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Jesse Robredo
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In office
July 9, 2010 ? August 18, 2012
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President
| Benigno Aquino III
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Preceded by
| Benigno Aquino III
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Succeeded by
| Paquito Ochoa, Jr.
(acting)
[1]
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In office
June 30, 1988 ? June 30, 1998
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In office
June 30, 2001 ? June 30, 2010
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Born
| Jesse Manalastas Robredo
(
1958-05-27
)
May 27, 1958
Naga City
,
Camarines Sur
, Philippines
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Died
| August 18, 2012
(2012-08-18)
(aged 54)
Masbate City
, Philippines
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Cause of death
| 2012 Philippine Piper Seneca crash
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Nationality
| Filipino
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Political party
| Liberal Party (Philippines)
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Spouse(s)
| Maria Leonor "Lenny" Gerona Robredo
[2]
[3]
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Children
| Aika Robredo
Patricia Robredo
Jillian Therese Robredo
[3]
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Alma mater
| Ateneo de Naga University
De La Salle University
Harvard University
University of the Philippines Diliman
Far Eastern University
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Website
| www.teamrobredo.com
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Jesse Manalastas Robredo
(May 27, 1958 ? August 18, 2012) was the
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
of the
Philippines
.
[4]
Robredo was a member of the
Liberal Party
.
Until his death in 2012, Robredo was married to
Leni Gerona
who is the 14th and current
Vice President of the Philippines
.
On July 9, 2010, President
Benigno Aquino III
named Robredo as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government.
[4]
Robredo was a former Mayor of
Naga City
in
Camarines Sur
. He was the first Filipino Mayor to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000.
On August 18, 2012 (
PHT
), the
aircraft
carrying Robredo
crashed
off
Masbate
bay
.
[5]
He was
scheduled
to attend a
political
event
in Naga City. The Philippine Department of Interior and Local Government said that the
pilot
sent a
distress call
to the Masbate
airport
. The pilot was requesting an
emergency landing
. The plane never made it to the airport and crashed in the ocean.
[6]
[7]
His body was retrieved three days later, August 21, 800 meters from the shore and 180 feet below
sea level
.
[8]