Leoncio Evasco Jr.

Leoncio Evasco Jr.
Evasco in 2016, addressing employees of the Malacañang Palace
Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes
In office
November 24, 2020 – June 30, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPosition created
Cabinet Secretary of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 2016 – October 16, 2018
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byJose Rene Almendras
Succeeded byKarlo Nograles
6th Chairman of the
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
In office
December 5, 2016 – July 12, 2017
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byLeni Robredo
Succeeded byEduardo del Rosario
Mayor of Maribojoc
In office
June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016
Preceded byGabino Redulla
Succeeded byMer Arocha
Personal details
Born
Leoncio Badilla Evasco Jr.

(1944-03-29) March 29, 1944 (age 80)
Maribojoc, Bohol, Philippines
Political partyPeople's Reform Party (2021–present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of the Philippines (c. 1974 – c. 1980s)
NPC (c. 2010 – c. 2019)[2]
Kilusang Pagbabago (2016–?)[3][4]
Alma materMajor Seminary of San Carlos
Ateneo de Davao University
OccupationBusinessman

Leoncio "Jun" Badilla Evasco Jr. (born March 29, 1944)[5] is a Filipino politician who served as Secretary of the Cabinet from 2016 to 2018 and was the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes under the Duterte administration from 2020 to 2022.[6] Before he was appointed as the Cabinet secretary, he was the Mayor of Maribojoc town in Bohol from 2007 to 2016.[7] He was an ordained priest, being ordained in 1970, when he joined the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, in 1974.[7][8]

  1. ^ Villamor-Ilano, Marites (October 4, 2021). "Is it People's Reform Party for Sara?". SunStar Manila. SunStar Publishing Inc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  2. ^ Panti, Llanesca T. (March 21, 2019). "Evasco: Duterte will back me in May polls sans PDP membership". GMA News. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  3. ^ Fonbuena, Carmela (December 5, 2016). "New 'party' Kilusang Pagbabago formed to protect Duterte". Rappler. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Evasco leads 'Kilusang Pagbabago' launch". SunStar Philippines. August 13, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference bio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Parrocha, Azer (December 2, 2020). "Evasco named PRRD's adviser on streamlining of gov't processes". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Bohol mayor Evasco former rebel priest, trusted Duterte aide". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 25, 2013. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's men". The Straits Times. May 16, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

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