Arman Sanchez
| Armando Carpio Sanchez | |
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| Governor of Batangas | |
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In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Hermilando Mandanas |
| Succeeded by | Vilma Santos-Recto |
| Mayor of Santo Tomas, Batangas | |
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In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Leopoldo Laurel |
| Succeeded by | Edna Sanchez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15, 1952 Santo Tomas, Batangas, Philippines |
| Died | April 27, 2010 (aged 57) Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party |
Lakas CMD (1998–2004) Liberal Party (2004–2007) KAMPI (2007–2009) Nacionalista (2009) PMP (2009–2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Edna Sanchez |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Armando Sanchez (June 15, 1952 – April 27, 2010) was a Filipino politician. He is a former two-term mayor of Sto. Tomas, Batangas and one-term Governor of the Province of Batangas. During his term as Batangas Governor he was also the treasurer of the League of Provinces of the Philippines.
During the 1998 elections, he ran for mayor of Santo Tomas, Batangas, which he subsequently won.
After two terms as mayor of Sto. Tomas, he decided to run as Batangas Governor. He ran as the Liberal Party official candidate during the 2004 elections. His opponents included former Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, former Board Member Dennis Hernandez and former Nasugbu Mayor Rosario Apacible.
One of his projects during his term was the beautification of Batangas Capitol Grounds. He facilitated the relocation of national government agencies and squatters who occupied a portion of the Capitol Grounds.
During his governorship, allegations of corruption surfaced. On May 30, 2005 Batangas ombudsman and graft investigator Guillermo Gamo was gunned down in Batangas City on his way to the capitol. At the time, Gamo was investigating what he described as multimillion-peso anomalous deals and projects at the capitol.
On April 13, 2015, Melinda “Mei” Magsino, a journalist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer until 2005 who covered corruption and illegal gambling ("jueteng") issues in Batangas, was also shot dead. Records from the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) showed that Magsino reported “threats” to her life sometime in 2005, during which she exposed alleged corruption and illegal gambling activities of late Batangas Governor Armando Sanchez.
He survived an assassination attempt on June 1, 2006 when he was able to get out of his Hummer H2 that exploded while boarding it inside the Batangas Capitol Grounds. His driver and bodyguard were killed during the explosion.
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