Ramil Hernandez

Ramil Laurel Hernandez (born July 26, 1972) is a Filipino politician who has served as the representative for Laguna's second district since 2025. A member of Lakas–CMD, he previously served as the 18th governor of Laguna from 2014 to 2025 and as vice governor from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2014.

A graduate of Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Hernandez entered politics in 1992 after being elected as the chairman of the Sanguniang Kabataan in Mabato, Calamba. He was subsequently elected to the Calamba Municipal Council (later the Calamba City Council) and later the Laguna Provincial Board. Upon being term-limited in the latter in 2007, he launched a successful bid for vice governor. After one term, he pursued the governorship in the 2010 elections and was defeated, placing fourth.

Hernandez was elected back to the vice governorship in the 2013 elections, serving under Governor E.R. Ejercito. After the Commission on Elections disqualified Ejercito from the position in May 2014, he assumed the governorship. He was elected to a full term as governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019 and 2022. In 2025, he was elected to the House of Representatives, succeeding his wife Ruth.

Hernandez was born on July 26, 1972, in Barangay Mabato, Calamba, Laguna and is the third among the thirteen children of Norberto Perea Hernandez, who served as the barangay captain of Mabato, and Rosalinda Laurel Hernandez. He finished his primary studies as a valedictorian of Mabato Elementary School in 1985.

He was elected as a president of Student Body Organization and became Corps Commander of Citizen Advancement Training I during his high school days in Laguna College of Business and Arts. Moreover, an award was given to him in Leadership, Duty, Service and Talent and joined the Honor Society.

While he was studying in Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba, he worked as a service crew at a fast food chain while taking up Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Accounting. In 1993, he graduated in college and received an award as the Best Student Researcher.

Hernandez entered the field of public service in 1992 as Sanguniang Kabataan chairman of Barangay Mabato, Calamba, Laguna and won. Following this, he was elected as a municipal councilor at the young age of 22. He served for three consecutive terms from 1995 to 2004 and was also installed as the President of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL) Laguna Chapter. In 2004, he ran for the Provincial Board Member race and was proclaimed as number one board member of the province with 121,672 total votes and presided as Majority Floor Leader of Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

In 2007, Hernandez ran for Vice Governor as the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Edwin Olivarez, the then-Vice Governor, under United Opposition. At the age of 34, Hernandez was elected as Vice Governor; the youngest ever in the history of the province to take over the position who got 160,368 votes. Olivarez, however, lost to incumbent Governor Teresita Lazaro.