Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte (; ; born November 3, 1987) is a Filipino politician serving as

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since June 30, 2022. He previously served as the city's vice mayor from 2019 to 2022. He is the youngest son of 16th

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Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

, and the younger brother of

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Sara Duterte Sara Vicenta Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio (, ; born May 31, 1978), commonly known as Inday Sara, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines. She is the third female vice president, the third ...

Early life and education

Duterte was born on November 3, 1987, in

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. He is the youngest son of former President Rodrigo Duterte and Elizabeth Zimmerman, a Filipina flight-attendant of Filipino and

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descent. His brother, Paolo, is the incumbent representative of Davao City's first district, and his sister

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is incumbent vice president. Duterte obtained his high school diploma at

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. He took up legal management at the same college for a year before moving back to Davao, where he took up

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. He was initially offered by his father to run for Davao City councilor in 2013 and representative in 2016 but he declined.

Political career

In 2019, Duterte ran unopposed for vice mayor of

with his sister and incumbent mayor,

, as his running mate under the

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ticket. The siblings won the election. He has been appointed "acting mayor" of the city twice: from July 19 to September 17, 2019; and from September 28 to October 5, 2020. On November 9, 2021, Duterte has decided to withdraw his re-election bid. He named Melchor Quitain Jr., Davao City's 1st district councilor and son of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Jesus Melchor Quitain, as his substitute for vice mayor. He then ran for

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as a substitute to his sister Sara, who would later run for

. He later won in a

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and assumed office on June 30, 2022.

Personal life

Duterte is a dedicated surfer and often posts images of himself surfing. He launched his own reality travel show ''Lakbai'' on TV5. He has three children, of which two is with his long-time live-in partner.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Duterte, Sebastian 1987 births Living people Visayan people Filipino people of German-Jewish descent Politicians from Davao del Sur PDP–Laban politicians TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities Children of presidents of the Philippines Duterte family Ateneo de Davao University alumni Mayors of Davao City