Eufranio Eriguel, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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politician from the Eriguel Political Clan of La Union in the Philippines
Date of Birth: 12-Jun-1959
Date of Death: 12-May-2018
Profession: politician
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Eufranio Eriguel
- Eufranio "Franny" Chan Eriguel, M.D.
- (June 12, 1959 – May 12, 2018) was a Filipino medical doctor and politician from the Eriguel political clan of La Union, who was gunned down in an ambush on 12 May 2018.Eriguel served three terms as Mayor of Agoo, La Union and two terms as Congressman for the Second District of La Union.
- His wife Sandra Young Eriguel (widow) currently serves as Congressman for the Second District of La Union, while his daughter Stefanie Ann Eriguel currently serves as Mayor of Agoo.Eriguel is notable for his involvement in the landmark "Land Bank of the Philippines v.
- Cacayuran" case, in which the construction of a commercial building within the premises of the town plaza, which the Philippine Supreme court later ruled to be "irregular," although the court later granted a motion for reconsideration regarding the case on May 15, 2015 because the Municipality of Agoo had not been impleaded in the original case.He later received wide media attention in 2016 when he was included by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as one of the local government officials and legislators allegedly involved in illegal drug trade in his August 16 "I am sorry for my country" speech - an allegation which he and other La Union politicians denied.On April 2017, Eriguel's name was removed the drug list and the original inclusion was said to be politically colored because rival politicians allegedly provided the list to President Duterte.
- Eriguel, who had been a founding force in former Vice President Jejomar Binay's United Nationalist Alliance, was sworn into the ruling PDP–Laban party by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Eriguel and two others were gunned down in an ambush on 12 May 2018.
- He had earlier survived a bombing incident during the campaign period for the 2016 General Election.
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