JOSE S. COJUANGCO, JR.

President, Philippine Olympic Committee
President, Equestrian Association of the Philippines
2006-present, Honorary Life President, Philippine South East Asian Games Federation
2005 President / CEO, Philippine South East Asian Games Organizing Committee
2005 President, Philippine South East Asian Games Federation
 
PERSONAL DATA:
Birth date and place: 19 September 1934, Manila
Parents: Jose Cojuangco, Sr. and Demetria Sumulong
Wife: Margarita "TingTing" de los Reyes,
President, Phil. Public Safety College and former Governor of Tarlac
Children: Dr. Luisita Immaculada Angeles Alexandra C. Bautista, MD married to Emmanuel Bautista;
Josephine Victoria C. Guingona, married to Francisco Javier Guingona;
Mikaela Ma. Antonia C. Jaworski, married to Robert Vincent Jude Jaworski;
Margarita Demetria Zini, married to Andrea Zini
Regina Patricia Cojuangco
FORMAL EDUCATION :
De La Salle College, Manila 1946
Loyola School, New York 1951
Holy Cross College, Massachusetts 1955
POLITICAL CAREER:
Elected No. 1 Municipal Councilor Paniqui, Tarlac 1955-1957  
Succeeded as Vice Mayor Paniqui, Tarlac 1957-1959
Elected Municipal Mayor Paniqui, Tarlac 1959-1961
Elected Congressman 1st District, Tarlac 1961-1965
  • Youngest Member of the House of Representatives
  • Member, Commission on Appointments
  • During the term of Pres. Diosdado M. Macapagal, he was one of the 12 members of the select committee which drafted and passed into law the firs Land Reform Code of the Philippines considered a milestone of the Macapagal Administration
  • He also authored the Agriculture Marketing News Services Law
  • He was also Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, a ranking member of the Committee on Economic Development and represented the House of Representatives to the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association
Re-Elected Congressman 1st District, Tarlac 1965-1969  
  • Member of the Young Turks in the House of Representatives
Campaign Manager of Laban ng Bayan (LABAN) April 1978  
  • Party led by Senator Ninoy Aquino
Elected Secretary - General of PDP-Laban   1983  
Elected President of PDP-Laban   1984  
Campaign Manager of Cory Aquino for President   1985-1986  
EDSA-I Leader   1986  
Elected Secretary-General, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP)   1989-92  
Elected Congressman 1st District, Tarlac 1987-1992  
Re-Elected Congressman 1st District, Tarlac 1992-1995  
Re-Elected Congressman 1st District, Tarlac 1995-1998  
  • During the Eighth Congress, he was elected Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and subsequently the Committee on Public Order and Security
  • He was a ranking member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Foreign Relations
  • He was also the principal author of RA 6975, the Department of Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 providing for the creation of the Philippine National Police and the consolidation of all Public Safety agencies under the interior sector
  • In the Ninth Congress, he chaired the Special Committee on Food Security where he authored the Agrarian Reform Communities Act
SPORTS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Philippine Junior Bowlers Former President    
RP Golf Association Former President    
Equestrian Association of the Philippines President    
Metropolitan Association of Race Horse Owners Founding Member    
Philippine Olympic Committee President    
Phil Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee President/CEO 2005    
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) Founding Member    
Council on Philippine Affairs (COPA) Founding Member    
EDSA II Forces Convener    
Asian Institute for Democracy (AID) Trustee and Treasurer    
Magtanong kay Cong. Peping, a weekly radio Public Affairs program in Central Luzon Host / Commentator    
DZSR Sports Radio, Weekly Radio Sports News Program related to POC Affairs