Leonard Mayaen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Leonard Mayaen

politician and lawyer (1953-2016)

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1953

Date of Death: 31-Mar-2016

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Leonard Mayaen

  • Leonard Gabas Mayaen (March 14, 1953 – March 31, 2016) was a Filipino politician and lawyer.
  • He served as the Governor of Mountain Province from 1998 until 2001 and again from 2010 until his death in 2016.
  • Governor Mayaen died in office from cardiac arrest on March 31, 2016, during his second term.
  • At the time of his death, Governor Mayaen was running unopposed for re-election to a third term in the forthcoming Mountain Province gubernatorial election on May 9, 2016.Mayaen was born in Besao, Mountain Province, on March 14, 1953, to a poor family.
  • His family soon moved to Mount Data in nearby Bauko, Mountain Province, where his parents found employment on vegetable farms.
  • He attended Mount Data Elementary School, where he was named his class' valedictorian.
  • Mayaen then completed law school. In 1980, Mayaen left his position as a teacher at Tublay School of Home Economics to establish his own law office.
  • He entered politics in 1988 when he was elected as a Mountain Province board member.Mayaen was elected the Vice Governor of Mountain Province in 1992.
  • He won re-election as Vice Governor in 1995.
  • In 1998, Mayaen was elected Governor of Mountain Province, a position he held from 1998 to 2001 for one-term.
  • He lost his gubernatorial re-election bid in 2001.Leonard Mayaen launched a political comeback nearly a decade later when he was once again elected Governor in 2010.
  • In 2013, Mayaen won re-election in a landslide victory.
  • Governor Mayaen was running unopposed for a third, and final, term in the upcoming gubernatorial election on May 9, 2016, when he unexpectedly died in office.Governor Leonard Mayaen died in office of a heart attack on March 31, 2016, at the age of 63.
  • He was found unresponsive on the floor of his bedroom in the Mountain Province Mansion House.
  • Mayaen was taken to Bontoc General Hospital.
  • The Governor was then airlifted by the Philippine Air Force to Notre Dame De Chartres Hospital in Baguio City, where he was pronounced dead by physicians.
  • He was survived by his wife, Sonia Gawe Mayaen, and their six children.
  • Governor Mayaen was buried at a family cemetery in Pinsao, Baguio City, on April 8, 2016.
  • He was succeeded in office by acting Governor Boni Lacwasan until a successor could be elected.

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