Edcel Greco Lagman

Edcel Greco Alexandre "Grex" Burce Lagman[3] (born July 24, 1972[4]), is a Filipino lawyer and politician from the province of Albay.

Prior to this, Lagman served as a councilor of Quezon City representing its Fourth District from 2004 to 2013.

[11] Lagman completed his primary and secondary education at San Beda College Alabang.

This was due to a permanent vacancy in the position of Governor when his immediate predecessor Noel Rosal was disqualified with finality by the COMELEC en banc for violating the election law imposing a 45-day campaign spending ban.

[21] Lagman in July 2023, became a member of incumbent President Bongbong Marcos' political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.

[22] In October 2024, Lagman filed his candidacy to run for governor in his own right in the 2025 Philippine general election.

[23] However, he later announced his withdrawal from the race on December 5, 2024, and declared support for Noel Rosal's comeback attempt as governor.

[25] In February 2024, Alwin Nimo, a former chairman of Barangay Anislag, Daraga, alleged that Lagman had received bribes from illegal gambling (jueteng) bosses in the province when he was vice governor and filed a complaint against the latter for graft and corruption at the Office of the Ombudsman.