Lucille Nava
Filipino politician
Ma. Lucille Ledesma Nava (born September 21, 1966) is a Filipino politician who is currently serving as the governor of Guimaras since 2025. She previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2025, representing Guimaras's at-large congressional district.
Nava is a physician by profession.
Education
Nava earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of the Philippines Visayas in 1988. She later obtained her medical degree from the Iloilo Doctors' College of Medicine and later completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at St. Luke's Medical Center.
Political career
House of Representatives (2016–2025)
Nava was elected representative of Guimaras's lone district under the Liberal Party in the 2016 elections, defeating Henry Babiera; she succeeded her husband JC Rahman Nava, who ran for governor of Guimaras in 2016. Soon after her election, Nava left the Liberal Party to join PDP-Laban.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nava called for the rebuilding of Guimaras' health systems.
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