Eduardo Roquero

Eduardo V. Roquero M.D.
Mayor of San Jose del Monte City
In office
June 30, 2007  August 24, 2009
Preceded by Angelito M. Sarmiento
Succeeded by Reynaldo S. San Pedro (Acting)
In office
June 30, 1995  June 30, 2004
Preceded by Reynaldo Villano
Succeeded by Angelito M. Sarmiento
In office
1988  June 30, 1992
Preceded by Reynaldo Villano
Succeeded by Reynaldo Villano
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from San Jose del Monte City's Lone District
In office
June 30, 2004  June 30, 2007
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by Arthur Robes
Personal details
Born October 18, 1949
Pigkawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines
Died August 24, 2009(2009-08-24) (aged 59)
Manila, Philippines
Political party Kampi (20072009)
Lakas-CMD (20042007)
LDP (19952004)
NPC (1992)
Liberal (1988)
Spouse(s) Isabelita Roquero
Occupation Doctor of Medicine
Religion Roman Catholic

Dr. Eduardo V. Roquero or Dr. Ed (October 18, 1949 in Pigkawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines – August 24, 2009[1] in Manila) was a Filipino physician and politician.

Coming from a family of politicians, his father, an uncle and also one of his brothers all served as mayors of Pigkawayan, North Cotabato. Hon. Eduardo V. Roquero began as a Rural Health Physician and NGO Family Planning Physician of San Jose del Monte in the 1980s, at that time, he was also the owner and director of Roquero General Hospital.

He served as Municipal Mayor of San Jose del Monte from 1988–1992 and 1994–2000 and City Mayor of San Jose del Monte from 2000–2004 and 2007–2009, making him the first city mayor from the time San Jose del Monte was converted from a municipality in 2000 to become the province's first component city. Under his administration, San Jose del Monte was converted from a 5th Class to a 1st Class Municipality. He also served as the city's first Representative to the House of Representatives from the time its congressional district was carved out of the fourth congressional district of Bulacan.

Known as the Brain and Father of Cityhood and the Man behind San Jose del Monte's Golden Age of Governance, Hon. Eduardo V. Roquero received numerous recognitions and awards such as Most Outstanding Mayor of the Philippines in 2008 and Most Outstanding Congressman of the Philippines in 2006. A year after his death in 2009, he was given the "Dangal ng Lahing San Jose Award" which is the highest form of recognition to a public servant.


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Political offices
Preceded by
Reynaldo A. Villano
Municipal Mayor of San Jose del Monte
1988 - 2000
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Position created
City Mayor of San Jose del Monte
2000 - 2004
Succeeded by
Angelito M. Sarmiento
Preceded by
Angelito M. Sarmiento
City Mayor of San Jose del Monte
2007 - 2009
Succeeded by
Reynaldo S. San Pedro
(Acting Mayor)
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