effective and more prudent to reach the electorate. Osmeña placed tenth and became a senator again for the third time. He ran again in 2016 & 2019 as an independent but failed to make a Senate comeback losing in both elections. Personal life He is married to Bettina Lopez (daughter of former Congressman Alberto Lopez of Iloilo and Chona Mejia Lopez). He has six children. Serge Osmeña came from a family of senators. His grandfather Sergio Sr. served during the American colonial period. His father Sergio Jr. served in the 1960s. His cousin, John Henry served in the Senate from 1971 to 1972, 1987–1992, 1992–1995 and 1998–2004. His maternal grandfather, Esteban de la Rama of Negros Occidental was also a senator. His nephew, John Gregory,served as Provincial Vice Governor of Cebu and his younger brother Tomas III is the Congressman of Cebu City's south district. Tommy was a close ally of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was bestowed Doctor of Laws – Honoris Causa, by the Benguet State University in 2000. He is the chairman of the Aquaworld Corporation, which he held since 1992. While serving his initial term as senator he held a concurrent position as board director of San Miguel Brewery (HK), Ltd. He was a member of the Philippine Jaycees, where he served as a senator in 1994. He founded Pundok Sugbuanon while he lived in Los Angeles from 1990 to 1992. He is one of the Directors of the ABS-CBN Bayan Microfinance Foundation, held since 1999, and the Lorenzo Tañada Foundation, held since 1998. Other Serge Osmeña is a farmer and businessman by training and was educated at Harvard, Georgetown, and the University of the Philippines. Raised a Visayan, Osmeña speaks Cebuano and Hiligaynon as mother languages although his first language is Tagalog. In popular culture Osmeña was portrayed by Richard Gomez in the 1995 film Eskapo. References 1943 births Senators of the 16th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 15th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 13th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 12th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 11th Congress of the Philippines Senators of the 10th Congress of the Philippines University of the Philippines Los Baños alumni People from Manila People from Cebu City Sergio Osmena III People from Negros Occidental Living people Cebuano people Visayan people Filipino Roman Catholics Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians PDP–Laban