Raul del Mar
Raul Veloso del Mar was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served nine terms as the Representative of Cebu City's 1st district three times: from 1987 to 1998, from 2001 to 2010, and from 2013 until his death in 2020.
He was a graduate of the University of San Carlos and the Ateneo Law School.
Del Mar died on November 16, 2020, at the age of 79.
Electoral history
Del Mar ran in a total of ten elections from 1987 to 2019, winning every election after his failed first attempt. More detailed lists of candidates and votes in each election may be found in most of the respective election's articles.;Notes
Personal life
Del Mar is a member of the List of [political families in the Philippines#Del Mar|Del Mar family], an old political clan originating from the town of Parian during the Spanish colonial era before its incorporation into the Municipality of Cebu under American colonial rule.He was married to Melanie Chan Borromeo, with whom he had three children: doctor Raoul, Rachel, and Ryan. Rannie, a pediatrician now based in California, served a single term in Congress from 1998 to 2001, after their father was term-limited following the end of his third term. Cutie likewise served in Congress from 2010 to 2013 after Del Mar was once again limited after his sixth term, and succeeded her father again from 2022 up to the present following his death in 2020.