Ralph Recto

Who is Ralph Recto?

Ralph Gonzales Recto is a Filipino politician. Recto served as a member of the House of Representatives representing the 4th District of Batangas from 1992 to 2001. He was then elected to the Senate, serving from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, Recto run for reelection and lost because, as many analysts believed, he had authored the EVAT law. In July 2008 he was appointed to head the National Economic and Development Authority, but resigned from his position in August 2009 in preparation to run for senator in the 2010 election. Recto won a seat in the Senate and was proclaimed as one of the winning senatorial candidates of the 2010 Senate elections.