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Teodorico Haresco Jr.

Teodorico "Nonong" Tumbocon Haresco, Jr. is a Filipino politician, and businessman. He served as representative for Aklan's 2nd district from 2019 to 2025. Before the creation of the 2nd District, he served as a Representative of the Lone District of Aklan from 2013 to 2016. Formerly, he was a party-list representative of the Ang Kasangga Party-list from 2010 to 2013 in the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

He is the cousin of the Aklan Incumbent Governor Florencio Miraflores. He is one of the sponsors of House Bill 05712, also known as Republic Act 11466 entitled An Act Modifying the Salary Schedule for Civilian Government Personnel and Authorizing the Grant of Additional Benefits, and for Other Purposes.

Teodorico "Nonong" Haresco was born in Iloilo in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines on August 12, 1950. He finished Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Science in accounting in 1973 from the De La Salle University in Manila, and earned his master's degree in International Economics in 1978 from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

In 1980, Haresco completed an Aquaculture Productivity and Management Course (APDEM) organized by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) at the University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City.

Haresco founded the Haresco Trade Specialists Co. and Silver Thread Inc., which specialized in the exportation of local Capiz Shells from different provinces of Western Visayas to Europe. He was a former managing director at Asia-Pacific Matière in France and Mabey Group in the UK. He also served as a member of the board of directors of the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).

In 1975, Haresco also worked as a Project Economist at the Agriculture Section II of the UNCTAD-ITC at the International Trade Center in Geneva, Switzerland.

Haresco's political career began in 2010 when he was nominated as a Representative of the Ang Kasangga Partylist in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the marginalized sector of micro-entrepreneurs.

In 2013, Haresco decided to run and won as a district representative of the Lone District of Aklan in the 16th Congress of the Philippines. In 2016, he ran again for the same position but lost to former Aklan Governor Carlito Marquez during the Philippine's May 2016 Elections.

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