Dan Lim
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Dan Neri Lim | |
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| Mayor of Tagbilaran | |
| In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Jose Ma. Rocha |
| Succeeded by | John Geesnell Yap |
| In office March 19, 1986 – January 18, 1987 Officer In Charge | |
| Preceded by | Jose Ma. Rocha |
| Succeeded by | Jose V. Torralba |
| City Administrator of Tagbilaran | |
| In office 1988–1992 | |
| Member of the Tagbilaran City Council | |
| In office 1980–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 11, 1952 Tagbilaran City, Bohol |
| Party | NPC |
| Spouse | Dr. Sharleen C. Lim |
| Alma mater | Philippine Union College Silliman University |
| Occupation | Public servant |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician, businessman |
Dan Neri Lim is a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Tagbilaran, from 1986 to 1987, and from 2004 to 2013.[1][2][3][4]
His father is Segundo Soriano Lim, a direct descendant of one of the first three Chinese nationals whose business prospered in Bohol even before the Second World War. Mr. Segundo Lim is still an active member of the city's business circle. Dan's mother is Gloria Basa Neri, from Ozamis City. At one time, she took the cudgels as vice mayor of Tagbilaran City and presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
Dan Lim was born on February 11, 1952, and is married to the former Dr. Sharleen Mathay Corral of Makati.[5]
Lim studied at the East Visayan Academy in Cebu City and finished his secondary education at Rafael Palma College (now University of Bohol) in 1968. He enrolled at the Philippine Union College in Caloocan for his bachelor's degree in political science, which he finished in 1972. He went to Dumaguete and enrolled at Silliman University for his Bachelor of Laws. He graduated in 1977 and passed the bar that same year.
Lim joined the faculty of Philippine Union College the following year, where he taught Philippine Constitution, political science, and negotiable instrument as a part-timer. Simultaneously he accepted the offer of Assemblyman Liliano Basa Neri of Region 10 as his chief of staff. Then he joined Goco, Neri, Bucero, Primisias Law Office, where later he became a partner replacing Atty. Neri. Atty. Lim is a member of Law Asia, an association of lawyers all over the Asian countries. He was also the chief of staff of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines before Atty. Liliano Neri became an assemblyman.