Ramon Guico Jr.

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The Honorable Ramon Guico Jr.
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Pangasinan's 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Ramon Guico III
Chairman of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines
In office 2001–2010
Mayor of Binalonan
In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022
In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010
In office June 30, 1988 – June 30, 1998
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-10) December 10, 1953 (age 70) Binalonan, Pangasinan, Philippines
Political party	Lakas–CMD
Spouse	Arlyn Grace Velicaria
Children	Ramon III; Ramon Ronald IV; Mike; Michelle; Melissa; Patrick
Alma mater	University of Baguio (BS)
Occupation	Politician and businessman
Profession	Civil engineer

Ramon Naval Guico Jr. (born December 10, 1953) is a Filipino politician who has been the representative of Pangasinan's 5th congressional district since 2022. He is the President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) and former mayor of Binalonan, Pangasinan, which aims to strengthen the local government and provide faster and improved services to the people. He ran for Senator in the 2010 elections but lost.

He is the third child of Ramon Jacob Martin Guico Sr. and Vicenta Naval of Pangasinan and Isabela. Born an entrepreneur, Ramon at age 5 and throughout his elementary and high school was helping her mother, “Aling Quita” in their store. He was President of his high school student council.

Ramon went to Baguio for college and took up civil engineering at the University of Baguio. He met his future wife, Arlyn, a pharmacist, in the nearby town of Santo Tomas.

In the early 1970s, while newly married. Guico began a poultry and hog-raising business. He then divided his business into gravel and sand by buying junk Philtranco buses to be used for the transport of sand and the moon. This earned him the moniker, "Nabubulok" or Junk Man by his relatives and friends. Guico then ventured into the construction business where he built dams and farm-to-market roads. In 1985, he entered the business of healthcare and education, which by then was the largest business venture he had undertaken.

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In 1987, Guico was appointed by President Cory Aquino as mayor of Binalonan, Pangasinan. Binalonan was a 5th-class municipality when Guico took office.

Guico also served as President of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines. To correct the image of the LMP as nothing but a forum for mayors to socialize, Ramon used the LMP as a platform for mayors to share their practices. During his first term as LMP National President, he launched the Ang Galing mo Mayor^[1] (You are the Best Mayor) project, as LMP’s serious efforts to promote innovation and excellence in local governance.

During Ramon’s second term, the LMP founded the Mayor’s Development Center (MDC),^[2] a first in Philippine local government organization and even the first in Asia.

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