Presentation

1. 18th Congress of
the Philippines
Raneo Abu

2. Raneo "Ranie" Enriquez Abu
•Raneo "Ranie" Enriquez Abu (born October 28,
1970) is a Filipino politician serving as the
Representative of Batangas's 2nd congressional
district from 2013 to 2022.[2] He served as
the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
of the Philippines from 2016 until his removal on
2020.

3. Early life
• Raneo Abu was born on May 12, 1967. He completed
elementary and high school education in public schools
in Bauan. In college, he took up general engineering
at Batangas State University in 1984 to 1985 before shifting
to political science at University of Batangas from 1986 to
1989.

4. Political career
•Committee Support Services Division of the
Philippine Senate (1990-1992)[edit]
•Abu's stint in government service started in 1988
when he became a youth development assistant in
the office of then-Governor Vicente Mayo. He also
worked as a photocopying attendant at the
Committee Support Services Division of
the Senate from 1990 to 1992.

5. Municipal Councilor of Bauan (1992-1995)
•In 1992, he ran as municipal
councilor of Bauan and won. However, he
served for only one term as he did not seek re-
election in 1995 because his father was dying
of liver cancer.

6. Post-municipal councilorship (1995-2013)
•Instead, his father asked him to help Hermilando
Mandanas, who was then running for governor in
1995. Abu served as executive assistant for
Mandanas, a position that he kept until 2004 when
he was appointed supervising political affairs officer
in the House of Representatives under the office of
Mandanas, who was then elected representative.

7. House of Representatives (2013-2022)
• In 2013, Abu ran for representative of the 2nd district of Batangas
under Nacionalista Party and won. He defeated board member and
actor Christopher de Leon of the Liberal Party and Godofredo
Berberabe of the United Nationalist Alliance. He was re-elected
in 2016 and in 2019.
• On July 10, 2020, Abu is one of the 70 representatives who voted to
"yes" to deny the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.[5] In January 2021,
Abu is announced to be part of the new bloc "BTS sa Kongreso"
(named after the K-pop boy band group BTS of South Korea), a
coalition group formed by Taguig–Pateros Representative and
former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano during the 18th Congress.

8. Personal life
• Abu is married to Maria Paz Dolor, who has worked as a domestic
helper in Italy,[4] with whom he has three children.[7] Their eldest
daughter, Maria Reina, is a physician by profession who
unsuccessfully ran for representative at the 2nd district of Batangas
in 2022.[8]
• On March 25, 2021, Abu tested positive for COVID-19.