# Benjamin Dy

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{{Short description|Filipino politician (1952–2013)}}
{{Philippine name|de Guzman|Dy}}
{{original research|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Benjamin G. Dy
| image_size           = 150px
| caption             = <!-- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -->
| order               = 
| office              = [Mayor of Cauayan, Isabela](/source/Mayor_of_Cauayan%2C_Isabela)
| term_start1         = June 30, 2010
| term_end1           = February 16, 2013
| 1blankname1         = Vice Mayor
| 1namedata1          = Bartolome A. Malillin
| term_start2           = February 1, 1988
| term_end2             = March 18, 1992
| 1blankname2         = Vice Mayor
| 1namedata2          = Leoncio Dalin (1988–1992)<br />Faustino Dy III (January–March 1992)
| predecessor2        = Simeon Tomas Dela Cruz
| successor2          = [Faustino Dy III](/source/Faustino_Dy_III)
| term_start3          = 1983
| term_end3            = 1986
| 1blankname3        = Vice Mayor
| 1namedata3         = '' Vacant ''
| predecessor3        = Carlos Uy
| successor3          = Diosdado Ramirez ({{OIC-Philippines}})
| birth_name          = Benjamin de Guzman Dy
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1952|09|22|mf=yes}}
| birth_place         = [Cauayan, Isabela](/source/Cauayan%2C_Isabela), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2013|02|16|1952|09|22|mf=yes}}
| death_place         = [Quezon City](/source/Quezon_City), Philippines
| party               = [Nationalist People's Coalition](/source/Nationalist_People's_Coalition)
| alma_mater          = 
| relations           = 
| spouse              = Cecilia M. Dy
| children            = 17
| occupation          = Politician
| profession          = 
| signature           = 
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| office4             = Governor of Isabela
| order4              = 29th
| vice_governor4        = Manuel Binag (1992–1995)<br />Edwin Uy (1995–2001)
| term_start4           = June 30, 1992
| term_end4             = June 30, 2001
| predecessor4        = [Faustino Dy Sr.](/source/Faustino_Dy)
| successor4          = [Faustino Dy Jr.](/source/Faustino_Dy_Jr.)
| predecessor1        = Caesar Dy Sr.
| successor1          = Bartolome A. Malillin
}}

'''Benjamin de Guzman Dy''' (September 22, 1952 – February 16, 2013) was a Filipino politician who served as Governor of [Isabela](/source/Isabela_(province)). Dy was a member of the Dy [political clan](/source/Political_families_of_the_Philippines), whose members have held various elective posts in the province since the 1960s.

==Early life==
Benjamin G. Dy, Sr. was born in [Cauayan, Isabela](/source/Cauayan%2C_Isabela) on September 22, 1952. He was the eldest among the children of the political patriarch [Faustino Dy Sr.](/source/Faustino_Dy) and Natividad Guzman-Dy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matriarch of Isabela's Dy scions dies at 91|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1501278/matriarch-of-isabelas-dy-scions-dies-at-91|accessdate=29 March 2023 |work=Inquirer.net|date=13 October 2021}}</ref>

==Family==
Benjamin Dy had a wife, Cecilia M. Dy, and 17 children.<ref name="inq"/> Several of Dy's relatives became prominent public figures in their own right:
*[Faustino N. Dy, Sr.](/source/Faustino_Dy) (father) Governor (1971–1986, 1988–1992) of Isabela and Mayor (1964–1971) of Cauayan
*[Faustino S. Dy, Jr.](/source/Faustino_Dy_Jr.) (brother) Representative of the [3rd District of Isabela](/source/Isabela's_3rd_congressional_district) (1992–2001); Governor (2001–2004)
*[Faustino "Bojie" G. Dy III](/source/Bojie_Dy) (brother). Speaker of the House of Representatives (2025–present), Representative of the [6th District of Isabela](/source/Isabela's_6th_congressional_district) (2025–present), Representative of the 3rd District of Isabela (2001–2010), Vice Mayor of Cauayan (1992), Mayor of Cauayan (1992–2001), Vice Governor of Isabela (2019–2025) and Governor of Isabela (2010–2019)<ref>{{Cite news |last=de Leon |first=Dwight |date=September 17, 2025 |title=Who is Faustino 'Bojie' Dy, successor of Martin Romualdez as House speaker? |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/things-to-know-faustino-bojie-dy-iii-new-house-speaker-romualdez-successor/ |access-date=September 17, 2025 |work=Rappler}}</ref>
*Caesar G. Dy (brother). Mayor of Cauayan (2001–2010)
*Napoleon S. Dy (brother). Mayor of [Alicia](/source/Alicia%2C_Isabela) (2001–2010), and Representative of the 3rd District of Isabela (2010–2019)
*Victor G. Dy (brother). Barangay captain of San Fermin, Cauayan (2001–2004)

==Political life==
Dy served as vice mayor of [Cauayan, Isabela](/source/Cauayan%2C_Isabela) until 1983 when Mayor Carlos Uy was appointed Assistant Provincial Health Officer in [Ilagan](/source/Ilagan). As a result, he was elevated to mayor, serving from 1983 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1992.<ref name="cauayan">{{cite news|url=https://cityofcauayan.gov.ph/history/|title=Historical Development of the CITY of CAUAYAN, Province of Isabela|website=City of Cauayan|accessdate=September 19, 2025}}</ref> He later became Isabela governor from 1992 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Governors of Isabela|url=https://provinceofisabela.ph/images/2018/History_of_Isabela/2-Governors%20of%20Isabela.pdf|work=Province of Isabela |accessdate=30 August 2022}}</ref> He lost the governorship in 2007 to [Grace Padaca](/source/Grace_Padaca).<ref>{{cite web |last=Santos|first=Renato Jr|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/12/08/09/comelec-annuls-padacas-2007-poll-win-isabela |title=Comelec annuls Padaca's 2007 poll win in Isabela |publisher=ABS-CBN |access-date=2023-04-16}}</ref> Dy was supposed to run as Cauayan mayor in the 2013 midterm elections, but was replaced by his son Bernard because of an ailment.<ref name="inq">{{cite web |last=Visaya |first=Villamor Jr|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/359653/ex-isabela-mayor-dy-60 |title=Ex-Isabela mayor Dy, 60 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=September 18, 2025}}</ref>

==Death==
Dy died on February 16, 2013, due to complications from recurring emphysema at [St. Luke's Medical Center – Quezon City](/source/St._Luke's_Medical_Center_%E2%80%93_Quezon_City) in [Metro Manila](/source/Metro_Manila).<ref>{{cite web|last=Lagasca |first=Charlie |url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/02/17/909624/ex-isabela-gov-dies-61 |title=Ex-Isabela gov dies at 61 |publisher=The Philippine Star  |date=2013-02-17 |accessdate=2013-04-29}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Mayors of places in Isabela (province)
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in the Philippines
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