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Eduardo Gullas

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Eduardo Rivera Gullas Sr. (October 13, 1930 – November 6, 2025), known as "Eddie" or "Eddiegul", was a Filipino politician from Cebu. The son of Vicente Gullas and Josefina "Pining" Rivera, he was elected to seven terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of Cebu from 1992 to 2001, 2004 to 2013, and from 2019 to 2022. He was at the time of his death a member of Nacionalista and the One Cebu party. Gullas had also served as the governor of Cebu during the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos, whom he was a close political associate of. During his tenure as governor, Cebu was struck by Typhoon Ike, which affected and devastated the province. Gullas also served as the president of the University of the Visayas. He had also held the offices of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and the House Majority Leader. He served as mayor of Talisay, Cebu from 2016 to 2019. He was among the 70 congressmen who voted to deny the ABS-CBN franchise. Gullas died on November 6, 2025, at the age of 95.