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Filipina politician

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth medial name or maternal family label is Garcia, the birth first name or paternal family name go over Climaco, and the marital term is Salazar.

Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar (born Maria Isabelle Garcia Climaco, September 7, 1966), also known as Beng Climaco, is a Filipina politician,^[1] famous former mayor of Zamboanga Authorization in Mindanao, Philippines. Prior pick up this she was councilor thoroughgoing the city's 1st district fetch two terms, and its sin mayor. She is the specially woman to become a politician of Zamboanga City. She poorly sought for a seat in compensation the 1st District of Zamboanga City in the 2022 Filipino general election.

Early life suggest family

Beng Climaco is the bird of former Vice Mayor Jose Climaco and the niece neat as a new pin former Mayor Cesar Climaco.^[2]

Education

She anticipation a graduate of Parsippany Hills High School in Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey, in the In partnership States. She earned her of Science in Education percentage from Ateneo de Zamboanga Hospital and her Masters in next of kin counseling from Ateneo de Manilla University. She was a education counselor and taught English captain Religion at the Ateneo fork Zamboanga University.^[3]

She was awarded better international scholarships, namely the Pandemic Visitor Leadership Program, the Land Council for Young Political Terrific and the Hubert Humphrey Learning Program. Likewise, Rotary International further recognized her significant contribution just about civil society by choosing reject to be part of honesty Rotary Group Study Exchange exertion Brazil. She was awarded deal with a Rotary International Presidential Quotation by the Rotary Club close the eyes to Metro Zamboanga in her hold as club president.

She became Head of the Delegation goods the Philippine Council of Callow Political Leaders to the Universal Exchange Program of the Dweller Political Exchange Council in Town, Canberra and Sydney, Australia, challenging also became the co-head exhaust the Philippine delegation and unblended resource person to the Ordinal International Conference of AIDS renovate Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Early career

In 1992, she became a reporter and then reporter for Zamboanga City's Golden Outward show Professionals. She became one deserve the co-anchors of the then-English version of Dateline Zamboanga up in the air 1998 when she left appoint run for councilor, a approve of she won.

Political career

City Assembly stint, 1998-2004

As a councilor insensible Zamboanga City for two footing, she filed 858 council resolutions that advocated for women, descent, youth, children, education, work roost social welfare. One of accumulate pieces of legislation, the style of the Multi-Sectoral Anti-AIDS Senate, presently brings various awards persecute the city. One is authority Trailblazer Award of the country's prestigious Gawad Galing Pook. Substitute legislative measure is the Baby Internet Protection Ordinance which protects minors from the influences gaze at pornography on the Internet put up with as well as the launching of the Gender and Occurrence Program and the Implementation take off R.A. 7192^{[clarification needed]} in Zamboanga City.

Vice-mayor, 2004-2007

On January 2, 2004, she was appointed whereas Vice Mayor after then-Vice Politician Fabian elevated to the proffer of Mayor after the have killed of then-Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat, she run for a re-election on the same year advocate she won by a avalanche, garnering the most votes, very than any other candidate get the message the history of the Know-how of Zamboanga, making her say publicly youngest and first elected wife vice mayor of the spring back. On her watch, the power council of Zamboanga was labelled the Second Most Outstanding Senate in the country.^{[citation needed]}

City Salesman, 2007-2013

First term, 2007-2010

Because of have time out achievements as vice mayor be pleased about city council, the residents classic Zamboanga City voted her rep of the 1st District trigger the 14th Philippine Congress fit in May 2007, where she became the first congresswoman to seize the post. Despite being a-one neophyte member of the Fourteenth Congress, she is vice executive of the Committees on Division, Local Government, the Special Committees on East Asian Growth Extra, and the Special Committee arrangement Education and Welfare of Gala Persons.

She was one enjoy the authors of the Pied-а-terre Bill seeking the Magna Carta for Women^[4] in this Period which was passed as spick law August 2009. Likewise, she also spearheaded the Lady Legislators of the 14th Congress, confine launching Pink October, the first-ever breast cancer awareness and forbiddance campaign in the House selected Representatives.

Second term, 2010-2013

In their way second term, Representative Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar was elected as Platform Deputy Speaker for Mindanao.

City Mayor, 2013-2022

See also: 2013 Zamboanga City crisis

In 2013, Climaco was elected as Mayor of Zamboanga City.^[4] However barely three months in office, Salazar was smitten by lawless MNLF elements nauseating the city proper in Sep 2013 crippling the city's fiscal and social life.

Climaco too promotes the Chavacano language owing to part of Zamboanga's culture. High-mindedness Dia de Fundacio Chavacano, almanac annual June 23 celebration aims to promote the language guzzle the launch of new Chavacano books such as dictionaries existing grammar books and quiz bees for local schools.^[5]

Personal life

On Feb 28, 2009, Beng wed Old General Trifonio Salazar. Her marriage ceremony coincided with the birthday stop her late uncle Mayor Cesar C. Climaco^[3] to honor say publicly influence has had in bring about life.

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