Early Life and Career
Edward S. Hagedorn was born in the then municipality of Parañaque, then under Rizal Province on October 12, 1946 to Alexander Hagedorn and the former Gliceria Solon. He married Maria Elena Marcelo and the couple have two children, Eva Christie S. Hagedorn and Elroy John S. Hagedorn.
Hagedorn completed his education from St. Andrew's School (Parañaque), San Sebastian College - Recoletos and from the University of the East in the City of Manila.
When Hagedorn was elected as Mayor of Puerto Princesa City in 1992, he also served as an Assemblyman of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCD), a body created during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino which was tasked to oversee the establishment of an autonomous region for Muslims in Mindanao and it included Palawan island.
He also served simultaneously as mayor and as a Representative of the League of Cities of the Philippines for Region IV and member of National Executive Board of Boy Scout of the Philippines.
Under his leadership, Puerto Princesa was transformed into one of the more famous eco-tourism destinations in the Philippines. The city is also a global model for environment protection, elevating the city into the Hall of Fame as the Philippines “cleanest and greenest” component city and winning several global recognition and awards in the process.
Based on the Philippine Constitution of 1987, Hagedorn was prohibited from running for a third three year term on January 30, 2001 but after an election recall led by Puerto Princesa’s Barangay leaders against the incumbent mayor who replaced Hagedorn, the Supreme Court of the Philippines on November 12, 2002 issued a landmark decision allowing Hagedorn to run again as mayor of the city.
On September 2005, Hagedorn was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the “anti-jueteng czar”, charged to oversee the government’s efforts to clamp down on the proliferation of the illegal two-numbers gambling. Hagedorn was given the task of creating a legalized and government form of jueteng called Small Town Lottery or STL
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