Tomas Joson III
Tomas Noriel Joson III was a Filipino politician from the first district of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He served as a Governor of Nueva Ecija for one term from 1992 to 1995, and was re-elected for another three terms from 1998–2007.
In 2019, Joson was found guilty of three counts of graft over donated vehicles to the towns of Quezon and Bongabon in 2007, and sentenced to between six and ten years' imprisonment for each count.
In 2020, former governor Joson was acquitted.Joson married, businesswoman, Mary Ann Filart; the couple had five children.
Former governor Joson died on July 23, 2020 at the age of 72.