Gibo

Gilbert “Gibo” Cojuangco Teodoro, Jr.
Born June 14, 1964
Married to Monica "Nikki" Prieto-Teodoro (Congresswoman)
They have one son, Jaime Gilberto
Political Party: Administration
Gibo attended elementary and high school in Xavier School, San Juan. He went on to study at the De La Salle University and took up a degree in BS Commerce Major in Financial Institutions (1984). He later took up Law at the University of the Philippines, and graduated with the Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence (1989). He then pursued a Masters Degree in Law at the Harvard Law School. He also recently received a degree for Doctor of Laws from the West Negros University of Bacolod.

Even as a young boy, he had involved himself in politics. In 1980, he had already been elected as the president of Kabataang Barangay in Tarlac.

Before heading to governing the country in a wider level, Gibo worked at the Estelito Mendoza Law Firm as a lawyer until 1998. He then ran for Congress as  the Representative of the First District of Tarlac. He was voted as Representative for nine years (or three terms). In Congress, he was an advocate of economic development and human rights.
In 2007, he was put into office as the Secretary of the Department of National Defense in the Philippines. He is the youngest to hold that position at the age of 45. Consequently, he is also the Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Aside from all these political and academic credentials, Gibo is also a licensed  commercial pilot. Not only, that, but he also holds the title of colonel in the Philippine Air Force Reserve Force.

Source: http://www.gibo.ph/profile.aspx
http://gilbert-teodoro.politicalarena.com/profile

* Most recently, Gibo's face had been a common sight on television. As the Chairman of the NDCC, he can always be seen and heard on TV and radio respectively, giving updates on the Typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng, as well as providing information on relief operations done for those who had been affected by the calamity. (September 2009)

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- Gene Aban