Mayor beng climaco biography samples
Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle 'Beng' Climaco-Salazar went up against Celso Lobregat in the last mayoral election, a powerful and influential personality.!
Essays by World Mayor finalists
In a series of personal essays, the finalists for the 2018 World Mayor Prize describe the reasons that motivated them to enter politics, the challenges they face as mayors and how they envisage their towns and cities to develop and prosper in the future.
A good example is the story of Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle “Beng” Climaco.
They stress the importance of women in politics and urge young women always to aim high.
In her essay, Beng Climaco, Mayor of Zamboanga City, Philippines, since 2013, describes how the values of family members formed her political and social beliefs.
“My grandmother was a champion of Filipino women’s right to vote and it was from her, we all learned the value of community service.” The Mayor also writes that in times of crisis her faith in God sustained her.
Barely three months after Beng Climaco was first elected Mayor of Zamboanga, the city was attacked by separatist militants.
During the following siege nearly 200 people died and som