Stella Quimbo

Stella Luz Alabastro Quimbo (born Stella Luz Fagela Alabastro; November 23, 1969) is a Filipino economist, academic, and politician who has served as the representative for Marikina's second congressional district since 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party. She previously served as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission from 2016 up until her resignation in 2019.

Early life and education
Quimbo was born on November 23, 1969, to Estrella Alabastro, who would serve as a secretary of science and technology under the Arroyo administration. She studied at the University of the Philippines Diliman and obtained her Bachelor of Science in Economics summa cum laude in 1991, Master of Arts in Economics in 1993, and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics in 2000.

Academic career
Quimbo worked as a professor and a department chairperson at the University of the Philippines School of Economics. From 2011 to 2013, Quimbo served in the rank of full professor into the Prince Clause Professorial Chair at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in Netherlands. She was the first Southeast Asian to hold the position. Quimbo's research portfolio focuses on the field of health economics, industrial organization, microeconomics, education, poverty, and public policy.

Philippine Competition Commission (2016–2019)
In 2016, President Benigno Aquino III appointed Quimbo as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). She would serve in that role from 2016 until her resignation in 2019 to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.

Elections
On November 30, 2018, Quimbo filed to run for representative in Marikina's second congressional district under the Liberal Party to succeed her husband, Miro Quimbo, who had held the seat since 2010. In the May 9, 2019, election, Quimbo easily won the seat, defeating former representative Eugene de Vera and independent Mauro Arce.

Following the election, de Vera contested Quimbo's eligibility for the position in a quo warranto petition before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET), citing the Philippine Competition Act, which prohibited former commissioners of the PCC to run for public office during their tenure and the two-year period following the end of their tenure. Beng Sardillo, Quimbo's legal counsel, derided the petition as self-serving and erroneous.

In 2022, Quimbo was reelected to a second term, defeating her closest opponent, former mayor Del de Guzman.

For 2025, Quimbo has expressed her interest in stepping down as representative to run for the mayoralty of Marikina, succeeding the term-limited Marcelino Teodoro.

Tenure
In the 18th Congress, Quimbo was a member of a technical working group tasked to study the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, the largest broadcaster in the Philippines. She was the lone dissenter against the decision of two other members, Representatives Pablo John Garcia and Xavier Jesus Romuald, to disapprove the application of ABS-CBN for another franchise.

In the 19th Congress, Quimbo serves as a vice chairperson of the Committee on Appropriations.

Quimbo's support of the Maharlika Wealth Fund and defense of confidential funds directed to the Department of Education and Office of the Vice President resulted in calls to sanction her as a member of the Liberal Party. In response, Party President Edcel Lagman confirmed that Quimbo will not receive sanctions for her positions, emphasizing the party's tradition of recognizing the "freedom of expression and dissent" of its members.

Personal life
Quimbo is married to lawyer and former representative Miro Quimbo.