2005, he became Presidential Adviser for Job Creation. He then became the 15th Director General of the Presidential Management Staff, the fifth post he had been designated to in the Arroyo administration. He was appointed again as Agriculture Secretary in 2006. He resigned from his position in February 2010 to run as a member of the House of Representatives. From 2010 to 2019, Yap was a congressman representing the third district of Bohol. While there, he held various positions such as being assistant minority leader of the Committee on Rules, vice-chairman of the Committees on Globalization And WTO, Government Enterprises And Privatization, and Ecology, chairman of the Committees on Reforestation and Economic Affairs, and being the deputy speaker from 2018 to 2019. During the 2019 Philippine gubernatorial elections, Yap ran for governor of Bohol under PDP–Laban, the party of President Rodrigo Duterte. His opponents included former Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco. Yap won by a slim margin of 2,161 votes garnering 326,895 votes against Evasco’s 324,734. He took his oath on June 30, 2019, officially becoming Bohol's 26th governor. Personal life Yap is married to Carolyne Varquez-Gow, a native of Loboc, Bohol. Together they have 2 children. References |- |- |- 1965 births Living people People from Manila Governors of Bohol Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Bohol Secretaries of Agriculture of the Philippines Advisers to the President of the Philippines Heads of the Presidential Management Staff of the Philippines Lakas–CMD politicians PDP–Laban politicians Ateneo de Manila University alumni Arroyo administration cabinet members Filipino politicians of Chinese descent Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Grand Crosses of the Order of Lakandula