Eric Yap
Eric Go Yap (born May 11, 1979) is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative for Benguet's lone congressional district since 2022, and was the district's legislative caretaker from January 2020 until he was elected in his own right. He was a party-list representative for ACT-CIS from 2019 to 2022, and is the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations since March 2020.
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| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Benguet's lone district | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 Caretaker: January 20, 2020 – June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nestor B. Fongwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for ACT-CIS party-list | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022 Serving with Jocelyn Pua-Tulfo and Niña Taduran
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| Born | Eric Go Yap May 11, 1979 Quezon City, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | National Unity Party (2019–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | United Benguet Party ACT-CIS (2018–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas (BS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yap is among the principal authors of House Bill No. 5477 which was signed into law as Republic Act No. 11463 in December 2019 as an act to establish the Malasakit Centers—a one-stop shop for government medical and financial assistance and among the main proponents of House Bill 7778 or the establishment of the Autonomous Region of the Cordillera.
Yap spearheaded various programs in Benguet such as Mobile Tulong, Mobile Oxygen, Youth Assistance Program, and infrastructure projects.