Enrico Echiverri


Enrico Echiverri is a Filipino lawyer and a politician. He served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the First District of Caloocan City and Mayor of Caloocan City. He is more fondly known as Recom.

Education

Echiverri spent his grade school years at Morning Breeze Elementary School. He finished his secondary studies at the Gregorio Araneta University Foundation High School in Malabon in 1971. He took up AB Economics at San Beda University. Upon graduation, he studied at the Ateneo de Manila University and finished his degree in Bachelor of Laws in 1981.

Career

Before he entered politics, Echiverri served as an arbiter and conciliator at the Department of Labor and Employment from 1981 to 1988 and simultaneously as legal counsel for J. Antonio Leviste Company from 1984 to 1988. He was also appointed Director of the Videogram Regulatory Board in the early 1990s.
Echiverri's political career began when he was elected city councilor in Caloocan from 1988 to 1992. In 1995, he worked as Secretary to the Mayor under the city mayorship of actor-turned-politician Rey Malonzo until he ran for congress in 1998. He became the representative of the first district of Caloocan in the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004. During his congressional stint, he was among the 'Spice Boys' who were instrumental in the ousting of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada. He was also a law professor in four universities, namely Maryknoll College, San Beda College, Far Eastern University, and Manila Central University.
Echiverri was elected mayor in 2004 defeating Gigi Malonzo, Egay Erice, Macario "Boy" Asistio, Jr., and Luis "Baby" Asistio. He had been mayor for three terms from 2004 to 2013. During the 2013 elections, his son Ricojudge ran for mayoralty but lost to then representative for the city's north district Oscar Malapitan.
Echiverri ran for Mayor in the 2016, but lost to incumbent mayor Oscar Malapitan.

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