Tomas Apacible

{{short description|Former representative from the 1st district of Batangas}} {{Philippine name|Villadolid|Apacible}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tomas V. Apacible | image = Tomas V. Apacible - 15th Congress.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2010  | office = Member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine House of Representatives]] from [[Batangas]]'s [[Batangas's 1st congressional district|1st District]] | term_start = June 30, 2010 | term_end = June 30, 2013 | predecessor = [[Eileen Ermita-Buhain]] | successor = Eileen Ermita-Buhain | office1 = Commissioner of the [[Bureau of Customs (Philippines)|Bureau of Customs]] | term_start1 = 1991 | term_end1 = 1992 | predecessor1 = Salvador Mison | successor1 = Guillermo Parayno, Jr. | president1 = [[Corazon Aquino]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|07}} | birth_place = [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]] | alma_mater = [[San Beda College]] | relations = | spouse = Maria Dolores Cacdac | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Tomas Villadolid Apacible''' is a Filipino politician who last servecd as representative of the [[Batangas's 1st congressional district|1st district]] in the province of [[Batangas]] in the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine House of Representatives]] from 2010 to 2013. He defeated former Congressman and Executive Secretary [[Eduardo Ermita]] in the [[2010 Batangas local elections|2010]] elections,<ref>{{cite web|last=Servando |first=Kristine |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/05/30/10/most-ex-cops-soldiers-lose-election-bids |title=Most ex-cops, soldiers lose election bids |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2010-05-31 |accessdate=2010-06-22}}</ref> but lost his re-election bid in 2013 to his predecessor and Ermita's daughter, [[Eileen Ermita-Buhain]]. He is also a former Commissioner of the [[Bureau of Customs]], Senior Undersecretary of the [[Department of Finance (Philippines)|Department of Finance]], Senior Governor of the [[Development Bank of The Philippines]] and Private Sector Representative to the [[Land Bank of the Philippines]] Board of Directors.

As representative, he sat as Senior Vice Chairman of the Committee of Trade and Industry and Southern Tagalog Regional Development. He was also a member of the following committees: Ways and Means, Agriculture and Food, Energy, Tourism, Public Works and Highways, Information, Communication and Technology, Public Order and Safety, and Banks and Financial Intermediaries.

Apacible is the son of former Batangas 1st district representative Apolinario Apacible and Remedios Villadolid and the brother of former [[Nasugbu]] mayor and Batangas 1st district representative Conrado Apacible.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hrep-website.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/legisdocs/basic_18/HR02356.pdf|title=House Resolution No. 2356|date=2021|accessdate=December 29, 2023}}</ref> He is married to Maria Dolores Cacdac with whom he has three children: Alyanna, Tomas II, and Airene.

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{{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{succession box | before= Salvador Mison | title= Commissioner of the [[Bureau of Customs (Philippines)|Bureau of Customs]]| years= 1991–1992| after= Guillermo Parayno Jr. }} {{s-par|ph-lwr}} {{succession box | before= [[Eileen Ermita-Buhain]] | title= [[Legislative districts of Batangas#1st District|Representative, 1st District of Batangas]] | years= 2010–2013| after= [[Eileen Ermita-Buhain]] }} {{s-end}}

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