest serving congressman ofthe 2nd district
• His wife, Norma Batiancela Imperial, was also a
former Representative of the 2nd District of Albay
(1998-2001)
Other family members in Politics
• Uncle Gregorio Sr. Served as Mayor of Legazpi
• first cousins  Gregorio Jr., Antonio and
Benjamin became mayors of Legazpi City
• second cousin Felix Fuentebella became
Governor of Albay
 Salceda Clan
• Jesus Salceda served as mayor of Legazpi City,
Albay from 2004 to 2007
• In 2007, Jesus Salceda ran for congressman in
the 3rd district but lost
Jose Maria Clemente Salceda
• Son of Jesus Salceda
• Incumbent Governor of Albay
• Served as congressman in the 3rd district of Albay from 1998
to 2007
• Appointed as GMA’s Presidential Chief of Staff on February
10, 2007 after the resignation of Michael Defensor
• was voted by foreign fund managers in Asiamoney's Annual
Survey as "Best Analyst" in 1995 and "Best Economist" for
four consecutive years from 1993 to 1996
• Jueteng whistleblower Sandra Cam accused Salceda of
receiving jueteng protection money in 2007
Camarines Norte
 Padilla Clan
Roy Padilla Sr.
• served as a Mayor in Jose Panganiban and later as vice-
governor of Camarines Norte in the 1970’s
• Became an Assemblyman of the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 1984
• Appointed as officer-in-charge as governor in
Camarines Norte during Corazon-Aquino’s presidency
• Assassinated in 1988 during his gubernatorial bid in
Camarines Norte
• His father, Jose Padilla, was former governor
of Bulacan
• the father of actors Robin Padilla, Rustom
Padilla and Rommel Padilla, as well as the
sibling of actors Pempe Padilla, Amado Cortez,
and Carlos Padilla, Sr
Roy Padilla Jr.
• After his father, was proclaimed victorious in
the 1988 elections, he took his father’s place
as Governor of Camarines Norte