President appoints ex-Ilocos Sur gov, lawmaker Savellano to Agri post

Agriculture.

The Presidential Communications Office announced the appointment on Friday. Savellano, 64, served as Ilocos Sur

1st District representative from 2016 to 2022. He was defeated by current Rep. Ronald Singson in the May elections last year. He was appointed Deputy Speaker from 2019 to last year.

Before his stint in the House of Representatives, Savellano also served as governor thrice -- in 1992, from 2001 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2010. He was vice governor of Ilocos Sur from 2010 to 2016.

Savellano was born in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur in 1959. He is the son of Virginia Barbers and Victorino Savellano, the former mayor of Cabugao and former

Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at the University of the Philippines. He also studied at Monterey, California, where he obtained his master’s degree in International Business Administration.