{{short description|Filipino politician}} {{Philippine name|Romerica|Abunda}} {{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Maria Fe Abunda | image = Rep. Maria Fe Abunda (19th Congress).jpg | image_size = | caption = Official portrait, 2022 | office2 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Eastern Samar's Lone District | term_start2 = June 30, 2019 | term_end2 = June 30, 2025 | predecessor2 = Ben Evardone | successor2 = Sheen Gonzales | office3 = Mayor of Borongan | predecessor3 = Fidel V. Anacta | successor3 = Jose Ivan Dayan Agda | term_start3 = June 30, 2010 | term_end3 = June 30, 2019 | party = Lakas (2023–present) | other_party = PDP–Laban (2021–2023)<br>Liberal (2012–2021) <!-- personal details --> | birth_name = Maria Fe Romerica Abunda | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|03}} | birth_place = Borongan, Samar, Philippines | occupation = | profession = Politician | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Boy Abunda (brother) | website = | footnotes = }} '''Maria Fe Romerica Abunda''' ({{IPA|tl|ʔaˈbʊnda}}; born November 8, 1957) is a Filipino politician. She served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing Eastern Samar's Lone District from 2019 to 2025. She served as the mayor of Borongan from 2010 to 2019. She became the first woman to be elected as Eastern Samar representative.<ref name=mb>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1120262/boy-abunda-sis-is-new-eastern-samar-rep|title=Boy Abunda sis is new Eastern Samar rep|date=May 17, 2019|author=Joey Gabieta|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/15/lakas-cmd-membership-in-house-continues-to-swell/|title=Lakas-CMD membership in House continues to swell|date=August 15, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022|website=Manila Bulletin|author=Raymundo Antonio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1647788/2-more-house-members-join-lakas-cmd|title=2 more House members join Lakas-CMD|date=August 16, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|author=Dennis Gutierrez}}</ref> She is the sister of television host Boy Abunda.<ref name=mt>{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/08/23/news/regions/new-district-for-eastern-samar-eyed/1855585|title=New district for Eastern Samar eyed|website=The Manila Times|author=Moises Cruz|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>
==Political career== ===Mayor of Borongan (2010–2019)=== Abunda became the Mayor of Borongan, the capital city of the province of Eastern Samar, from 2010 to 2019. During her mayoral tenure, she received criticism regarding her affiliations with political parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/moveph/132047-borongan-city-mayor-abunda-not-traitor/|title=Borongan City mayor: 'We are not traitors'|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2022|website=Rappler|author=Derek Alviola}}</ref>
===House of Representatives (2019–2025)=== {{see also|2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections}} Having been elected in 2019, Abunda represented Eastern Samar's Lone District in the 18th Philippine Congress. After being re-elected in May 2022, she currently represents the 19th Philippine Congress once again.<ref name=mb/><ref name=mt/> While in Congress, she authored and co-authored several House bills and republic acts.<ref>[https://ldr.senate.gov.ph/congress-author/abunda-maria-fe-r ABUNDA, MARIA FE R. | Senate of the Philippines | LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL RESOURCES]</ref>
===Other appointments (2022–2025)=== *Vice-Chairman, Committee on Basic Education And Culture *Vice-Chairman, Committee on Higher And Technical Education *Vice-Chairman, Committee on Poverty Alleviation *Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs *Member, Committee on Health *Member, Committee on Social Services *Member, Committee on Tourism *Member, Committee on Trade And Industry *Member, Committee on Visayas Development *Member, Committee on Women And Gender Equality
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==External links== * [https://easternsamar.gov.ph/local-officials/ Province of Eastern Samar – Provincial Officials] easternsamar.gov.ph * [https://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=abunda-m Philippine House of Representatives – Hon. Abunda, Maria Fe R.] congress.gov.ph {{s-start}} {{s-par|ph-lwr}} {{s-bef|before=Ben Evardone}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the House of Representatives<br>from Eastern Samar's at-large district| years= 2019–2025}} {{s-aft|after=Sheen Gonzales}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abunda, Maria Fe}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:People from Borongan Category:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Eastern Samar Category:Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Category:21st-century Filipino women politicians Category:21st-century mayors of places in the Philippines Category:Mayors of places in Eastern Samar Category:Women mayors of places in the Philippines