{{short description|Filipino politician}} {{for|the ambassador of Taiwan to the Solomon Islands|Victor Yu (diplomat)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Victor Yu | image = LPP Governor Yu.jpg | caption = | office1 = 15th Governor of Zamboanga del Sur | term_start1 = June 30, 2019 | term_end1 = June 30, 2025 | vice_governor1 = Roseller Ariosa | predecessor1 = Antonio H. Cerilles | successor1 = Divina Grace Yu | office2 = Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Zamboanga del Sur's First District | term_start2 = June 30, 2007 | term_end2 = June 30, 2016 | predecessor2 = Isidoro E. Real, Jr. | successor2 = Divina Grace Yu | birth_name = Victor Jo Yu | birth_date = | birth_place = Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur | party = PFP (2024-present) | other_party = PDP-Laban (2018-2024)<br>NPC (2007-2018) | spouse = Divina Grace Cabardo | children = 3, including Victoria and Joseph | profession = Civil Engineer }}
'''Victor Jo Yu''' is a Filipino politician who served as Governor of Zamboanga del Sur from 2019 to 2025. He previously served as the representative of the first district of Zamboanga del Sur in the 14th, 15th and 16th Congress of the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?congress=14&id=yu|title=House of Representatives House Members}}</ref> He signed the [https://pnl-law.com/blog/house-resolution-1109-re-constitutional-amendment-or-revision/ House Resolution 1109] calling for a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
During the 2019 Elections, he defeated Antonio H. Cerilles by almost 100,000 votes and became Governor of Zamboanga del Sur, ending the latter’s 18-year tenure as provincial governor.
==Personal life== He is the son of Paking Yu of Zamboanga Motors and Ramona Fishing Corporation based in Pagadian. He is married to Divina Grace Cabardo; they have three children.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
In September 2021, Yu announced that he contracted the COVID-19 virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1152269|title=Zambo Sur guv contracts Covid-19|first=Teofilo Jr.|last=Garcia|date=1 September 2021|website=Philippine News Agency|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
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{{S-start}} {{s-par|ph-lwr}} {{S-bef|before=Isidoro E. Real, Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the House of Representatives from the 1st legislative district of Zamboanga del Sur|years= 2007–2016}} {{S-aft|after=Divina Grace Yu}} {{S-off}} {{S-bef|before=Antonio H. Cerriles, Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Governor of Zamboanga del Sur|years= 2019-2025}} {{S-aft|after=Divina Grace Yu}} {{S-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Victor J.}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:People from Pagadian Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Zamboanga del Sur Category:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians Category:Partido Federal ng Pilipinas politicians Category:Nationalist People's Coalition politicians Category:Governors of Zamboanga del Sur