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Grace Poe

The Honorable
Grace Poe
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Senator of the Philippines
Assumed office
June 30, 2013
Chair of the Philippine Senate
Public Services Committee
Assumed office
July 25, 2016
Preceded by Bong Revilla
Chair of the Philippine Senate
Public Information and
Mass Media Committee
Assumed office
July 22, 2013
Preceded by Gregorio Honasan
Chair of the Philippine Senate
Public Order and
Dangerous Drugs Committee
In office
July 22, 2013 – July 25, 2016
Preceded by Gregorio Honasan
Succeeded by Panfilo Lacson
Chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
In office
October 10, 2010 – October 2, 2012
Preceded by Consoliza Laguardia
Succeeded by Eugenio Villareal
Personal details
Born baptized (1968-09-03) September 3, 1968 (age 48)
Iloilo City, Philippines
Political party Independent (2003–2015)
Aksyon (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican (U.S.) (1990)
Team PNoy (2012–13)
NPC (2016)
PGP (2015–present)
Spouse(s) Neil Llamanzares (m. 1991)
Children 3
Alma mater University of the Philippines, Manila
Boston College
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website gracepoe.ph

Grace Poe (baptized September 3, 1968) is a Filipino senator, businesswoman, educator, and philanthropist. She is the adopted daughter of actors Susan Roces and Fernando Poe, Jr. She served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2010 to 2012 and in the Philippine Senate since 2013.

Poe studied at the University of the Philippines Manila, where she majored in development studies, but moved to Boston College in Massachusetts, United States where she finished a degree in political science and has spent much of her adult life in Fairfax, Virginia. In 2004, her adoptive father ran for the Philippine presidency against the incumbent, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, but was defeated; he died months later. On April 8, 2005, Grace returned to the Philippines after learning that her father had died. She began pursuing her father's rights over the results of the election and campaigned against alleged electoral fraud.

Poe ran for a seat in the Philippine Senate during the election in 2013 as an Independent affiliated with the Team PNoy coalition of Aquino. She ended up winning more votes than other candidates and over 20 million votes, ahead of Loren Legarda, who previously topped two elections. She was a candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Despite numerous attempts to have her disqualified, the Supreme Court of the Philippines deemed her a natural-born Filipino citizen and she is qualified to become President based on her 10-year residency. Poe was placed third in the Presidential Race count.


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