Carlos Isagani Zarate
Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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 | |
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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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