Luisa "Banti" Lloren Cuaresma (born January 18, 1955) is a Filipina politician who currently serves as the representative of the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya since 2016.
[5] After her husband's murder, Cuaresma ran for mayor in the 1988 election and won, serving the three-term limit until 1998.
[6] She served in that post until 2013, when she made an unsuccessful bid to run for the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya in the 16th Congress.
[9] As congresswoman, Cuaresma co-signed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on February 5, 2025.
[10] Cuaresma has four children, the eldest of which, Benjamin III, has served as mayor of Bambang.