Alfredo Lim

The Honorable Alfredo S. Lim
林雯洛
Lim in 2008
19th Mayor of Manila
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2013
Vice Mayor	Isko Moreno
Preceded by	Lito Atienza
Succeeded by	Joseph Estrada
In office June 30, 1992 – March 27, 1998
Vice Mayor	Lito Atienza
Preceded by	Mel Lopez
Succeeded by	Lito Atienza
Senator of the Philippines
In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2007[a]
20th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
In office January 8, 2000 – January 20, 2001
President	Joseph Estrada
Preceded by	Ronaldo Puno
Succeeded by	Jose Lina Jr.
8th Director of the National Bureau of Investigation
In office 1989–1992
Appointed by	Corazon Aquino
Preceded by	Antonio M. Cárpio
Succeeded by	Epimaco Velasco
District Director of the Western Police District
In office 1986–1989
Preceded by	P/Brig. Gen. Narciso M. Cabrera
Succeeded by	P/Brig. Gen. Ernesto Diokno
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Siojo Lim (1929-12-21)December 21, 1929 Tondo, Manila, Philippine Islands
Died	August 8, 2020(2020-08-08) (aged 90) Manila, Philippines
Resting place	Manila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Political party	PDP–Laban (2018–20)
Other political affiliations	PRP (1992–98) Liberal (1998, 2008–18) PMP (1998–2008)
Spouse(s)	Amalia Santos ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 1994)​ Gemma Alivio
Children	12, including Cristina and Manuel
Alma mater	University of the East (BS, LL.B.) National Defense College of the Philippines (MNSA) Philippine College of Criminology (PhD)
Occupation	Police officer, politician, lawyer
Website	Official website
Police career
Allegiance	Philippines
Department	Integrated National Police
Branch	Manila Police District
Service years	1952–1989
Rank	Police Major General
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	林雯洛
Simplified Chinese	林雯洛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lín Wénluò Southern Min Hokkien POJ Lîm Bûn-lo̍k

Alfredo "Fred" Siojo Lim (Chinese: 林雯洛; pinyin: Lín Wénluò; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bûn-lo̍k; December 21, 1929 – August 8, 2020) was a Filipino politician, police officer and lawyer who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007. He also served as the 19th Mayor of Manila twice: first from 1992 to 1998, and again from 2007 to 2013.^[1]

Prior to entering politics, Lim was a policeman for three decades. During the administration of President Corazon Aquino, he was appointed the Director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), serving from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, he was elected Mayor of Manila, serving for two consecutive terms. He then unsuccessfully ran for president in 1998. Two years later, in 2000, he was appointed by President Joseph Estrada as the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).^[2]

In 2001, he ran again for mayor of Manila but lost to then-incumbent Lito Atienza. In the 2004 elections, he ran for senator and won. Three years into his tenure in the Senate, he resigned in order to run for mayor of Manila, which he won and served two consecutive terms from 2007 to 2013. He then lost the 2013 and 2016 mayoral elections to former president Estrada.^[3][4] In 2019, both Lim and Estrada lost the mayoralty elections to Isko Moreno, who served as vice mayor during the two former mayors' respective terms.^[5]

Due to his tough stance against suspected criminals, Lim earned the nickname "Dirty Harry",^[6] and has been depicted numerous times in local action films within his lifetime.

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