Mercedes Alvarez–Lansang

Mercedes Alvarez
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Negros Occidental's 6th District
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Preceded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
Succeeded byGenaro Alvarez Jr.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 3, 2026
House SpeakerBojie Dy
In office
July 25, 2016 – June 30, 2019
House SpeakerPantaleon Alvarez
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Personal details
BornMercedes Kho Alvarez
(1982-10-20) October 20, 1982
Bacolod, Philippines
PartyNPC (2009–present)
Alma materAssumption College
University of St. La Salle

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "House Member". House of Representatives 19th Congress.
  2. ↑ "District Representatives of Negros Occidental - Negros Occidental Provincial Government". Negros-occ.gov.ph. June 20, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Powerhouse wedding: Deputy Speaker Alvarez gets hitched to 'soldier boy'". Politiko. October 18, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Young lady-lawmaker wins Board seat in first global forum of young parliamentarians in Geneva | ugnayan.com news". Ugnayan.com. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ Time to read 2 minutes (August 1, 2015). "A young, dynamic Negros solon". Sun.Star. Retrieved July 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "David Lacson running for BM, not congress Guv: Anybody can change his mind". Watchmendaily.com. October 13, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Call her 'KSP' but solon just happy road completed | Inquirer News". Newsinfo.inquirer.net. May 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ Time to read less than 1 minute (July 28, 2015). "President Noynoy Aquino jokes he'll have Mercedes Alvarez arrested". Sunstar.com.ph. Retrieved July 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Glady Reyes. "Visit Negros, we've got the CHICKS!". Experiencenegros.com. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ Latoza, Guinevere (November 29, 2025). "'Allocables' are the new pork and Sandro Marcos and Martin Romualdez are the pork barrel kings". PCIJ.org. Retrieved January 3, 2026.


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