Sharon Garin
Sharon Garin | |
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Official portrait, 2025. | |
| 14th Secretary of Energy | |
| Assumed office July 10, 2025 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Raphael Lotilla |
| Undersecretary in the Department of Energy | |
| In office September 16, 2022 – May 23, 2025 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| In office August 15, 2016 – June 30, 2019 | |
| House Speaker | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for AAMBIS-Owa Party List | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sharon Serag Garin |
| Party | AAMBIS-Owa Party List |
| Relatives | Richard Garin (brother) Janette Garin (sister-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Visayas–Iloilo City (BS) Ateneo de Manila University (JD) ESADE Business School (MBA) |
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Sharon Serag Garin is a Filipino politician who has served as the Secretary of Energy since 2025. She previously served as an undersecretary in the Department of Energy from 2022 to 2025 and as the representative for the AAMBIS-Owa Party List from 2010 to 2022.
Born to a longtime political dynasty based in Iloilo's first district, Garin was first elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 2010. During her tenure, she served as a deputy speaker from 2016 to 2019, and chaired the Philippine House Committee on Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2021 to 2022.
After leaving Congress, she joined the Department of Energy in 2022 as an undersecretary, during which she pursued efforts toward attaining nuclear power in the Philippines. In May 2025, President Bongbong Marcos appointed Garin as secretary of energy as an officer in charge as part of a major cabinet reshuffle before permanently appointing her to the position in July.