Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado

Alvarado ran for governor in 2022 under PDP–Laban, but defeated to erstwhile long-time ally Governor Daniel Fernando in general election. His running mate for vice governor was former governor and former rival Joselito Mendoza.

Prior to the 2019 local elections, Alvarado switched places with incumbent vice-governor Daniel Fernando and ran for vice-governor as they are both term-limited; Fernando and Sy-Alvarado won the elections respectively, beating incumbent Malolos City mayor Christian Natividad and incumbent 5th District Board Member Josef Andrew Mendoza.

Prior to the 2010 local elections, Alvarado voluntarily retired from vice-governorship to run for governor. He challenged former governor Josefina Dela Cruz for the seat at the provincial elections. It was also during the gubernatorial feud between Roberto Pagdanganan and Jonjon Mendoza. His running mate was former board member and actor Daniel Fernando. In the elections, he won over Dela Cruz. In 2013, he ran unopposed. In 2016, he was re-elected, defeating Dela Cruz and San Miguel Mayor Roderick Tiongson.

In the 2007 elections, Alvarado teamed-up with former governor Roberto Pagdanganan. His wife, Ma. Victoria ran to keep his seat in the Congress. Although Pagdanganan lost to Joselito Mendoza, brother of then-governor Josefina Mendoza-Dela Cruz, he and his wife were successful.

She succeeded him and served as representative of the 1st district of Bulacan from 2007 to 2016. They have seven children.

Upon finishing his term as mayor, Alvarado ran for congressman of First District of Bulacan in 1998. He won by a landslide victory the same year, where he served in the House of Representatives for nine years.

Within this period, Alvarado received the Pag-asa Award for Outstanding Public Official of the Philippines by the Civil Service Commission in 1992.

Alvarado entered politics when he was appointed as officer-in-charge mayor of Hagonoy, Bulacan by President Corazon Aquino through the help of Public Works and Highways Minister Rogaciano Mercado in 1986. He was then elected in 1988 and served for three consecutive terms.

On August 21, 1983, the day former Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated, Alvarado and his wife Ma. Victoria helped feed those who attended the rallies denouncing the death of Aquino. He also participated during the campaign for the 1986 snap elections.

He married Maria Victoria Reyes, whom he met while he was working full-time in the fishpond industry in 1976.

Wilhelmino "Willy" Manucdoc Sy-Alvarado (born December 29, 1946) is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as the governor of Bulacan from 2010 to 2019. He previously served as a Vice Governor of Bulacan from 2019 to 2022, then he served as the house representative for Bulacan's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2007 and Hagonoy Mayor from 1986 to 1998.

Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado was born on December 29, 1946, in Hagonoy, Bulacan. He was a consistent elementary and high school valedictorian. He became a working student and earned his Bachelor of Science in Commerce, major in Banking and Finance from the University of Santo Tomas, where he also earned units in Economics in 1967. He worked at Consolidated Bank for eleven years as a bookkeeper and as well involved in the aquaculture businesses, running a fishpond and sold bangus, shrimp, and crabs. He also worked as District Chairman of the Hagonoy Water District.