Luis Raymund Villafuerte

When he’s not at work, he is a full-time husband to Lara and a hands-on dad to Miguel Luis (Migz), Julio, Luigi, and Gabriella.

He has also filed bills that aim to convert roads into national roads in the province of CamSur to accelerate the province’s development and increase economic activity within the province. He has also filed bills to convert several secondary schools in the province into national high schools to better provide for the needs of the students.

Congressman LRay spearheads the 17th Congress Neophytes Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind, non-partisan monthly gathering of first-term representatives designed to strengthen the camaraderie among the 104 neophytes in the 298-member chamber.

LRay is serving his first term as representative of the second district of Camarines Sur in Congress, beating Assuncion Arseño in the 2016 elections. Although considered a neophyte legislator, Congressman LRay has already filed close to a hundred bills as of writing – a strong display of commitment to his constituents and the public. Through legislation, he seeks to develop policies relating to the environment, education, information technology, and health, among others.

Through these schemes, the El Verde Movement managed to plant 12.7 million trees in 35 municipalities by the end of 2012. It also bagged two Guinness World Records; for planting 64,096 trees in 15 minutes in the municipality of Siruma, and for planting 1 million mangrove propagules in just one hour. When LRay passed the reign to his son Migz, the current CamSur governor continued the program, aiming to plant 40 million trees by the year 2020. Most recently, LRay led the establishment of the CamSur Information Technology Park, located in the heart of the Provincial Complex. LRay envisioned the CSITP to be the province's information technology, information, and economic capital.

In 2011, LRay also pioneered the El Verde Movement, CamSur's program for making a greener environment. The program employed a partnership package with different stakeholders, allowing the people to make a living out of planting trees. The Food-for-Tree Package allowed families to plant, maintain, and take care of trees through a food-for-work scheme. The Building Communi-Trees project allows corporate sponsors to invest and pledge a donation that will correspond to the number of trees they wish to be planted. The Back Tree School program is a sponsorship program offered to organizations that can sponsor an out-of-school youth to go back to school by planting trees.

Metro Society (December 2010 Issue) The Bull Runner (July–August 2011 Issue) http://www.philstar.com/feature/347159/gov-l-ray-villafuerte-cam-sur-ceo Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. Curriculum Vitae

LRay regularly visits the gym. He is also into running, biking, swimming, and wakeboarding. He has also done Bikram Yoga. He likes trying different things as long as it can keep him fit, but he thinks running is the best way to be fit. He tries to run about four or five times in a week. The first running event LRay joined was the Unilab Run. He followed it up with a performance at the Adidas King of the Road. He started running 10k distances in 2009. He also ran 21k in the 70.3 Ironman run in Phuket, Thailand.

Located within the park is the CamSur Animation Studio, the first LGU-run digital center in the Philippines. CamSur Animation Studio was established in 2006 by the Provincial Government of Camarines Sur headed by LRay.

LRay became the Camarines Sur governor in 2004 and served until 2013, following the footsteps of his father, who was governor from 1986 to 1992 and 1995 to 2004. LRay's grandfather, Mariano Villafuerte Sr., was also governor of CamSur from 1942 to 1943 during the Japanese Occupation. LRay's best accomplishment as a Governor was making Camarines Sur a first-class province. In 2010, CamSur became the number one tourist destination in the country with more than 2 million tourist visits. He also turned CamSur from the 39th poorest province in the Philippines to the 10th richest in 2009.

LRay is also President of Villafuerte Brotherhood Foundation, Inc, (2001–present) and of Philippine Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation, Inc. (2006-president). He is also Vice-President of Asian Wakeboarding Association (2001–present) and an Executive board member of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Camarines Sur Council (2003–present).

In 1990, Villafuerte held the highest grade-point average in the graduating Political Science class in De La Salle University. He also garnered the highest grade in the Political Science Comprehensive Examination, won the "Best Thesis" award for his work on "Local Autonomy", and was the Department Gold Medalist in the Political Science department. He also earned an executive education from Stanford Graduate School of Business (2003) and joined a leadership program in Institute of International Studies and Training in Japan (2006).

LRay was the President of Lara's Gift and Décor, Inc from 1990 to 2004, and President of Lara's Gift and Décor, Inc. U.S.A. from 2000 to 2004. He was also the President of Bicol Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (2001–2004), Global Merchandising Services Ltd. (2001–2004), Digitext Asia Corporation (2002–2004), and the Philippine Association of Medical Transcription, Inc. (2001–2004).

Luis Raymund "LRay" Favis Villafuerte Jr. (born June 3, 1968) is a Filipino politician who is the current Representative of Camarines Sur's 2nd District in the Philippine House of Representatives. He earlier served as Governor of Camarines Sur from 2004 to 2013. He is the son of former Governor and Congressman Luis Villafuerte Sr. and Nelly Favis.

Luis Raymund "LRay" Villafuerte Jr. was born on June 3, 1968 in Manila to Luis Villafuerte Sr. and Nelly Favis. In elementary school, LRay was part of the De La Salle University's track team, running short distances, sprints, and the 100-meter dash. He received his primary education from De La Salle University and his secondary education from La Salle Greenhills.