Name : Tomas R. Osmeña
Date of Birth : July 26, 1948
Son of : The late Senator Sergio Osmeña, Jr. & Lourdes De La Rama Osmeña
Married to : Margarita Lim Vargas
Only Child : Miguel V. Osmeña
Place of Birth : Manila, Philippines
Residence : 168 Don Gervacio Quijada St., Guadalupe, Cebu City


EDUCATION

High School : Sacred Heart School for Boys, Cebu City
College : Xavier University, Cagayan De Oro City
              Agro-Economics
Other : University of California at Los Angeles
(Courses on Finance, Management and International Trade)


BUSINESS POSITIONS HELD

1972
: Vice-President SEROS, Inc., Los Angeles based company owned by the late Sergio Osmeña, Jr.

1976-1979
: Financial Analyst
  Foreign Credit Insurance Association, the
  exclusive operating arm of the Export-Import bank of the US
: Activities included political and country risk analyst and administering export
  credit accounts of several major US exporters and banks in 12 western states

1979-1987
: Vice-President, Apex Realty and Developers, California

GOVERNMENT POSITIONS

1988
: Mayor of Cebu
: elected without a party or endorsement of any
  national office
: Chairman, Metro Cebu Development Project
  (MCDP)
: responsible for acquiring over P2 billion worth of
  foreign assisted projects in Metro Cebu
: responsible for the urban design of the 3 cities and
  9 municipalities in Metro Cebu

1990 : Elected as National Executive Vice President of
           the League of City Mayors of the Philippines

2001 : Elected again as mayor of Cebu City on May 14, 2001.
           It was considered the toughest elections in
           the city in recent years because Mayor Osmeña ran
           against his ally former Mayor Alvin Garcia

2001 : Elected as chairman of the National Executive
           Board of League of City Mayors for 2001-2004
           term of office.

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

1976-1987
: Vice-President, Club Filipino, Los Angeles,
  California
: also engaged in various activities of different
  Cebuano organization in Los Angeles

AWARDS

: while in exile in Los Angeles during Martial Law,
   Mayor Osmeña received 7 awards from different
   Filipino organizations including an award of honor
   by the Philippine-American Council of Los
   Angeles country "for outstanding service to the
   Filipino-American community in Los Angeles,
   California" in 1990, chosen as one of the Ten
   Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) in the
   Philippines by the Philippine Jaycees and the
   Gerry Roxas Foundation, Inc.

1992 ACHIEVEMENTS

: elected Cebu City Mayor as an independent for the
  next three years together with his vice
  mayoralty candidates and fifteen out of sixteen
  councilorial seats
: elected on mass motion, President of the League of
  City Mayors of the Philippines for the year's 1992 - 1995
: elected Chairman Regional Development Council
  for Central Visayas while as Mayor, Cebu City has
  received several national awards for tourism,
  street children programs, computerization,
  countryside development and anti-drug programs.