Ricarte Padilla
Filippino governor
About Ricarte Padilla
Born 1965.
Early life Ricarte Padilla was born in Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte to Roy Padilla Sr., a former Governor of Camarines Norte who was assassinated in 1988, and Carmelita Robledo. He has 47 siblings, including older brothers Restituto ("Resty", died 2002) and Ronaldo (died 1988), younger sister Rebecca, His grandfather was also a former Governor of Bulacan. He filed an unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court against the result.
In 2022, Padilla was elected as Governor of Camarines Norte with 162,081 votes. Padilla ousted the reelectionist incumbent Edgardo Tallado.
On June 30, 2025, Padilla was suspended for 18 months by the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly appointing two individuals to government posts without authorization.
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Filippino governor
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Ricarte Padilla was born in 1965.
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