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Nestor Mata was born in the Philippine Islands on 16 January, 1926. He is a Filipino politician and former governor of the province of Pampanga. He was the first governor of the province to be elected by popular vote. Mata was educated at the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas. He was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1957 to 1965. He was elected governor of Pampanga in 1965 and served until 1986. Mata was a member of the Liberal Party and was a close ally of former President Ferdinand Marcos. He was a strong advocate of the Marcos administration's economic policies. Mata is married to former Philippine Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani. He has three children, two sons and a daughter. Mata is 92 years old and has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his political career and investments.

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Occupation journalist · professor
Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 16 January, 1926
Birthday 16 January
Birthplace Philippine Islands
Date of death (2018-04-12) San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Died Place San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Nationality Philippines

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2018

Mata died on April 12, 2018 at the Cardinal Santos Memorial Hospital in San Juan, Metro Manila.

1986

From 1986 to 1999, Mata penned as a regular newspaper column for the Manila Standard and from 1999 until his death wrote for the Malaya. He also acted as a co-executive editor for the magazine Lifestyle Asia from 1986 to 1999.

1972

After surviving the crash, Mata continued writing for the Philippine Herald until it was closed down in 1972 following the declaration of Martial Law by then-President Ferdinand Marcos. He then served with The Daily Express until Marcos' ouster during the People Power Revolution of 1986.

Mata worked as an associate professor who taught subjects on politics such as the creation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and talks on resolving the North Borneo dispute. He taught until 1972.

1970

He was also involved in chess having won executive chess events in the 1970s. He also became a board member of the now-defunct Philippine Chess Federation and led the Philippine delegation to the Chess Olympiad in 1994 in Moscow, Russia.

1957

On March 16, 1957, President Magsaysay, accompanied by several government officials and journalists, flew to Cebu for a speaking engagement. Later that evening, the presidential party took off for the return flight to Manila. Their plane crashed in Mount Manung-gal in Cebu at around 1:16 a.m, March 17, 1957.

Together with Vicente Villafranca, Mata penned One Came Back (1957), a memoir detailing the last moments of President Magsaysay and his own ordeal after surviving the plane crash.

1953

Mata worked with a government radio station before becoming a reporter with the Philippine Herald newspaper and covered the Korean War as a war correspondent. He covered topics which involved politics and foreign affairs. In 1953, he was assigned by his newspaper to cover the then-newly elected President Magsaysay.

1926

Nestor Mata (January 16, 1926 – April 12, 2018) was a Filipino journalist whose writing career spanned six decades. He was also known as the only survivor of the 1957 plane crash that killed the President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, and 24 others.

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