Reynante Tolentino | |
Office: | Governor of Aurora |
Status: | Acting |
Vicegovernor: | Jennifer Arana |
Term Start: | February 7, 2024 |
Term End: | October 10, 2024 |
Predecessor: | Christian Noveras |
Successor: | Christian Noveras |
Office1: | Vice Governor of Aurora |
Governor1: | Christian Noveras |
Term Start1: | September 6, 2023 |
Term End1: | February 7, 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Gerardo Noveras |
Successor1: | Jennifer Arana |
Office2: | Member of the Aurora Provincial Board from the 2nd district |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2022 |
Term End2: | September 6, 2023 |
Term Start3: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End3: | June 30, 2019 |
Birth Name: | Reynante Amansec Tolentino |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1951 |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino |
Reynante Amansec Tolentino is a Filipino politician who briefly served as Governor of Aurora. He is a member of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP).[1]
Tolentino was elected as a provincial board member of Aurora from its 2nd district in 2016.[2] He lost his reelection bid in 2019 but regained the position upon election in 2022.[3] [4]
Tolentino later became the province's vice governor after the disqualification of Gerardo Noveras on administrative charges in July 2023. In February 2024, he became acting governor after Christian Noveras was suspended.[5] [6] He became full-time governor after Noveras was finally ordered dismissed by the Ombudsman in April 2024. He took his oath of office before his brother, Danilo Tolentino, who is also the mayor of Dipaculao.[7]
The Court of Appeals' Resolution of September 26 directed the immediate reinstatement of Christian Noveras.[8]