Former PH Honorary Consul General Takes Oath as New Zealand’s First Filipino Member of Parliament

PHOTO: Atty. Paulo Garcia assumed office on 21 May 2019 as New Zealand’s first Member of Parliament (MP) with Filipino ancestry.  A graduate of the University of the Philippines and a practicing lawyer, Atty. Garcia served as Philippine Honorary Consul General in Auckland from 2012 to 2017.  (Photo courtesy of Paulo Garcia MP)

Atty. Garcia swearing-in as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, taking his Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand. (Screenshot, NZ Parliament video)

MP Garcia being congratulated by Rt. Hon. Trevor Mallard MP, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. (Screenshot, NZ Parliament video)

Philippine Embassy in Wellington, Filipino community leaders and friends witnessing swearing-in ceremony of Paulo Garcia MP, including Ambassador Jesus Domingo (lower left) and immediate past Ambassador Virginia Benavidez (upper right). (Photo courtesy of Tim McIndoe MP)

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