Gabriel Bordado

Rep. Bordado Jr., who has been twice-elected as an assistant minority leader (18th and 19th Congress), continues to be a notable public servant. In 2020, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Good Governance and Public Service from the UP College of Public Affairs and Development Alumni Association.

Before he became a congressman, Rep. Bordado Jr. occasionally wrote articles and poems for national newspapers and magazines. A number of his poems had been anthologized in two books published by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. And in 2014, he published his first book under the Ateneo De Naga Press, an anthology entitled “Tilling Fields”.

Rep. Gabby Bordado Jr. has a prolific career in the public sector. He was first appointed as the Acting City Administrator of Naga City in 1993 before serving the city as a councilor from 1995-2004 and 2013-2016 (when he pulled out from the congressional race to give way to former Vice President Atty. Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo). He then became the Vice Mayor of Naga City for three consecutive terms (2004-2013). And in 2016, Rep. Bordado Jr. was elected as the representative of the 3rd district of Camarines Sur, composed of the City of Naga and the municipalities of Bombon, Calabanga, Camaligan, Canaman, Magarao, Ocampo, and the capital town of Pili. He is currently on his third and last term as a district representative.

Gabriel Hidalgo Bordado Jr., also known as Gabby Bordado Jr. (born February 15, 1955), is a Philippine politician and writer.