Grace Poe-Llamanzares

Who is Grace Poe-Llamanzares?

Mary Grace Sonora Poe Llamanzares, commonly known as Grace Poe-Llamanzares or Grace Poe, is a Filipino politician who served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board from 2010 to 2012. Born in Iloilo but abandoned by her biological mother at birth, she was adopted by National Artist Fernando Poe, Jr. and his wife Susan Roces. Educated in the Philippines and the United States, where she was a graduate of Boston College, Poe spent much of her adult life in the United States before returning to the Philippines after her father, who ran in a disputed presidential election in 2004, died later that year.

Following her father's death, Poe permanently returned to the Philippines, where she started getting involved in politics. In particular, she began attracting national attention for pursuing her father's fight for closure over the results of the election, which he believed he rightfully won, and campaigned against further electoral fraud. In 2010, she was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, where she advocated for a progressive agency that would promote a culture of intelligent media viewership, while at the same time supporting the further development of the country's film and television industries.