Mayor Paulino Salvador Leachon
Galapan City, Oriental Mindoro


LAWYER Paulino Salvador Leachon is the newly elected Mayor of Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro. He served as city administrator from August 2005 to March 2007. Leachon placed 17th in the bar examinations of 1999. He was a product of San Beda College, having graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy in 1994 and Bachelor of Laws in 1999 with honors. In high school, he was a leadership awardee for pioneering and for serving as president of the first High School Student Council of the Divine Word College in 1990.

Mayor Leachon started with humble beginnings in life, having worked as a member of the service crew of the Jollibee fastfood branch in Retiro, Quezon City. He was also a taxi driver in 1994. Out of sheer luck and perseverance, he was later named branch manager of Greenwich Foods Corporation in 1995, He later moved up to be a legal researcher at the Supreme Court, the Senate Electoral Tribunal and the Congress electoral Tribunal from 1996 to 1999. He also worked as a legal consultant at the Office of the President and as liaison officer and City Legal Officer of Calapan.

Mayor Leachon Doy Leachon is involved in various socio-civic organizations. He heads the Rotary Club of Calapan, the Mindoro Tamaraw Basketball Association and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Mindoro Chapter. He is also an active member of the Couples for Christ, Marriage Encounter, Guardians Brotherhood Incorporated and the Knights of Columbus. A native of Puting Tubig, Calapan, he is the son of Judge Emilio L. Leachon, Jr. and Pilar Mendoza Cueto. He is married to Ronalee Leachon and they were blessed with two children, Reimund Paulo and
Clairdey Beatrice.