Johnielle Keith "Kit" Pasion Nieto (born January 31, 1969) is a Filipino

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and

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who last served as the Mayor of Cainta from 2013 until 2022. He ran for mayoralty during 2013 elections under United Nationalist Alliance and was proclaimed winner, beating Veron Ilagan, wife of former Mayor

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. He ran again during 2016 elections and

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under

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and won landslide victories, beating incumbent vice-mayor Sofia Velasco in the latter one.

Early life and career

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Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2007 His mother was also an undersecretary of the Department of Health, while his brother

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is a recording artist who competed on ''

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''. His other brother Jet was a member of the 1987 and 1988 Ateneo Blue Eagles championship teams. Nieto graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University with a

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degree in

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. He attended the

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for his

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and was admitted to the bar on March 15, 1994 with ''Roll No. 39119''. Nieto is the uncle and godfather of professional basketball players, Matt and Mike Nieto, who both played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles until 2019.

References

1969 births 20th-century Filipino lawyers Living people Mayors of places in Rizal People from Cainta Nationalist People's Coalition politicians United Nationalist Alliance politicians Ateneo de Manila University alumni {{Philippines-mayor-stub