Edgar Chatto - Biography and Career

Biography and Career

Edgardo Migriño Chatto, nicknamed Edgar or Eddie, was born on February 21, 1960 in Malate, Manila, Philippines. He is the son of the late Eladio Chatto and former Mayor of Balilihan, Bohol Mrs. Victoria Migriño Chatto. A consistent honor student, he finished both his elementary and secondary education at the Divine Word College of Tagbilaran (now Holy Name University), in 1973 and 1979 respectively. He finished Bachelor in Economics at the University of the Philippines School of Economics in Diliman, Quezon City in April 1981. He attended the Ateneo de Manila University for his Bachelor in Laws (1984–1988) and graduated at the Holy Name University in 1988. He finished his Masters in Government Management at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Graduate School of Business and Management as a DILG-LGA scholar in April 1998. In 1991, he finished the Local Administration and Development Course at the University of the Philippines. He also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Massachusetts, U.S. in 1999.

Hon. Chatto was faculty member of the Divine Word College of Tagbilaran from 1981 to 1982.

Governor Chatto is married to Maria Pureza Chatto (nee Veloso) with whom he has one daughter, Esther Patrisha Veloso Chatto.

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