Richard "Dick" Gordon - Presidential Candidate 2010

Gordon, Richard Juico

Website: http://www.dickgordon2010.com/

Party: Bagumbayan-VNP
Date of Birth: August 5, 1945
Place of Birth: Castillejos, Zambales
Civil Status: Married
Spouse: Katherine H. Gordon, former Mayor of Olongapo City

Affiliations:
• Pacific Asia Travel Association, Member and incoming Chairman for 2003 World Tourism
Organization
• Commissioner for East Asia and the Pacific Philippine National Red Cross, Governor
• Boys Scouts of the Philippines, Chairman
• U.P. Alumni Association, Chairman - Olongapo Chapter
• Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Full Member
• Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association, Member
• Ateneo de Manila University Alumni Association, Director
• Presidential Bases Conversion Committee, Member
• Nacionalista Party, Regional Chairman
• Citizen's Legal Aid Society of the Philippines, Member
• Party for Philippine Progress, Training Committee Youth Arm, National Chairman (1966)
• Bagumbayan-Volunteers for a New Philippines, Founding Chairman (1997)

Level School Year Graduated
Elementary San Juan de Letran College 1954
High School Ateneo de Manila University 1962
College Ateneo de Manila University, AB History and Government 1966

Higher Studies
University of the Philippines, Bachelor of Laws 1975

Senator 2004-present
Philippine Senate
• Enacted Republic Act No. 9333: Fixing the regular elections at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
• Enacted Republic Act No. 9369, the New Automated Election System law
• Enacted Republic Act No. 9334, the Sin Tax Law
• Enacted Republic Act Nos. 9399 and 9400: fixing the tax regime in Special Economic Zones and Freeports in Clark in Pampanga, Poro Point in La Union; and John Hay in Baguio
• Enacted Republic Act No. 9346, the abolition of the death penalty law; and Republic Act No. 9367, the Biofuels Act of 2007
• Former Senate Chairman of the Committee Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Laws
• Insisted lawful process of charter change only according to the process set forth in the Constitution
• Opposed unconstitutional People‘s Initiative
• Asserted Senate‘s constitutional right to conduct legislation against: Executive Order No. 464 in Senate, et al. vs. Ermita, G.R. No. 169777, April 20, 2006; and Executive Order No. 1 in Sabio vs. Gordon, et al., G.R. No. 174340, October 17, 2006
• Former Chairman of the Committee Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
• Former Chairman of the Committee on Tourism
• Chairman of the Committee on Accountability of Public Officers & Investigations (Blue Ribbon)
• Chairman of the Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises

Secretary Feb 2001-Jan 2004
Department of Tourism
• Chair, Philippine Tourism Authority (ex-officio)
• Chair, Philippine Convention & Visitors Corporation (ex-officio)
• Chair, Intramuros Administration (ex-officio)
• Chair, National Parks Development Committee (ex-officio)
• Chair, Philippine Commission on Sports Scuba Diving (ex-officio)
• Member, Manila International Airport Authority (ex-officio)
• Member, Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (ex-officio)
• Member, Board of Trustees, Philippine Retirement Authority
• Launched ―WOW Philippines! More than the usual!‖ Campaign Pacific (2002)
• Chair of Pacific Asia Travel Association (2003)

Founding Chairman and Administrator 1992-1998
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Olongapo City
• Converted former US naval facility into a primary trade zone
• Lobbied in congress for the passage of a bill he drafted to convert the American naval and air force facilities in Subic and Clark respective into economic enclaves by the creation of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
• Subic hosted the 4th APEC Leaders Summit in 1996
• During his leadership, SBMA had 300 investors: Federal Express, Coastal Petroleum, Enron, BICC Cables, Shell Exploration, Acer Computers, Thompson Audio, $3 billion worth of investments
• Generated 70,000 jobs

Mayor Olongapo City 1980-1986
Associate ACCRA Law Office 1975-1979
Director Kong Commercial Philippines Inc. 1974-1975
Delegate Constitutional Convention 1971
Brand manager Procter and Gamble Philippines 1966-1967