Mark Cojuangco

==Political career==

==Political career==

From 2001 to 2010, Cojuangco served as the Representative of the [[Pangasinan's 5th congressional district|5th District of Pangasinan]]. He focused on infrastructure projects, believing that quality and not just the quantity of projects, are the catalyst for economic development.

From 2001 to 2010, Cojuangco served as the Representative of the [[Pangasinan's 5th congressional district|5th District of Pangasinan]].

His accomplishments include: the lobbying for and successful monetization and continuous release of the 12 years overdue tobacco tax share of Burley tobacco producing areas throughout the country amounting to 6.5Billion pesos, initially. Innovations such as: precast concrete arch bridges of 12m spans, concrete tower silos, people’s donation for road right of way of widened barangay roads, advanced drilling technology which resulted in truly potable barangay water systems, prepaid water dispensing, multi-level school buildings, surface irrigation systems, travelling irrigator systems, radial irrigation gates, the use of digital terrain models in flood basin drainage design and implementation, among others.

He ran as [[2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections|Governor]] of Pangasinan in 2016, as he supported the candidacy of Vice President [[Jejomar Binay]] and Sen. [[Bongbong Marcos]] as [[Jejomar Binay presidential campaign, 2016|President]] and [[Miriam Defensor Santiago presidential campaign, 2016|Vice President]] respectively.

He ran as [[2016 Philippine gubernatorial elections|Governor]] of Pangasinan in 2016, as he supported the candidacy of Vice President [[Jejomar Binay]] and Sen. [[Bongbong Marcos]] as [[Jejomar Binay presidential campaign, 2016|President]] and [[Miriam Defensor Santiago presidential campaign, 2016|Vice President]] respectively.