Carmelita Escio Aguilar-Abalos (born July 2, 1962) is a
Filipina
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politician and the incumbent vice mayor of
Mandaluyong
Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people.
Loca ...
since 2022. She previously served as the city's mayor from 2016 to 2022. She is the wife of former
MMDA Chairman and current
DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr.
Benjamin "Benhur" de Castro Abalos Jr. (born July 19, 1962) is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government since 2022. Before his appointment as DILG secretary, he last served as the Chairman of ...
, whom she succeeded as mayor. She was also a semi-finalist at the
Binibining Pilipinas
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1981, representing
Cavite
Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest ...
.
She led the distribution of COVID-19 health recovery kits in Barangka Ilaya.
References
External links
Official Facebook Page of Menchie Abalos
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1962 births
Living people
21st-century Filipino politicians
United Nationalist Alliance politicians
PDP–Laban politicians
Filipino women in politics
Mayors of Mandaluyong
Politicians from Metro Manila
Tagalog people