{{Short description|Filipino politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Adam Jala | image = Vice Mayor Adam Jala.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order = | office = Vice Mayor of Tagbilaran | 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Mayor}} | 1namedata1 = Jane Yap | predecessor1 = Toto Veloso | term_start = June 30, 2022 <ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle | 2022 National and Local Elections [https://2022electionresults.comelec.gov.ph/#/coc/0/ Region VII Bohol Tagbilaran] COMELEC | 2025 National and Local Elections [https://2025electionresults.comelec.gov.ph/coc-result Region VII Bohol Tagbilaran] COMELEC. Retrieved 14 May 2025}}</ref> | office2 = City Councilor of Tagbilaran | term_start2 = June 30, 2013 | term_end2 = June 30, 2022 <ref>[https://sp.tagbilaran.gov.ph/adam-relson-l-jala/ Adam Relson L. Jala] Sangguniang Panlungsod, City Government of Tagbilaran. Retrieved 14 May 2025</ref> | office3 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Bohol's 3rd District | term_start3 = June 30, 2007 | term_end3 = June 30, 2010 <ref>[https://ldr.senate.gov.ph/congress-author/jala-adam-relson-l Jala, Adam Relson L.] LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL RESOURCE. Retrieved 14 May 2025</ref> | succeeded3 = Art Yap | preceded3 = Eladio Jala | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|06|17}} | birth_place = Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines | birth_name = Adam Relson Lagrada Jala | parents = {{ubl|Eladio Jala|Remedios Lagrada}} | spouse = Flora May Orapa | party = Nacionalista (2024–present) | other_party = NUP (2011–2015; 2018–2024)<br>Liberal (2015–2018)<br>Lakas (2006–2011) }}
{{Philippine name|Lagrada|Jala}} '''Adam Relson Lagrada Jala''' (born 17 June 1979)<ref name="coc">Redacted COC and CONA for Local Position in TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL [https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2025NLE/COC_2025NLE/COC_Local/COC_Local_R7/BOHOL/TAGBILARAN_CITY/VMAYOR_JALA_ADAM_RELSON_L.pdf Jala, Adam Relson L.] COMELEC, March 14, 2025</ref> is a Filipino lawyer and politician currently serving as the vice mayor of Tagbilaran City since June 30, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-24 |title=Jane Yap to hold oath-taking without fanfare |url=https://www.boholchronicle.com.ph/2022/06/24/jane-yap-to-hold-oath-taking-without-fanfare/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=The Bohol Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to that, he was a member of the Tagbilaran City council from 2013 to 2022 and a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the Bohol's 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?congress=14&id=jala-a |title=Member Information: Adam Relson L. Jala |accessdate=2008-03-05 |publisher=House of Representatives of the Philippines }}</ref> He succeeded his father Eladio in the congressional seat.
Jala graduated from University of the Philippines Diliman with a degree in community development.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Palapos |first=Loy |date=June 16, 2013 |title=A Matter of Choice |work=Bohol Sunday Post |url=http://www.discoverbohol.com/bsp/2013/0616-13/One-0616-13.htm |access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref> He earned his law degree from Ateneo de Manila University.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 5, 2013 |title=Meet this veteran legislator as candidate for city council |work=Bohol Sunday Post |url=http://www.discoverbohol.com/bsp/2013/0505-13/Veteran-legislator-0505-13.htm |access-date=July 17, 2022}}</ref>
==Controversy==
Jala introduced the Small Town Lottery in Bohol which met opposition by the Catholic Church and some religious orders in Bohol.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theboholstandard.com/people.php?issue=94&s1=1524&s2=1532&s3=1527&s4=550&s5=1536&s6=1534&s7=548&s8=&s9=&s10=&s11=&s12=549&s13=1537&s14= |title=Idol ko si Adam Jala! |access-date=2009-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716223506/http://www.theboholstandard.com/people.php?issue=94&s1=1524&s2=1532&s3=1527&s4=550&s5=1536&s6=1534&s7=548&s8=&s9=&s10=&s11=&s12=549&s13=1537&s14= |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|ph-lwr}} {{succession box | before= Eladio M. Jala | title=Representative, 3rd District of Bohol | years= 2007–2010 | after= Arthur C. Yap }} {{s-end}}
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