In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Sonora, the birth surname or paternal family name is Poe, and the marital name is Llamanzares.
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The Honorable
Grace Poe
Poe in 2012
Senator of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2013
Chair of the Senate Economic Affairs Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office July 25, 2022
Preceded by
Imee Marcos
Chair of the Senate Public Services Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office July 25, 2016
Preceded by
Bong Revilla
Chair of the Senate Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies Committee
In office July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by
Francis Escudero
Succeeded by
Mark Villar
Chair of the Senate Public Information and Mass Media Committee
In office July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2019
Preceded by
Gregorio Honasan
Succeeded by
Bong Revilla
Chair of the Senate Public Order and Dangerous Drugs Committee
In office July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by
Gregorio Honasan
Succeeded by
Panfilo Lacson
Chair of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board
In office October 10, 2010 – October 2, 2012
President
Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by
Consoliza Laguardia
Succeeded by
Eugenio Villareal
Personal details
Born
Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe
(1968-09-03) September 3, 1968 (age 55) Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines
Citizenship
Philippines
United States (2001–2010)
Political party
Independent
Other political affiliations
Republican (1990)
Spouse
Neil Llamanzares
(m. 1991)
Relations
Lovi Poe (half-sister) Sheryl Cruz (cousin) Rosemarie Sonora (aunt) Andy Poe (uncle) Conrad Poe (uncle) Fernando Poe Sr. (grandfather)
Children
3
Parent(s)
Fernando Poe Jr. Susan Roces
Alma mater
University of the Philippines Manila Boston College (BA)
Signature
Website
Campaign website
Mary Grace Natividad Sonora Poe-Llamanzares[1] (born September 3, 1968) is a Filipino politician, businesswoman, educator, and philanthropist serving as a senator since 2013. She was the chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2010 to 2012.
Poe is the adoptive daughter of actors Fernando Poe Jr. and Susan Roces. She studied at the University of the Philippines Manila, where she majored in development studies, then moved to Boston College in Massachusetts, United States, where she finished a degree in political science and has spent much of her adult life in Fairfax, Virginia. In 2004, her father ran for the Philippine presidency against the incumbent, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, but was defeated; he died months later. On April 8, 2005, Poe returned to the Philippines after learning that her father had died. She began pursuing her father's rights over the results of the election and campaigned against alleged electoral fraud.
Poe ran for a seat in the Philippine Senate during the election in 2013 as an independent affiliated with the Team PNoy coalition of Benigno Aquino III. She ended up winning more votes than other candidates and over 20 million votes, ahead of Loren Legarda, who previously topped two elections. She was a candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Despite numerous attempts to have her disqualified based on questions regarding her citizenship, the Supreme Court of the Philippines deemed her a natural-born Filipino citizen and she was qualified to become president based on her 10-year residency. Poe placed third in the presidential race count. In May 2019, Poe was reelected as senator, with over 22 million votes.
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and Poe's daughter GracePoe, were present. On the night of December 23, 2007, ABS-CBN Channel 2 aired Alay ni Da King: a Fernando Poe Jr. Special, hosted...
wife Cynthia Villar), Vilma Santos (via husband Ralph Recto), Mar Roxas, GracePoe, Rodrigo Duterte and Joseph Estrada. Binay's daughter Abigail, also the...
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general election. In October 2015, senator and presidential candidate GracePoe announced her senatorial slate under the coalition Partido Galing at Puso...
250 members voting for the measure while 6 voted against it. Senator GracePoe sponsored the measure's Senate counterpart, Senate Bill No. 1310. It passed...
Kapunan and TIEZA COO Mark Lapid. It was aligned with the candidacy of GracePoe. The party's standard bearer for the 2019 senatorial elections was former...
those that supported Ang Probinsyano was Senator GracePoe, whose father starred in the original film. Poe pointed out that the show, promoted positive values...
(COC)] for senator, I am independent, and I support the candidacy of Sen. GracePoe. — Roman Romulo's statement in English after filing his certificate of...
Puso won a seat in the Senate. Cruz, RG (February 29, 2016). "NPC endorses Poe, Chiz". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016. Retrieved...
dad Lito Lapid". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 8, 2018. "Coco Martin, Lovi Poe, Charo Santos to star in FPJ's 'Batang Quiapo'". Rappler. December 7, 2022...
Classification Board chairperson GracePoe, daughter of defeated 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr., emerged as the frontrunner. Poe, Legarda, and four others...
directly in the novel. She also has an affair with Poe, whom she dated before she was married. GracePoe: Billy's mother, forty-one years old, who has an...
riches to his family and friends." Pacquiao became the eighth Filipino to grace the cover of the prestigious magazine, after former Philippine presidents...
elections. Running with no president, he endorsed the presidential bid of GracePoe. His campaign was marked by a controversy involving the several paid negative...
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