Background
"Joeben" was born in Ibajay, Aklan to parents Doctor Jose Conlu Miraflores and Eusebia Tumbocon.
"Joeben" was born in Ibajay, Aklan to parents Doctor Jose Conlu Miraflores and Eusebia Tumbocon.
He graduated valedictorian at Saint Clement"s College, Iloilo and finished Industrial and Management Engineering at De Louisiana Salle University.
He was mayor of Ibajay from 1988–1995, and Governor of Aklan from 1995-2004. First elected in 2004, he was re-elected in 2007 and 2010. On June 29, 2008, Miraflores was rushed to a hospital in Kalibo, Aklan after complaining of chest pains and difficulty in breathing.
Initial tests indicated that his heartbeat was irregular.
At the time he was stricken ill, Miraflores had been engaged in relief operations for his province, which had been devastated by Typhoon Fengshen.
A member of the KAMPI party, he has been elected to two terms as a Member of the House of Representatives, representing the Lone District of Aklan.