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Milagrosa "Mila" Tan
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21st Governor of Samar
In office
June 30, 2019 – November 30, 2019
Preceded by Sharee Ann Tan
Succeeded by Reynolds Michael Tan
In office
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010
Preceded by Jose Roño
Succeeded by Sharee Ann Tan
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Samar's 2nd District
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019
Preceded by Sharee Ann Tan
Succeeded by Sharee Ann Tan
Member of the Samar Provincial Board from the 2nd District
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
Personal details
Born
Milagrosa Tee

(1958-02-25)February 25, 1958
Palompon, Leyte, Philippines
Died November 30, 2019(2019-11-30) (aged 61)
Taguig, Philippines
Political party PDP–Laban (2016–2019)
Nationalist People's Coalition (2010–2016)
Lakas–Kampi–CMD (until 2010)
Spouse Ricardo Tan
Children Angelie Tan
Sharee Ann Tan
Stephen James Tan
Reynolds Michael Tan

Milagrosa Tee Tan (24 February 1958 – 30 November 2019) was a Filipina politician from the province of Samar in the Philippines. She was from the town of Palompon in the province of Leyte and married a Catbaloganon. She was the first female governor of the province who served from 2001 to 2010 and was re-elected in 2019 following the end of term of her daughter, Sharee Ann Tan. She also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Suspension as governor

On 23 November 2018, the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court directed the offices of House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año to implement a 90-day preventive suspension of Samar Representative Milagrosa Tan. Tan was under trial for graft and malversation of public funds with the anomalous purchase of ₱16.1 million in emergency supplies without public bidding when she was the governor of Samar in 2001. The anomalous transactions involved the purchase of ₱3.9 million worth of medicines, ₱1.6 million worth of electric fans, and ₱10.6 million worth of assorted goods and rice. Tan was convicted on 1 March 2019 and was thus disqualified from holding public office.

Personal life and death

Mila Tan was married to Ricardo Tan, and had four children together: Sharee Ann, Angelie, Stephen James, and Reynolds Michael.

She died at a hospital in Taguig after going into cardiac arrest on 30 November 2019.

Electoral history

2016 Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Milagrosa Tan 137,248 69.16%
Liberal Myrna Ojeda-Tan 61,189 30.84%
Valid ballots 198,437 83.84%
Margin of victory 76,059 38.33%
Invalid or blank votes 38,262 16.16%
Total votes 236,699 100.00%
2013 Philippine House of Representatives election at Samar's 2nd district
Party Candidate Votes %
NPC Milagrosa Tan 68,137 43.77
Liberal Eunice Babalcon 56,312 36.18
UNA Reynato Latorre 10,242 6.58
Margin of victory 11,825 7.60%
Invalid or blank votes 20,973 13.47
Total votes 155,664 100.00
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