Mar-len Abigail "Abby" Sombillo Binay-Campos (born December 12, 1975) is a Filipina lawyer and politician who has been the Mayor of Makati since 2016. She formerly served in the Congress as Representative of Makati's 2nd District from 2007 to 2016, when she was replaced by her husband, Luis Campos. She is also the daughter of former

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Jejomar Binay Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay Sr. (born Jesus Jose Cabauatan Binay; November 11, 1942) is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 13th vice president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, under President Benigno Aquino III. A h ...

Early life and education

Binay was born on December 12, 1975, as the second of five children and the second of four daughters of

and Elenita Sombillo. She is the younger sister of

Nancy Binay Maria Lourdes "Nancy" Sombillo Binay-Angeles (born May 12, 1973) is a Filipina politician serving as a Senator since 2013. She is the daughter of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. Without any prior experience in government, Binay placed a bi ...

, a current Senator, and the older sister of Junjun Binay, the former mayor of Makati. She studied at the University of the Philippines Los Baños and received her bachelor's degree in human ecology, majoring in human settlements planning. She continued to the Ateneo School of Law, earning her law degree in 2001. She passed the

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in 2002.

Political career

At a young age, Binay started her career at MABINI under former Senator

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as part of the defense counsel for the soldiers involved in the

Oakwood mutiny On July 23, 2003, a failed coup d'etat, now known as the Oakwood mutiny, was staged by a group of about 300 armed defectors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Army Capt. Gerardo Gam ...

. In 2007, she was elected representative of Makati's 2nd District, succeeding Butz Aquino and passed several bills under her watch. In the wake of her brother Junjun's ouster as Makati mayor by the Ombudsman of the Philippines in 2015, Binay announced her candidacy as Mayor of Makati, inviting Cong.

Monique Lagdameo Monique Yazmin María "Nik" Quiríno Lagdaméo (born July 25, 1975) is a Filipino politician who is the Vice Mayor of Makati since 2016. She previously served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing Makati's first di ...

as vice mayor of the city competing with acting mayor Romulo Peña Jr. and Karla Mercado. On 9 May 2016, Binay and Lagdameo won the mayoral and vice-mayoral election, respectively. They took their oath of office on 27 June 2016. Abby's first day as Mayor of Makati began three days later on 30 June, and by that time her father's term as vice president already expired. As a result, Abby is the fourth Binay family member, the second female Binay member to administer Makati in 15 years since her mother Elenita, who served as Makati mayor from 1998 to 2001. She is also the second female mayor of Makati.

Personal life

She has been married to Luis Jose Angel N. Campos Jr. since 2008. They have one child.

References

External links

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- Makati Official Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Binay, Abigail 1975 births Abigail Living people Mayors of Makati PDP–Laban politicians United Nationalist Alliance politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Makati People from Makati University of the Philippines Los Baños alumni Ateneo de Manila University alumni