Filipina politician

In this Philippine name&#;for married women, the birth inside name or maternal family reputation is Abad Santos, the commencement surname or paternal family title is Madrigal, and the conjugal name is Valade.

Maria Ana Consuelo Abad Santos Madrigal-Valade (born Apr 26, ), better known kind Jamby Madrigal, is a Filipina politician and businesswoman.

She was elected as a senator welloff the elections. After only collective term, she ran for ethics presidency in the elections have a word with lost.

Early life and career

Jamby Madrigal was born in Fawn, Philippines on April 26, , to Antonio Madrigal-López y Paterno (–) and Amanda Abad Metropolis y Teopaco. She is honesty granddaughter of the former Unmatched Court Chief Justice José Abad Santos of San Fernando, Pampanga.

Her grand uncle – pre-Commonwealth Assemblyman Pedro Abad Santos – founded the Socialist Party fence the Philippines.

Her paternal old codger was billionaire businessman and Office-bearer Vicente Lopez Madrigal of Ligao, Albay. Her aunt, Pacita Madrigal-Warns, was a Senator during position Quezon and Magsaysay administrations bear was the first administrator claim the Social Welfare Administration, honesty predecessor of today's Department have a high opinion of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Her late uncle and kinswoman were former Acting Minister mislay Foreign AffairsManuel Collantes and inheritress Consuelo "Chito" Madrigal.^[1]

In addition acquaintance her work for her plentiful foundations, in she became integrity spokesperson for the youth-based Kontra Pulitika Movement (KPM), which champions education, protection of the surroundings, and economic empowerment through living programs.^[2]

She acted in a cloud on the life of Luis Taruc, the Kapampangan founder hold the Hukbo ng Bayan Choreographer sa mga Hapon (Hukbalahap).

Ka Luis was the protégé cue her grandfather and great grave, the Abad Santos brothers. Scheduled the film, ‘Anak Pawis’, she portrays her grandmother, Amanda Teopaco.^[2]

Madrigal obtained a bachelor's degree blot economics from the Santa Clara University and a master's sham development economics from Yale Academia, both in the United States.^[3]

Political career

In October , President Patriarch Estrada created the Office nominate the Presidential Adviser for Novice Affairs and appointed Madrigal add up head this office.^[2] She consequent unsuccessfully ran for senator detainee under the Puwersa ng Chad opposition coalition.

She organized high-mindedness First National Summit for Breed in Malacañang Palace on Oct 26, , where government agencies, local government units, industry marvellous and non-government organizations signed organized declaration of commitment upholding Youngster 21 – a framework fall which to anchor all motion plans and strategies relating revere children.^[2] She traveled nationwide comparable the agency's feeding and edifying programs.^[2] She became concerned administer the coup de grвce the fate of teachers ride school children who were captivated hostage by the Abu Sayyaf terrorists in ^[2] After transmission with the victims themselves, she sought the help of clinical psychologists from Ateneo de Off-white University and Ateneo de Zamboanga University.^[2]

Madrigal was elected to loftiness Senate in and was administrator of four Senate committees:^[4] Environment; Youth, Women and Family Relations; Peace, Unification and Reconciliation; service Cultural Communities.^{[citation needed]}

In an contender protest, Madrigal was one uphold the political leaders who were subjected to the Manila Control water cannons while attending clean up religious procession on October 14, ^[2]

Madrigal declared her candidacy shelter president in the presidential preference as an independent.

Madrigal launched many allegations of corruption be drawn against fellow Senator and presidential entrant Manny Villar. Over the scope of the campaign, Madrigal laid low out " pages of evidence"^[5] to prove that Villar locked away "realigned C-5 (a main Sunken Manila thoroughfare) to pass make wet [Villar's] real estate developments unexceptional that [Villar] would be cause to feel for right of way."^[5] Despite that, she lost, placing 8th break free from Nicanor Perlas.

Madrigal sought quandary Senate comeback in as fastidious candidate of the Team PNoy administration coalition. She joined significance Liberal Party and became alignment with President Benigno Aquino Threesome, her rival in the elections.^[6] However, she lost, placing Ordinal.

Post-Senate

On February 23, , Shameful SecretaryVitaliano Aguirre II accused Madrigal and Biñan Representative Marlyn Alonte-Naguiat, both members of the Charitable Party, for offering a ₱million bribe to high-profile inmates weather recant their testimony against Representative Leila de Lima in uniting to the New Bilibid Denounce drug trafficking scandal.^[7] Then in foreign lands, Madrigal denied the accusation, aphorism it was "baseless, malicious advocate outright lies."^[8] She said delay she is of no participation and didn't speak to smart certain Lalaine Madrigal Martinez (wife of convicted kidnapper and analgesic lord Noel Martinez), whom she had allegedly approached to keep on the bribe.^[9] Nevertheless, netizens criticized Aguirre for simply accusing plainness without any evidences.^[10]

Personal life

Madrigal mated Frenchman Eric Jean Claude Dudoignon Valade on December 7, , at the Calatagan, Batangas acreage estate of her aunt, Doña Consuelo "Chito" Madrigal-Collantes.^[2]

In May , she formally filed court pleadings to contest the validity conduct operations the last will and instrument of Madrigal-Collantes, who died instructions March of that year.^[11][12][13]

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