Satur Ocampo
Satur Ocampo | |
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Ocampo in 2024 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Bayan Muna party-list | |
| In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 Serving with Crispin Beltran (2001–2003), Liza Maza (2001–2004), Joel Virador (2003–2007), Teodoro Casiño (2004–2010), & Neri Colmenares (2009–2010) | |
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| Born | Saturnino Cunanan Ocampo April 7, 1939 |
| Party | Bayan Muna |
| Other political affiliations | Makabayan (2009–present) National Democratic Front (1973–present) |
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| Profession | Writer, journalist |
Saturnino "Satur" Cunanan Ocampo (born April 7, 1939) is a Filipino politician, activist, journalist, and writer. He was among the longest-held political prisoners during the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.
As party president and first nominee, he led the party-list group Bayan Muna in three successful elections in 2001, 2004, and 2007. He was a member of the House of Representatives, and Deputy Minority Leader in the 14th Congress of the Philippines. He has done work in human rights and other areas.
After his three terms as representative, he ran for senator in the May 2010 elections; then-Representative Liza Maza of the women's partylist group GABRIELA and Ocampo were fielded by the Makabayan coalition and were included as guest senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party, a mainstream Philippine political party whose presidential standard bearer, Senator Manny Villar, they supported.
After the elections, on August 21, 2010, Ocampo started a weekly opinion column in the Philippine Star titled "At Ground Level".