Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)
Alfredo Lim
Alfredo "Fred" Siojo Lim was a Filipino politician, police officer and lawyer who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007, He also served as the 23rd and 25th Mayor of Manila twice: first from 1992 to 1998, and again from 2007 to 2013.
List of senators of the Philippines
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Mayor of Manila
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August 8
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