Mark Lapid
Mark Lapid | |
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Lapid in 2022 | |
| Chief Operating Officer of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2021 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Pocholo Paragas |
| General Manager of Philippine Tourism Authority | |
| In office August 1, 2008 – October 14, 2015 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Robert Dean Barbers |
| Succeeded by | Guiller Asido |
| 26th Governor of Pampanga | |
| In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2007 | |
| Vice Governor | Yeng Guiao |
| Preceded by | Lito Lapid |
| Succeeded by | Ed Panlilio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Tadeo Lapid February 16, 1979 San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines |
| Political party | NPC (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Aksyon (2015–2018) Independent (2007–2015) Lakas (2003–2007) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Mischa Amidala Lyttle Lapid Matilda Anika Lyttle Lapid |
| Parent(s) | Lito Lapid Marissa Tadeo |
| Residence(s) | Porac, Pampanga |
| Alma mater | Angeles University Foundation University of the Philippines, Los Baños Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (D.B.A) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mark Tadeo Lapid (born February 16, 1979) is an actor and politician in the Philippines. He is a former Governor of Pampanga (2004–2007). President Gloria Arroyo appointed him as general manager of the Philippine Tourism Authority in 2008. From 2009 to 2016, he served as chief operating officer of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) under President Benigno Aquino III. TIEZA is an attached agency of the Department of Tourism (DOT) that designates, regulates and supervises tourism enterprise zones established under Republic Act 9593. Lapid returned to the government agency in 2021 after his appointment as TIEZA chief by President Rodrigo Duterte on January 5, 2021.