Leoncio Evasco, Jr.
| Leoncio Evasco Jr. | |
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Evasco in 2016, addressing employees of the Malacañang Palace
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| Cabinet Secretary of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Jose Rene Almendras |
| Chairman of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council | |
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In office December 5, 2016 – July 12, 2017 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Leni Robredo |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Del Rosario |
| Mayor of Maribojoc | |
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In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Engr. Gabino C. Redulla |
| Succeeded by | Mer Arocha |
| Personal details | |
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Leoncio Badilla Evasco Jr. March 29, 1944 Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Alma mater | Major Seminary of San Carlos Ateneo de Davao University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Leoncio "Jun" Badilla Evasco Jr. (born March 29, 1944) is a Filipino politician, who is the incumbent Secretary of the Cabinet and concurrently the Chairman of Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council of Rodrigo Duterte's administration. Before he was appointed as the Cabinet secretary, he was the Mayor of Maribojoc town in Bohol from 2007-2016. He was an ordained priest, being ordained in 1970, when he joined the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New Peoples Army in 1974.
Evasco was born in Maribojoc in Bohol province on March 29, 1944. He finished his AB philosophy and theology in Seminario Mayor de San Carlos in Cebu City in 1966 and 1970, respectively. He finished his masters in Ateneo de Davao University.
Evasco was ordained priest in 1970. He was assigned as priest in Dauis, Baclayon and Catigbian all in Bohol. A raid by soldiers in his convent in Catigbian in 1974 pushed him to join the underground Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army. In 1983 he was caught while presiding over the wedding of a comrade in Midsayap, North Cotabato. He was tortured and four of his those arrested with him was summarily executed. Evasco was prosecuted by then prosecutor Rodrigo Duterte for rebellion. Following the EDSA People Power Revolution he was one of the political detainees ordered released from jail by then President Cory Aquino. After his release, Evasco worked as secretary general of Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto. He served as campaign manager of Duterte when he run in 1988 mayoral elections. He served as OIC of the city engineer's office from 1989-1990. Evasco headed the economic enterprise office before being appointed as chief of staff of Duterte.
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