Angelito Sarmiento

Angelito Monsura Sarmiento (nickname Lito or Boy) (January 7, 1947 – October 1, 2015) was a Filipino politician. A member of Liberal Party/Partido Del Pilar, he served as the mayor of the City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan[1] from 2004 and 2007 and from 2009 to 2010.

Angelito M. Sarmiento
Mayor of San Jose del Monte City
In office October 26, 2009 – June 30, 2010
Preceded by	Reynaldo S. San Pedro (Acting)
Succeeded by	Reynaldo S. San Pedro
In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2007
Preceded by	Eduardo V. Roquero
Succeeded by	Eduardo V. Roquero
Presidential Adviser on Agricultural Modernization
In office 2001–2004
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bulacan's Fourth District
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001
Preceded by	Rogaciano Mercado
Succeeded by	Reylina Nicolas
Personal details
Born	January 7, 1947 Manila, Philippines
Died	October 1, 2015 (aged 68) Bulacan, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Political party	Liberal Party/Partido Del Pilar
Other political affiliations	Lakas-CMD (1992-2009)
Residence	San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan
Profession	Businessman

Political career

As legislator

Sarmiento served three terms as representative of the 4th District of Bulacan (1992–2001). It was under that term that he authored Republic Act 8797, an act converting the Municipality of San Jose del Monte in the Province of Bulacan into a component city to be known as the City of San Jose del Monte. He was then appointed by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Presidential Adviser on Agricultural Modernization and concurrently appointed as Chairman of the National Food Authority, a position he held until 2004.

As city mayor

Sarmiento successfully vied for the mayorship of San Jose del Monte in 2004 but lost his re-election bid to then Representative and former two-term Municipal Mayor and the first City Mayor Eduardo V. Roquero (who ran under the Kampi banner) in 2007, amid allegations of cheating and bomb threats. In 2009, after a seemingly lengthy legal battle on the resolution of his election protest which affected even the residents of the city (the Comelec earlier ruled that Sarmiento is the duly-elected mayor, thus nullifying Roquero's election), he returned to his mayoralty seat after the Supreme Court dismissed the petition of Acting Mayor Reynaldo S. San Pedro to stop Sarmiento from assuming the seat. San Pedro became the Acting Mayor of the city when Mayor Eduardo V. Roquero died on August 24, 2009.[2]

Sarmiento formally assumed control of City Hall on October 26, 2009, after San Pedro peacefully conceded his hold of the mayorship of the city, following the Supreme Court, Comelec and DILG decisions and the effectivity of the contested Comelec resolution. (Per the DILG order, San Pedro reverted to his old position of city vice mayor.)[3]

He ran for a full term as city mayor on 2010 but lost to outgoing Vice Mayor Reynaldo San Pedro.

Outside politics

Known as the "Dean of Agribusiness" during his term in Congress, Sarmiento sits as a member of the board of directors of the family-owned Vitarich Corporation, an agribusiness company which manufactures hog feeds, aquaculture feeds, agricultural feeds, speciality feeds (i.e. feeds for gamecocks), and livestock products (dressed chicken, dory fish, and day-old chicks).[4] On October 1, 2015, he died of a heart attack.[5]

See also

• San Jose del Monte City
• Legislative districts of Bulacan

References

1. Sarmiento assumes as SJDM mayor
2. 'Defeated' mayor to assume mayoralty seat, tension grips San Jose del Monte (Tagalog)
3. Election fever heats up in Bulacan, Ecija towns
4. Vitarich Board of Directors information from Philippine Stock Exchange website
5. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/729322/ex-bulacan-lawmaker-dies-on-witness-stand

External links

• "11th Congress" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-03. Retrieved 2009-03-14.