Brian Raymund Sandoval Yamsuan (born October 19, 1973) is a Filipino politician and former government consultant currently has served as a member of the

Philippine House of Representatives The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly refe ...

for Bicol Saro Partylist from 2022 to 2025 and as representative of

Parañaque Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque (, ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

's 2nd district since 2025.

Early life and education

Brian Raymund Sandoval Yamsuan was born on October 19, 1973. He attended the

National University A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. In the United States, the term "national university" connotes the highe ...

for his secondary studies. Yamsuan pursued an undergraduate degree in political science at the

Far Eastern University Far Eastern University (), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private research non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and ...

Career

Yamsuan worked for various politicians and government offices. He was a media officer for Senator

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from 1996 to 1998 and chief of staff for Senator

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from 2001 to 2004. He was head of the Media Accreditation and Relations Division of the Office of the Press Secretary from 1998 to 2001. Fernando Poe Jr.'s

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had Yamsuan as its deputy media director. Yamsuan was also a consultant for the Office of the Executive Secretary under Paquito Ochoa Jr. from 2011 to 2013. He was dismissed from the role in 2023 due to his association with alleged

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mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. From 2020 to 2022, Yamsuan served as deputy secretary general for the office of then-House speaker

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. He was also secretary general for the

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House of Representatives

Lunas

Yamsuan was the first nominee for the Lunas Partylist in the

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. Lunas did not win a seat, placing 102nd out of 176 partylist groups.

Bicol Saro

Bicol Saro won a seat for the 19th Congress via the

. Yamsuan took oath as representative for the party-list group on February 22, 2023. He filled the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Nicolas Enciso VIII from Bicol Saro on February 6.

Parañaque 2nd district

A resident of

for around 20 years, Yamsuan ran in the 2025 election to become representative of the city's 2nd congressional district while simultaneously fulfilling his duties as Bicol Saro representative. Running as an independent, he defeated incumbent congressman Gus Tambunting in the

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Electoral history

2025

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamsuan, Brian 1973 births Living people Party-list members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines 21st-century Filipino politicians People from Sampaloc, Manila Independent politicians in the Philippines Politicians from Metro Manila People from Parañaque Far Eastern University alumni National University (Philippines) alumni