Michael Cristopher "Cris" Reyes Mathay is a city councilor in the City of

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Career

Cris comes from a political lineage, with his grandfather Mel Mathay an Assemblyman, Vice Governor of

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, and then Quezon City's Mayor, and his father Chuck Mathay as Congressman of

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. Nevertheless, he carved his own mark running in San Juan in the 2012 elections as councilor, where he finished the highest in Greenhills and Addition Hills, and finishing #2 overall in his district in San Juan. His grandmother Sonya Mathay was the first barangay captain of Barangay Greenhills in the late 1970s, and Greenhills has since been Cris' and his own family's home. He paid his dues as he worked his way up. Cris started as a Board Member of North Greenhills which is home to some of the Philippines' biggest politicians and businessmen including former Philippine President

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and Senator

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. He then became the President of this prestigious Homeowners Association. In 2009, he ran and won as the barangay captain of Greenhills. In 2012, he became one of San Juan's youngest city councilors.

Personal life

An alumnus of Xavier School San Juan, he pursued further studies in the University of Nebraska. Cris attained his degree in BS-Export Economics from the

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in 2004. He is married to

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^Carvajal, Dolly Anne (May 2005), Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Dollywood", and they have two daughters, Cristah and Mischka. They are active volunteers of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathay, Cris Living people United Nationalist Alliance politicians Year of birth missing (living people) People from San Juan, Metro Manila Metro Manila city and municipal councilors De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde alumni