Magsaysay was a veteran politician who was the nephew of former President
Ramon Magsaysay to his brother Jesus Magsaysay. He first served as the governor of Zambales in 1968–1986, beginning before and lasting throughout the
Marcos administration. He lost the post after the
People Power Revolution of 1986 that overthrew
Ferdinand Marcos. After losing the vice-presidential race under
KBL of former first lady
Imelda Marcos in 1992, he won re-election in the
1998 elections as governor of Zambales. He was re-elected in 2001 and 2004. He was the chairman of the board of the Philippine Postal Bank since January 22, 2009. He accepted the nomination of
Lakas–CMD to run in the
May 14, 2007 midterm elections under the
Team Unity umbrella. His name wasn't mentioned in any previous surveys before being selected on February 10, 2007. He built the Jesus F. Magsaysay High School or
Castillejos National High School in
Castillejos, Zambales.
Personal life ) GoVic or VicMag, as he was called, was married to Rosellyn Enciso (October 30, 1944 — August 9, 2014). His eldest is Honorary Consul Jesus Vicente "JV" E. Magsaysay, next is daughter Angel Magsaysay - Cheng who was elected Vice Governor of Zambales in 2016. His second daughter Mary Rose Magsaysay was appointed Undersecretary of Energy 2009-2010 and is currently Deputy Executive Director of Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center Assistant Secretary Mary Rose Magsaysay MPA C|CISO C|EH was former Director IV of the same and previous to that was HTC-Highly Technical Consultant of DICT and before that, trustee of the
Cultural Center of the Philippines, and previously Special Fintech Consultant of CEZA. GOVICs daughter-in-law is a former Zambales first district
Rep. Milagros "Mitos" Magsaysay is married to his eldest son Honorary Consul of PNG to the Philippines Jesus "JV" Vicente E. Magsaysay former Board of Director of
SBMA for 12 years. The youngest is Victor Magsaysay Other known relatives include Senator
Ramon Magsaysay Jr., party-list Rep. Eulogio Magsaysay, and TV personality
JB Magsaysay. He died on April 13, 2020. ==References==