Lino Edgardo Schramm Cayetano (born January 4, 1978) is a Filipino politician and television director who served as the

Mayor of Taguig The mayor of Taguig ( fil, Punong Lungsod ng Taguig) is the head of the local government of the city of Taguig who is elected to three year terms. The mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinan ...

from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as the representative of the 2nd district of Taguig from 2013 to 2016, and was the Barangay Chairman of

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from 2010 to 2013. Before entering politics, he was a television director for several shows on

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. Cayetano was born to a political family currently based in

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. His father was the late former senator Rene Cayetano; his older sister, Pia, is an incumbent senator; his older brother, Alan Peter, is also an incumbent senator who formerly served as the representative of Taguig–Pateros; and Alan Peter's wife, Lani, is the incumbent mayor of Taguig.

Personal life

Cayetano is currently married to former

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volleyball player

Fille Cainglet Fille Saint Merced Nombres Cainglet-Cayetano (born January 30, 1990) is a Filipina volleyball player of the Creamline Cool Smashers in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). Fille also played for the Petron Blaze Spikers in the Philippine Super ...

, who is 12 years younger than him. Cayetano and Cainglet, first met each other in an all-star volleyball tourney in summer of 2013. The couple got married on December 27, 2013, in

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. He and Cainglet had a two-year-old boy named Ino Philip. On August 8, 2016, the couple welcomed their second child, a daughter named Fille Renee. On March 3, 2018, they became a family of five welcoming their third child, Lily Saint. In the past years, Cayetano was involved in different relationships with

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, and

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. Lino is also known as a "father's boy", where he donated a one-third of liver to his ailing father, former Senator Rene Cayetano, who later died due to complications of his liver cancer in June 2003. He is also a player for the UP men's volleyball team.

Career

Entertainment

He took up a mass communication degree in the

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as a varsity scholar in 1999, he also finished a film degree in the

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on the same year. Cayetano started his directorial work in 2003 for the first season of GMA's talent reality show '' StarStruck''. In May 2004, he directed an episode of

Maalaala Mo Kaya ''Maalaala Mo Kaya'' (; formerly written as ''Maala-ala Mo Kaya...''; abbreviated as ''MMK''), also known as ''Memories'', is a Philippine television drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment. Hosted by C ...

that featured the biography of his own father, entitled ''Upuan''. Cayetano then collaborated with

Maryo J. de los Reyes Mario Margarito Jorolan de los Reyes (October 17, 1952 – January 27, 2018), simply known as Maryo J. de los Reyes, was a Filipino film and television director. He began his career in the 1970s. Death He died after suffering a heart attack on ...

to direct two television dramas in

, ''

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'' and '' Calla Lily''. He also directed the singing competition series, ''

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''. Among other notable projects that he directed for ABS-CBN are the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Tanging Yaman'', ''

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo ''Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo'' (International title: ''Without You'' / ) is a 2012 Philippine melodrama romantic television series directed by Lino S. Cayetano, Manny Q. Palo, Jojo A. Saguin, and Avel E. Sunpongco. The series stars Jake Cuenca, Shaina M ...

'', '' Growing Up'', and several episodes of the anthology series ''

Ipaglaban Mo! ''Ipaglaban Mo!'' (), also known as ''Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' or ''Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo!'' was a Philippine television legal drama anthology show broadcast by Kapamilya Channel under ABS-CBN Entertainment, featuring dra ...

'' and ''

''. Cayetano returned to directing in 2016 as one of the directors of ABS-CBN's primetime drama series ''

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'', together with Frasco Mortiz, after a 3-year break.

Politics

In 2010, Cayetano finally decided to enter into politics as a barangay captain of

. He was later elected as the Congressman of Taguig's 2nd District in

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at the age of 36, and under the

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. In his first days in office, Cayetano filed the "Iskolar ng Bayan" bill, that first implemented in the city. In the bill, all graduates and Top 10 of their classes from high schools are automatically become scholars in state-owned universities including the

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. Three years later, he filed the certificate of candidacy to seek a reelection as Congressman, but he decided to withdraw it to give way to his sister Pia as his replacement. In

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, he successfully ran for

, succeeding his sister-in-law

Lani Cayetano Maria Laarni "Lani" Lopez Cayetano (born Maria Laarni Clariño Lopez; December 11, 1981) is a Filipina politician who is the current Mayor of Taguig from 2010 to 2019 and again since 2022. She previously served as the Representative of the 1st ...

. He served for only one term as mayor and stepped down in 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cayetano, Lino 1978 births Living people Lino Filipino television directors Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Taguig Nacionalista Party politicians Sportspeople from Metro Manila University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball players University of the Philippines Diliman alumni Filipino people of German descent Filipino people of American descent ABS-CBN people Filipino men's volleyball players Mayors of Taguig