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Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Isagani "Kaloi" Tabora Zarate (born May 14, 1967) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist who served as a Party-list Representative for Bayan Muna from 2013 to 2022.[1] He was also the deputy minority leader in the 18th Congress.[2]
Carlos Isagani T. Zarate | |
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Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Bayan Muna party-list | |
In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | General Santos, Philippines | May 14, 1967
Political party | Bayan Muna |
Residence | Davao City |
Alma mater | Notre Dame of Dadiangas University Ateneo de Davao University (L.L.B.) |
Profession | Politician, Human Rights Lawyer |
On July 10, 2020, he was one of the 11 representatives who voted to grant the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN and he is the only partylist representative and one of the three Mindanaoans who voted to grant the franchise.[3]
Zarate earned a bachelor's degree in Commerce with a major in Accountancy at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University and later a law degree at the Ateneo de Davao University.[4]
Upon admission to the Philippine Bar in 1995, Zarate engaged in a small legal practice focused on human rights law, serving a wide clientele including laborers, small farmers, Indigenous peoples, such as the Lumad, and Moro people, urban poor, and political prisoners.[5] Zarate also served on various capacities on different professional associations for lawyers: As coordinator for the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) in Davao City, as Secretary-General of the Union of People's Lawyers in Mindanao and Vice-President for Mindanao of the National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL). He also once served as the President of the Davao City chapter of the Integrated Bar.[6]
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