Agustin Perdices was a Filipino

Philippines

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 politician

Politician

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. Perdices served as the Mayor

Mayor

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 of the city of Dumaguete for eighteen years before being elected Vice Governor of Negros Oriental

Negros Oriental

Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. It occupies the south-eastern half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the north-western half. It also includes Apo Island — a popular dive site for both local and foreign tourists...

 in the gubernatorial election

Philippine gubernatorial elections, 2010

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 in May 2010. However, Perdices who was the Vice-Governor-elect became Governor-elect of Negros Oriental following the death of incumbent Governor Emilio Macias II from cancer on June 13, 2010. He then officially took the post of governor in June 30, 2010.

In November 2010, Governor Perdices announced that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, just five months after taking office. Perdices died at St. Luke's Global City hospital in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, at 5 p.m. on January 5, 2011, at the age of 76.