Governor Evelio B. Javier
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Monument of Evelio B. Javier in San Jose, Antique.
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| Governor of Antique | |
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In office December 30, 1971 – December 30, 1980 |
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| Succeeded by | Arturo Pacificador |
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October 14, 1942 Hamtic, Antique, Commonwealth of the Philippines |
| Died | February 11, 1986 (aged 43) San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Precious Bello Lotilla |
| Children | Francis Gideon Everardo Javier David Javier |
| Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University |
| Occupation | lawyer, civil servant |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Evelio Bellaflor Javier (October 14, 1942 – February 11, 1986) was a young governor of the province of Antique in the Philippines and an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. His assassination on February 11, 1986 was one of the causes of the People Power Revolution that overthrew Marcos. Evelio Javier's brother, Exequiel Javier, served as congressman from 1987 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010 and governor from 1998 to 2001, and 2010 to 2015.
Evelio Javier was born on October 31, 1942, in Barangay Lanag (now Brgy. Evelio Javier), Hamtic, Antique, to Everardo Autajay Javier (Moscoso), a prosecutor and Feliza Bellaflor, a teacher. He finished grade school in San Jose Elementary School in San Jose, Antique and graduated high school with first honors and college in Ateneo de Manila University. There, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Government and he earned his Bachelor of Laws at Ateneo Law School in 1968. He passed the bar examination in 1968 before he became a college professor at the Ateneo, a successful lawyer and entered into politics. He was a member of the law school's Fraternal Order of Utopia.
He married Precious Bello Lotilla, daughter of Vicente Lotilla and Angelina Bello of Sibalom, Antique in Manila on December 29, 1968. They had two sons, Francis Gideon Everardo and David Ignatius.
Javier ran for governor of Antique and won in 1971 by one of the largest margins in history, making him, at the age of 28, the Philippines' youngest governor. He did not run again for election in 1980. Instead he attended the JFK School of Government at Harvard University in 1981 on a scholarship, where he earned a Masters in Public Administration.
In 1984, he ran for Assemblyman in the Batasang Pambansa, and lost. Five years after his death, he was declared the winner by the Philippine Supreme Court.
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