Jose de Venecia, Jr.
Jose De Venecia " JDV " Jr. ( born December 26, 1936 in Dagupan City ) is a Filipino politician.
Biography
Professional and political career in the Marcos era
The son of a judge completed his school education at the Dagupan Elementary School and between 1947 to 1951 at the De La Salle College High School in Dagupan City. Later he entered the diplomatic service and was last 1966-1969 Counsellor for Economic Affairs.
De Venecia began his political career in 1969 with the first election to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, which he by President Ferdinand Marcos belonged to the imposition of martial law in 1972.
He then worked as an entrepreneur and was one of the first that seconded to the Middle East and Africa in the context of works contracts mid-1970s contract workers. He recruited more than 51,000 Filipinos in for his company and put this one for port construction projects in Saudi Arabia, African agriculture, housing and oil production in the United Arab Emirates. He was also during this time also the initiator of a program for production of oil and natural gas off the coast of Palawan and became the president of the Philippine Oil Association ( Petroleum Association of the Philippines ) is selected.
Deputy party chairman and speaker of parliament
Between 1987 and 1998 he was again a Member of the House of Representatives and at the same time 1992-1998 Speaker ( Speaker) of Parliament. In addition, he was from 1991 to 2008 chairman of the party Lakas Kampi CMD ( Lakas - Kabalikat ng Pilipino - Christian Muslim Mala Yang Democrats ).
During this time, President Fidel Ramos was also commissioned with the leadership of peace talks with the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF ), which operated a secession of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, as well as with the military rebels of the RAM -SFP -YOU and of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas -run guerrilla movement New People's Army (NPA ).
Following discussions with the Chairman of the MNLF Nur Misuari on the mediation of the Libyan revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli succeeded on 2 September 1996 at the conclusion of a peace treaty, which led to the establishment of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ( ARMM ), the Governor Misuari today is.
In addition, he led the 1992 talks with the rebels in the army under the leadership of General Edgardo Abenina, Colonel Gregorio Honasan and Commodore Cabajate, which initially led to a cease-fire in 1995 and then to a final peace agreement.
In April 1997, he met in the Netherlands with the there the exiled leaders of the Nationalist Democratic Front ( National Democratic Front ) and the New People's Army ( New People's Army ), José María Sison and Luis Jalandoni.
He also met the first Christian politician of the Philippines in November 1997 to groundbreaking peace talks with the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( Moro Islamic Liberation Front, MILF ), Hashim Salamat, and the military leaders of the MILF, Commander Murad.
In 1998 he ran for the office of President, but was defeated in the election on 11 May 1998 the former Vice- President Joseph Estrada, who received 46.4 percent of the vote. De Venecia was behind with 17.1 percent of the vote in second place among the eleven candidates. The candidate Raul Roco ( 11.9 percent), Lito Osmeña ( 8.6 percent ), the Mayor of Manila Alfredo Lim (7.4 percent) and Renato de Villa ( 4.6 percent ) followed in other places.
After the election defeat, he retired for some years from political life.
Since 2001, he is again a Member of the House of Representatives and represents the interests of the constituency IV (4th District), the province of Pangasinan. Jose De Venecia was also between 2001 and 2008 again Speaker of the House.
In February 2008, Prospero Nograles followed him as Speaker of Parliament. This was in 2008, his successor as chairman of the Lakas Kampi CMD.