Luzviminda Tancangco
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Appointed byJoseph Estrada
Preceded byBernardo P. Pardo
Succeeded byHarriet Demetriou
Appointed byJoseph Estrada
Luzviminda Tancangco | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Commission on Elections | |
Acting | |
| In office October 8, 1998 – January 10, 1999 | |
| Appointed by | Joseph Estrada |
| Preceded by | Bernardo P. Pardo |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Demetriou |
| Commissioner of the Commission on Elections | |
| In office August 5, 1998[1] – February 2, 2004[1] | |
| Appointed by | Joseph Estrada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Affiliation | Tau Gamma Sigma |
Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections. She was its second female acting chairperson (1998–1999) after Haydee Yorac.
She served from 1998 to 2004,[1] and is one of the six women to have been appointed to the Commission as of 2014.
