Richie Garcia
Ricardo "Richie" Garcia is a Filipino sports executive who formerly served as chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission.
Richie Garcia | |
|---|---|
| 9th Chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission | |
| In office July 19, 2010 – June 30, 2016 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III |
| Preceded by | Harry Angping |
| Succeeded by | Butch Ramirez |
Background
Garcia is a native of Bacolod who attended the De La Salle University. He was first appointed as commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) by President Joseph Estrada in 1999 and was reappointed to the post by Estrada's successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was appointed as chairman of the PSC on July 19, 2010 by then President Benigno Aquino III.[1]
Aquino received a recommendation from Philippine Olympic Committee President Peping Cojuangco to appoint Ramirez. Ramirez and Cojuangco reportedly are golfing buddies.[2]
gollark: You have, *at best*, some time travel. As I said, your spies were useless and your beam interceptors essentially meaningless against GTech™ systems.
gollark: GTech™ badology has come to a similar conclusion, using advanced bad spectrography techniques.
gollark: If I avoid the piano, I'll feel quite happy about that for a bit and soon probably forget.
gollark: If a piano falls out of a window in front of me, and it hits me and nonfatally injures me in a way which leaves me hospitalized for months and losing a limb, I will be VERY unhappy.
gollark: You'll also have probably have experienced lots of unhappiness about the almost-dying, depending on how it happens exactly.
References
- "Quest for elusive gold continues – Garcia". The Manila Times. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- "Richie Garcia takes his oath as new PSC chief". Remate. July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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