FILIPINO ELECTEDS WORLDWIDE
Canada
Mable Elmore
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors Services and Long Term Care.
Co-chair of the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction’s Advisory Forum on Poverty Reduction.
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Kensington
British Columbia Legislative Assembly
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First elected in 2009. Re-elected in 2013, 2017, 2020. Made history by becoming the first MLA of Filipino heritage
Rey Pagtakhan, M.D.
Member of Parliament for Winnipeg-North - Saint Paul (Manitoba) (Term 1988-2004)
Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2003-2004)
Minister of Veterans Affairs (2002-2003)
Senior Minister for Manitoba (2002-2004)
Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development) (2002–2003)
Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) (2001–2002)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (1996-1998)
Parliament of Canada
The first Filipino Canadian to be elected to the Parliament of Canada.
PHILIPPINES
Leni Robredo
(Global FWN100™ '16)
Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines (Term 2016-2022)
SOUTH KOREA
Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
Proportional Representative №15
National Assembly of South Korea (Term 2012-2016)
First non-ethnic Korean and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker, elected to the Korean Parliament.
United Kingdom
United States
Cynthia Barker
(Global FWN100™ '17)
Councillor
Hertsmere Borough Council, U.K.
Deputy Mayor
Hertsmere Borough Council, U.K.
First Filipina to serve in British local government. First Filipina to serve as Mayor. Cynthia passed away in 2020.
Cheryl Moss
(US FWN100™ 2011)
Judge (2000-2020) Retired.
Eighth Judicial District Court in Nevada
Elected in 2000, re-elected in 2014. First Judge to preside over Nevada's First Gambling Court.
Christopher Corpuz
Trustee, Evergreen School Board
San Jose, California
Diana Colvin
Councilmember
Town of Colma City Council 2
California
Dianne Martinez
Councilmember
Emeryville, California
Flor Nicolas
Councilmember
City of South San Francisco, California
Frank Aurelio Yokoyama
Councilmember, City of Cerritos City Council 3, California
Glenn Sylvester
Vice Mayor and Councilmember, Daly City, California
Hydra Mendoza
(U.S. FWN100™ '09, Global FWN100™ 13)
Board Member, Chair, Past-President
San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education
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Elected in 2006, re-elected in 2010 and 2014. Retired 2018.
Joanne F. Del Rosario
(US FWN100™ 2009)
First elected to city council in 2006.
Mayor (2015) and Councilmember (2006-2022)
Town of Colma, California
Joy Gutierrez-Pilare
Vice President and Trustee
Bayshore School District
California
Juslyn Manalo
(Global FWN100™ '15, Global Continuing Influential 2018)
Councilmember (2016-2020); 2020-2024
Served Mayor for 2 terms.
Received highest number of votes ever cast for the councilmember 2016 race in Daly City.
Daly City, California
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The first Filipina woman elected to the Daly City Council in 2016. Received highest number of votes (26,748) for the councilmember race in 2016
Letty Lopez
Councilmember
City of West Covina, California
Manny Fernandez
Board of Director, Union Sanitary District California. Termed out 2020
Marico Sayoc
Councilmember
Town of Los Gatos, California
Mark Nagales
Councilmember
City of South San Francisco, California
Maybelle Manio
Trustee
Jefferson Elementary School District Board
Daly City, California
Melissa Ramoso
(Global FWN100™ '14)
Councilmember
City of Artesia, California
Nikki Fortunato Bas
(Global FWN100™ 2021)
Council President + Councilmember D2
City of Oakland, California
Rachelle Pastor Arizmendi
(Global FWN100™ 2018)
Councilmember
City of Sierra Madre, California
Rob Bonta
California Attorney General appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020
Elected California State Assemblymember, AD 18 representing Oakland, Alameda, and San Leandro (2012-2021)
Councilmember, Alameda City Council (2010-2012)
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First Filipino American legislator in the 165-year history of California
Rod Daus-Magbual
Councilmember
Daly City, California
Rosie Tejada
Trustee
Jefferson Unified High School District
Ruth Asmundson
(U.S. FWN100™ '07, Global FWN100™ '14)
Mayor (Term 2002-2010)
City of Davis, California
The first Filipino American to be elected as Mayor. Elected in 2002, then re-elected in 2006.
Salvador "Buddy" Deauna
City Councilmember
Bergenfied, New Jersey (2 seats)
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Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
(US FWN100™ '07)
Chief Justice of California
California Supreme Court
Appointed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2011.
Tony Daysog
Councilmember, Council 10
City of Alameda City, California
Tony Ubalde
Trustee
Vallejo City Unified School Board, California
Rep. TJ Cox
U.S. House of Representatives
California's 21st District
Tzeitel Paras Caracci
Mayor and D1 Councilmember
City of Duarte
