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REPRESENTATIVE SATUR OCAMPO

Satur C. Ocampo was born on April 7, 1939 in Sta. Rita, Pampanga to a family of landless tenant farmers.

He is married to Carolina �Bobbie� Malay, a writer and professor of journalism.

He has four children and two grandchildren.

He supported himself through his university education at the Philippine College of Commerce, Manuel L. Quezon University and Lyceum of the Philippines.

In 1963, he worked full-time as a journalist.

For seven years, he covered the business beat of the pre-martial law Manila Times.

In the developing political ferment in the �60s, Ocampo began to acquire a comprehensive grasp of the country�s problems as well as its history of struggle.

In 1964, he became a founding member of the militant student-youth organization Kabataang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth).

In 1967-68, he was in the National Council of the Movement for the Advancement of Nationalism (MAN).

He was a vice-president of the National Press Club