Raul Veloso del Mar (March 20, 1941 – November 16, 2020) was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served nine terms as the Representative of Cebu City's 1st district three times: from 1987 to 1998, from 2001 to 2010, and from 2013 until his death in 2020.
Education He was a graduate of the University of San Carlos and the Ateneo Law School (1963).
Electoral history Del Mar ran in a total of ten elections from 1987 to 2019, winning every election after his failed first attempt. More detailed lists of candidates and votes in each election may be found in most of the respective election's articles.
+ Electoral history of Raul V. Del Mar Year Office Party Main opponent Votes for Del Mar Result Ref Local National Name Party Total % 1984 Assemblyman Cebu City Independent colspan=3 35,003 6th 1987 Representative Cebu City 1st district Panaghiusa LABAN colspan=3 120,704 41.3% 1st 1992 colspan=2 LDP colspan=3 158,849 1st 1995 BOPK Lakas colspan=3 169,512 1st 1998 Term-limited for Representative, did not run 2001 Representative Cebu City 1st district BOPK PROMDI Florencio Villarin Independent 56,084 89.94% 1st 2004 Lakas-CMD Danilo Fernan KUSUG 1st 2007 Mary Ann De los Santos KUSUG 122,988 1st 2010 Term-limited for Representative, did not run 2013 Representative Cebu City 1st district BOPK Liberal Anabelle Rama BARUG 133,149 74.55% 54.55% 1st 2016 Alvin Garcia BARUG 134,940 62.26% 34.66% 1st 2019 Richard Yap BARUG 135,528 61.34% 24.42% 1st Died in office on November 16, 2020
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Personal life
Del Mar is a member of the Del Mar family, an old political clan originating from the town of Parian during the Spanish colonial era before its incorporation into the Municipality of Cebu (the future Cebu City) under American colonial rule.
He was married to Melanie Chan Borromeo, with whom he had three children: doctor Raoul ("Rannie"), Rachel ("Cutie"), and Ryan. Rannie, a pediatrician now based in California, served a single term in Congress from 1998 to 2001, after their father was term-limited following the end of his third term. Cutie likewise served in Congress from 2010 to 2013 after Del Mar was once again limited after his sixth term, and succeeded her father again from 2022 up to the present following his death in 2020.
Death Del Mar died on November 16, 2020, at the age of 79.
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