Amado Sevilla Bagatsing (born December 3, 1947) is a Filipino lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist who last served as the representative of

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

's 5th district from 1987 until 1998 and from 2007 to 2016. He is also the founding president of Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran (KABAKA).

Life

He was the son of former mayor

Ramon Bagatsing Ramon Delaraga Bagatsing Sr. (August 19, 1916 – February 14, 2006) was a Filipino politician. He was the only Filipino of Indian ancestry and person with disability (an amputee) who served as 17th Mayor of Manila from 1971 to 1986. Bagatsi ...

and second wife Juanita Sevilla. He is the brother of former ambassador to India Dondon Bagatsing.

Career

Bagatsing served as chairman of the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders' Associations, Inc. (CREBA) Council of Leaders and its National President in 1981, 1982, and 1986. Bagatsing became the of

's 5th district in

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

, and served until

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. In the early 2000s, Bagatsing served as vice chairman of the

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(HUDCC) and initiated a project for more than 2,000 families of soldiers and uniformed personnel at Bonifacio Heights in

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. He attempted to run for mayor in

, picking former Vice Mayor

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as his running mate. Lacuna won but Bagatsing lost to incumbent

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. He ran again in

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, picking again Lacuna as his running mate, but still lost to Atienza. He returned to Congress in

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, and served for three terms until 2016. In

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, he ran again for mayor, with Ali Atienza as running mate, but lost to another incumbent and former president

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. In

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, he ran for vice mayor as the running mate of Estrada, but both suffered defeat to the tandem of former Vice Mayor

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and the then-incumbent Vice Mayor

Honey Lacuna Maria Sheilah "Honey" Honrado Lacuna-Pangan (born May 6, 1965) is a Filipina physician and politician who has served as the 24th and current mayor of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, since 2022. The first woman to serve as the city ...

. In

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, he attempted to run again as mayor, even without a running mate, but lost to incumbent Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna. In

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

, Bagatsing ran for congressman in the 5th district of Manila under former Mayor

and

Chi Atienza Angela Lei "Chi" Ilagan Atienza Valdepeñas (born July 26, 1981) is a Filipino politician who is the vice mayor-elect of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, having been elected in 2025. A daughter of politician Lito Atienza, she is a g ...

's slate named Yorme's Choice. However, he lost to incumbent Irwin Tieng, marking his first defeat in the congressional race.

Controversy

In 2014, Bagatsing was implicated in the pork barrel scam, facing accusations of receiving in kickbacks linked to Janet Lim-Napoles, according to the ledger of whistleblower Benhur Luy.

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complaints were filed against him and 9 others with the Office of the Ombudsman on August 7, 2015. However, Napoles denied the allegations against him. Bagatsing filed a

perjury Perjury (also known as forswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an insta ...

complaint against Napoles, challenging the validity of her accusations, and argued that his implication in the scandal was politically motivated.

Election campaigns

2022

2019

2016

2013

2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagatsing, Amado 1947 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Manila Politicians from Manila Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino politicians Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians Lakas–CMD politicians National Unity Party (Philippines) politicians Aksyon Demokratiko politicians Amado Bagatsing