Sonny Lagon
Filipino politician (born 1969)
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Sonny Lavado Lagon (born February 2, 1969) is a Filipino engineer and an elected member of the representative for the Ako Bisaya party list since 2019. He owns an engineering firm and a massive game fowl farm.
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| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Ako Bisaya | |
| Assumed office July 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Title established |
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| Born | Sonny Lavado Lagon February 2, 1969 |
| Party | Ako Bisaya, One Cebu |
| Spouse | Daphne Lagon |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents |
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| Profession | Engineer |
Early life and business career
Political career
Lagon was a nominee for the 2019 Philippine party-list elections from the Ako Bisaya party list. In the results, the party gained 17th place with 393,101 votes, 1.42% of the total votes.[3] The party gained one seat, gained by Lagon.[1] Lagon originally planned to run for Cebu's 6th congressional district,[4][5] but eventually he was the first nominee for the 2022 Philippine party-list elections from the Ako Bisaya party list. In the results, the party got 17th place with 508,481 votes, 1.41% of the national votes.[6] This was enough to get one seat, which was taken by Lagon.[2] Lagon is part of the One Cebu party,[5] led by the Governor of Cebu. Lagon supports providing assistance to schools.[2]
Personal life
Lagon is married to Daphne Lagon, another congresswoman for Cebu's 6th congressional district. This caused, for the first time in history, a married couple from Cebu to be sitting in the House of Representatives of the Philippines at the same time.[2] Their sons, Larenz and Lorenz, ran for the 6th and 3rd Sangguniang Panlalawigan district seats.[7]