Ayong Maliksi

Erineo "Ayong" Saquilayan Maliksi (March 25, 1938 – February 24, 2021) was a Filipino politician from the province of Cavite.

Maliksi was first elected to public office as Vice Mayor of then municipality of Imus, Cavite, where he served for two consecutive terms from 1980 to 1986.

During his term, Imus became well known as the "Christmas Capital of the Philippines," with its colorful lanterns, lights and nativity scenes (belen) during the yuletide season.

With the appointment of then-Governor Epimaco Velasco as Secretary of Interior and Local Government, Revilla assumed the position of Governor.

In the 2013 Cavite local elections, Maliksi ran for Governor, challenging his successor Jonvic Remulla.

In 2015, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Maliksi as Chairman of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.

In the 2019 Cavite local elections, Maliksi ran for Governor,[4] but lost to Jonvic Remulla once again, this time by a landslide victory.

[6] Governor Jonvic Remulla ordered flags at provincial government offices in Cavite to be flown half mast in mourning of his death.