Jose Roño

Jose Roño
Roño official portrait during the 8th Congress.
17th Governor of Samar
In office
June 30, 1995  June 30, 2001
Preceded byAntonio M. Bolastig
Succeeded byMilagrosa Tan
In office
1969–1973
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPablo Cinco
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
from Samar
In office
June 30, 1987  June 30, 1992
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byRodolfo Tuazon
Constituency1st district
Deputy Prime Minister of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1981  February 25, 1986
Preceded byCesar Virata
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Minister of Local Government
In office
1982  February 25, 1986
Preceded byHimself
(as Minister of Local Government and Community Development)
Succeeded byNene Pimentel
Minister of Local Government and Community Development
In office
1987–1982
Preceded byHimself
(as Secretary of Local Government and Community Development)
Succeeded byHimself
(as Minister of Local Government)
Secretary of Local Government and Community Development
In office
January 1, 1973  1978
Preceded byVicente Duterte
(as Secretary of General Services)
Succeeded byHimself
(as Minister of Local Government and Community Development)
Mambabatas Pambansa
from Samar
In office
1984–1986
Mambabatas Pambansa
from Region VIII
In office
1978–1984
Governor of Western Samar
In office
1965–1967
Preceded byEsteban Piczon
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Jose Alvarez Roño

(1923-03-23)March 23, 1923
DiedAugust 30, 2002(2002-08-30) (aged 79)
NationalityFilipino
Political partyNacionalista (until 1978; 1987–2001)
Other political
affiliations
KBL (1978–1987)
SpouseCarolina Dominado Sarmiento
Children6, including Chito
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas (LL.B.)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Jose "Peping" Alvarez Roño (March 23, 1923 – August 30, 2002) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. He has served in varied positions in government throughout his career: as mayor of Calbayog City from 1949 to 1950 and from 1953 to 1967, as governor of Samar/Western Samar from 1967 to 1973 and from 1995 to 2001, as assemblyman for Region VIII from 1978 to 1984 and for Samar from 1984 to 1986, and as representative of Samar's 1st district from 1987 to 1992. From 1973 to 1986, Roño served as the Minister/Secretary of Local Government. Roño was the party secretary general of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, the administration party, when president Ferdinand Marcos was deposed in the People Power Revolution in 1986.