Mercedes Alvarez–Lansang
Filipino politician
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Mercedes "Cheding" Alvarez–Lansang[1] (born October 20, 1982), is a Filipino politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and represented the 6th district of Negros Occidental.[2]
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Mercedes Alvarez | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Negros Occidental's 6th District | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Genaro Alvarez Jr. |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Genaro Alvarez Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Genaro Alvarez Jr. |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office August 3, 2026 | |
| House Speaker | Bojie Dy |
| In office July 25, 2016 – June 30, 2019 | |
| House Speaker | Pantaleon Alvarez Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mercedes Kho Alvarez October 20, 1982 Bacolod, Philippines |
| Party | NPC (2009–present) |
| Alma mater | Assumption College University of St. La Salle |
Family members
Rep. Alvarez is the daughter of former Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez Jr., himself a former representative of the district. On October 6, 2016, she married Major Dranreb "Dran" Lansang of the Philippine Army's 1st Scout Ranger Regiment.[3]
As legislator
Alvarez was elected as member of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians from the Asia Pacific in Geneva, Switzerland.[4] She also represented the Philippines to the Inter-Parliamentary Union conferences in New York and Tokyo.[5] She was elected unopposed in the 2016 Philippine general election.[6]
In the 17th Congress of the Philippines, she was elected as one of the Deputy Speakers under the leadership of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (no relation), as part of the multi-party coalition named Coalition for Change.
She was known for pictures lying on the road in southern Negros during the last State of Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III.[7][8] Rep. Alvarez is a staunch advocate of sustainable tourism practices in "CHICKS area," which stands for 6th district towns and cities composed of Cauayan, Hinoba-an, Ilog, Candoni, Kabankalan and Sipalay.[9]
From 2023 to 2025, Alvarez received ₱4.4 billion of "allocable" funds from the national budget. These "Allocable" funds have been criticized by the People’s Budget Coalition as a new form of pork barrel, since it goes to "politically determined projects that crowd out more equitable and accountable public spending"[10]
