Antonio Lagdameo Jr.

Adding to his list of legislative accomplishments are laws and bills that he authored/co-authored, most notably those dealing with urban land reform and housing, agrarian reform and agriculture; including those that urge economic and local government reforms; expedite the dispensation of justice; provide for a progressive system of taxation; protect the sanctity of the ballots in the people’s exercise of their right to suffrage; put in place mitigation and adaptation measures on global warming and climate change; and most significantly those that promote the continued development of his District and the welfare of the Filipinos in general.

Being innately drawn to business, economics and trade, Lagdaméo finished his Bachelor of Business Administration in one of the Ivy League business schools, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. In 2016, he was included in the prestigious Penn Notables list, a roster of alumni, faculty and trustees of the University of Pennsylvania who served outstandingly in foreign government. He continued his education in 1998 at the University of Asia and the Pacific, earning a master's degree in Business Economics.

Prior to his entry to politics as representative of the second district of Davao del Norte, he was a successful businessman. He was a credit analyst for Manufacturers Hanover Trust in Manhattan, New York from 1989-1992 and after that, of National Westminster Bank in New York for a year. He then became Director of Cambrick Trading Ltd. in London from 1993-1996. He returned to the Philippines and served as the Vice President of Anflo Management & Investment Corp. in Davao from 1996 until 2007.

Antonio Ernesto "Anton" Floirendo Lagdaméo Jr. (born January 22, 1968) is a Filipino politician and businessman who was a three-term congressman of the 2nd District of the Davao del Norte. He is married to actress Dawn Zulueta, and is a member of the wealthy Floirendo clan in Southern Mindanao. Lagdaméo is a grandson of "banana king" Antonio Floirendo Sr., one of Ferdinand Marcos' cronies, through the former's daughter Linda Floirendo-Lagdaméo.