Today, we begin a series on the life and thoughts
of my father, Raul Maravilla Gonzalez (RMG).
This series is partly based on the unpublished research manuscript of
Ken Ishikawa, a writer and an Asian Public Intellectual grantee.
Raul Gonzalez has served the Filipino people as an active opponent of dictatorship during the darkest days of Martial Law. After the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos thru the February 1986 “People Power” event, Cory Aquino assumed the presidency and appointed RMG as Tanodbayan (Ombudsman), a responsibility he exercised until September 1988.
From 1995 to 2004, RMG served as Congressman of the Lone District of Iloilo City. From 2004 to 2009, he headed the Department of Justice in the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Raul M. Gonzalez was born in Hacienda Caiñaman in La Carlota, Negros Occidental, on 03 December 1930. His father, Delfin Gonzalez, was the administrator of the plantation, which was Spanish-owned. Delfin was from Jaro, Iloilo. His wife, Estrella Maravilla, worked as a teacher at the Colegio de San Jose, Jaro. Delfin and Estrella had 6 children: Ester (Inday), Sergio, Herman, RMG, Milagros (Baby) and Mario. Herman died as an infant, Mario died in childhood, and Ester passed away in 2001.
Raul Gonzalez has served the Filipino people as an active opponent of dictatorship during the darkest days of Martial Law. After the ouster of Ferdinand Marcos thru the February 1986 “People Power” event, Cory Aquino assumed the presidency and appointed RMG as Tanodbayan (Ombudsman), a responsibility he exercised until September 1988.
From 1995 to 2004, RMG served as Congressman of the Lone District of Iloilo City. From 2004 to 2009, he headed the Department of Justice in the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Raul M. Gonzalez was born in Hacienda Caiñaman in La Carlota, Negros Occidental, on 03 December 1930. His father, Delfin Gonzalez, was the administrator of the plantation, which was Spanish-owned. Delfin was from Jaro, Iloilo. His wife, Estrella Maravilla, worked as a teacher at the Colegio de San Jose, Jaro. Delfin and Estrella had 6 children: Ester (Inday), Sergio, Herman, RMG, Milagros (Baby) and Mario. Herman died as an infant, Mario died in childhood, and Ester passed away in 2001.
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