Dakila Carlo "Dax" Enriquez Cua is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the governor of the province of Quirino. He also served as vice governor and a member of the House of the Representatives from the Lone District of Quirino.[1]
Cua started his political career at the age of 23.[citation needed] In 2001, he was elected as Vice Governor of Quirino becoming the youngest vice governor of the country at that time. In 2004, he was reelected to a second term. His flagship program was the Movement for the Integrated Development of the Youth (MIDY).
In 2007, he was elected Governor of Quirino. Among his flagship programs were I ❤️ Quirino, a tourism and moral recovery program, and Q LIFE or Quirino Livelihood for Everyone, a comprehensive livelihood assistance program.
In 2010, Cua was elected as Representative of the Lone District of Quirino. In Congress, he served as chairman of the House Committees on Ecology, and Ways and Means as well as senior vice chairperson of the House Committees on Appropriations, Economic Affairs and Constitutional Amendments. He also served as a Member for the Majority on Energy, Information and Communications Technology. He was the principal author of the TRAIN Law, and co-author of the Rice Tarrification Law, the Ease of Doing Business Act and the Philippine Competition Law.[2] He was also the principal author of RA 10230, which established Quirino State University (QSU)[3] by integrating the Quirino State College (QSC), the Quirino Polytechnic College (QPC), and the Maddela Institute of Technology (MIT).
Personal life
Cua is the eldest son of Junie Cua[4] and Maria Angela Enriquez-Cua. His father served as Governor of Quirino from 2010 to 2019 and previously served as its Representative from 1987 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010. His mother served as Representative from 1998 to 2001.
In 2011, he married Midy Nacague,[5] who has been the incumbent representative of Quirino since 2022.[6] They have three children.
