Roseller Barinaga

Roseller Barinaga
Barinaga in 2022
Member of City Council of Dipolog
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Zamboanga del Norte's Second District
In office
June 30, 1998  June 30, 2007
PresidentJoseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byCresente Y. Llorente, Jr.
Succeeded byRosendo S. Labadlabad
13th Mayor of Dipolog
In office
February 2, 1988  March 27, 1998
Preceded byPascual B. Bajamunde
Succeeded byEdelburgo L. Cheng
In office
May 1978  April 1986
Preceded byFelicisimo L. Herrera
Succeeded byDario B. Lacaya
Personal details
Born
Roseller Lara Barinaga

(1936-08-04) August 4, 1936
NationalityFilipino
Political partyPDP-Laban
Other political
affiliations
NPC, LAMMP, Nacionalista, APP
Alma materUE College of Law
OccupationLawyer, professor, politician
NicknameMatoy

Roseller "Matoy" Barinaga (born August 4, 1936) is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. He previously served as Vice Mayor of Dipolog (1970–1978), Mayor of Dipolog (1978–1986; 1988–1998), member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the 2nd legislative district of Zamboanga del Norte from 1998 to 2007, and Undersecretary for Mindanao of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (2016–2018).

Apart from his political career, Barinaga served as a professor and dean in Jose Rizal Memorial State University - Main Campus in Dapitan.