Lex Tupas

Nielex 'Lex' Tupas (born August 11, 1979) is a Filipino public servant. He was born in Iloilo City, and is the youngest son of former Iloilo Governor Niel Tupas Sr., who also held several other mayor and congressman positions in Iloilo.

In the May 2007 local elections, he was elected as the youngest city councilor at the age of 27 with about 73,000 votes. He was then re-elected twice as number 1 city councilor of Iloilo City with more or less 93,000 votes (2010) and 125,000 votes (2013). He was also appointed as the chief operating officer and executive director of the National Youth Commission.

Career

Tupas became one of the youngest teachers/lecturers in Iloilo City at age 25 when he was asked to be the research and economics consultant of Iloilo National High School. He was ranked as the number one teacher for School Year 2005-2006. He was also one of the youngest post-graduate degree professors of the Philippine Christian University, the St. Roberts International Academy and John B. Lacson Department of Information Technology at age 25.

He is a former board of director and chairman of the Youth Leadership Excellence Awards of the Junior Chamber International Iloilo Chapter

Education He earned his Masters in Public Management major in Local Government Administration when he was 27 years old and proceeded to earn his Doctor of Management with concentration in Public Management from the Central Philippine University at the age of 30.