Rodrigo Duterte

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Rodrigo Duterte

KGCR

16th President of the Philippines

Incumbent

Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Vice President Leni Robredo

Preceded by Benigno Aquino III

Mayor of Davao City

In office

June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2016

Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte

Preceded by Sara Duterte

Succeeded by Sara Duterte

In office

June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010

Vice Mayor Luis Bonguyan

Sara Duterte

Preceded by Benjamin de Guzman

Succeeded by Sara Duterte

In office

February 2, 1988 – June 30, 1998

Vice Mayor Dominador Zuño (Acting)

Luis Bonguyan

Benjamin de Guzman

Preceded by Jacinto Rubillar

Succeeded by Benjamin de Guzman

Vice Mayor of Davao City

In office

June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013

Mayor Sara Duterte

Preceded by Sara Duterte

Succeeded by Paolo Duterte

In office

May 2, 1986 – November 27, 1987

Officer in Charge

Mayor Zafiro Respicio

Preceded by Cornelio Maskariño

Succeeded by Gilbert Abellera

Member of the Philippine House of Representatives

from Davao City's 1st District

In office

June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001

Preceded by Prospero Nograles

Succeeded by Prospero Nograles

Personal details
Born Rodrigo Roa Duterte

March 28, 1945 (age 74)

Maasin, Commonwealth of the Philippines

Political party PDP–Laban (2001–present)

Other political Kabataang Makabayan[1] (1970s)

affiliations Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (1998–

2001)

Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod (2011–present)

Coalition for Change (2016–present)

Elizabeth Zimmerman
Spouse(s)
(m. 1973; ann. 2000)

Domestic Honeylet Avanceña

partner

Children 4, including Paolo and Sara

Parents Vicente Duterte

Soledad Roa

Residence Malacañang Palace[2][3][4]

Education Lyceum of the Philippines University (B.A.)

San Beda University (LL.B.)

Signature

Website Official website

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a series about

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines

Incumbent

Presidency

 Transition
 Inauguration
 International trips
 Protests
 Ouster plot allegations

Executive orders

Proclamations

Republic Acts

Policies

 Foreign Policy
o Philippines v. China
o Eleventh East Asia Summit
 Philippine Drug War
 Socioeconomic Policy

Presidential election

 2016 Duterte-Cayetano campaign

Member of the House of Representatives from Davao City's 1st

district

 11th Congress of the Philippines

 1998 Philippine general election
 Mayor of Davao City

 Davao Death Squad

Political parties

 PDP-Laban
 Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod

Family

 Sara Duterte (daughter)

 Veronica Duterte (daughter)
 Paolo Duterte (son)
 Sebastian Duterte (son)
 Elizabeth Zimmerman (ex-wife)
 Cielito Avanceña (common-law wife)
 Soledad Duterte (mother)
 Vicente Duterte (father)

 Federalism in the Philippines

 Coalition For Change

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Rodrigo Roa Duterte KGCR (/duːˈtɜːrtə/; Tagalog: [roˈdɾigo ɾowa dʊˈtɛɾtɛ] ( listen); born March 28,
1945), also known as Digong and Rody,[5] is a Filipino politician who is the 16th and
incumbent President of the Philippines and the first from Mindanao to hold the office.[6][7][8][9] He is the
chairperson of PDP–Laban, the ruling political party. Duterte took office at age 71 on June 30, 2016,
making him the oldest person to assume the Philippine presidency; the record was previously held
by Sergio Osmeña at the age of 65.[10]

Duterte in full Battle Dress Uniform (BDU)

Born in Maasin, Southern Leyte, Duterte studied political science at the Lyceum of the Philippines
University, graduating in 1968, before obtaining a law degree from San Beda College of Law in
1972. He then worked as a lawyer and was a prosecutor for Davao City, before becoming vice
mayor and, subsequently, mayor of the city in the wake of the Philippine Revolution of 1986. Duterte
won seven terms and served as mayor of Davao for over 22 years.
Frequently described as a populist[11][12][13] and a nationalist,[14][15][16] Duterte's political success has been
aided by his vocal support for the extrajudicial killing of drug users and other criminals.[17] Human
rights groups have documented over 1,400 killings allegedly by death squads operating in Davao
between 1998 and May 2016; the victims were mainly drug users, petty criminals and street
children.[18] A 2009 report by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights confirmed the "systematic
practice of extrajudicial killings" by the Davao Death Squad.[19][20] Duterte has alternately confirmed
and denied his involvement.[21] The Office of the Ombudsman closed an investigation in January
2016 stating that they found no evidence that the Davao Death Squad exists, and no evidence to
connect the police or Duterte with the killings.[19][20] The case has since been reopened.[22] Duterte has
repeatedly confirmed that he personally killed criminal suspects as mayor of Davao.[23][24][25]
On May 9, 2016, Duterte won the Philippine presidential election with 39% of the votes, defeating
four other candidates, namely Mar Roxas[26] of the Liberal Party (23.5%), Senator Grace
Poe (21.4%), former vice president Jejomar Binay of the United Nationalist Alliance (12.7%), and the
late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago of the People's Reform Party (3.4%).[27] During his campaign,
he promised to kill tens of thousands of criminals and end crime within six months.[28][29][30] His
domestic policy has focused on combating the illegal drug trade by initiating the Philippine Drug War.
According to the Philippine National Police the death total passed 7,000 in January 2017, after which
the police stopped publishing data.[31] Following criticism from United Nations human rights experts
that extrajudicial killings had increased since his election, Duterte threatened to withdraw the
Philippines from the UN and form a new organization with China and African nations.[32] He has
declared his intention to pursue an "independent foreign policy",[33] and sought to distance the
Philippines from the United States and European Union and pursue closer ties
with China and Russia.