Henry "Jun" Montes Dueñas Jr. (born November 19, 1965) is a Filipino politician who was a member of the

Philippine House of Representatives The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, th ...

representing 2nd district of

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

from 2007 to his replacement by Angelito Reyes in 2010. He was also a Vice Chairman of Public Order and Safety.

Political career

Councilor of Taguig

Prior to his election to the Congress, Dueñas served as a councilor for the second district of

from 2001 to 2007.

House of Representatives

When the lone district of Taguig was divided into two separate districts, he ran for the second congressional District of Taguig and was allied with

Mayor

Sigfrido Tiñga Sigfrido "Freddie" Rodriguez Tiñga (born April 16, 1965) is a Filipino politician and businessman who is currently the founder and president of Global Electric Transport since 2014. He previously served as the representative from Taguig City ...

. On the 2007 midterm elections, Dueñas won the Congress seat as the first representative of the 2nd congressional district. After the canvass of the votes, Duenas was proclaimed the winner, having garnered 28,564 votes as opposed to the 27,107 votes garnered by his closest rival, Angelito "Jett" P. Reyes, the son of then-Energy Secretary

Angelo Reyes Angelo Tomas Reyes (March 17, 1945 – February 8, 2011) also known as General Reyes, was a Filipino retired general and politician who served as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2001 under President Josep ...

. Not conceding defeat, Reyes filed an election protest, praying for a revision/recount, alleging that he was cheated in the protested 170 of 732 precincts through insidious and well-orchestrated electoral frauds and anomalies which resulted in the systematic reduction of his votes and the corresponding increase in petitioner’s votes. Dueñas has been replaced by Reyes on February 28, 2010. As a member of the House of Representatives, Dueñas proposed and authored the following bills: * House Bill No. 2425, creating three branches of Metropolitan Trial Court of

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

for

. * House Bill No. 4994, creating seven branches of Regional Trial Court for Taguig. * House Bill No. 5854, creating three additional branches of Metropolitan Trial Court of the NCR to be stationed at Taguig. * House Bill No. 6406, excluding certain parcels of land of the public domain in Western Bicutan. * House Bill No. 6445, creating seven branches of the Regional Trial Court for Taguig. Dueñas (Lakas Kampi CMD) and Reyes (Lingkod Taguig) were slated to face rivalry again in the 2010 election, but the former withdrew from the race to support outgoing Mayor Tiñga's candidacy for the same position.

Comeback attempts

Dueñas attempted a comeback to the Congress by running for the second district of Taguig in the 2013 local elections but eventually lost to

Lino Cayetano Lino Edgardo Schramm Cayetano (born January 4, 1978) is a Filipino politician and television director who served as the Mayor of Taguig from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as the representative of the 2nd district of Taguig from 2013 to 201 ...

. Dueñas then ran for vice mayor of Taguig in the 2019 local elections as the running mate of outgoing Taguig–Pateros 1st district Congressman

Arnel Cerafica Arnel Mendiola Cerafica is a Filipino politician. He last served as a member of Philippine House of Representatives representing Pateros–Taguig from 2010 to 2019. He was also the Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Healt ...

, who was running for mayor under

PDP–Laban Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (), abbreviated as PDP–Laban, is a democratic socialist political party in the Philippines founded in 1982. It was part of the country's ruling party alliance from 1986 to 1992 under the administrat ...

. However, they both lost.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duenas, Henry, Jr. Living people 1965 births Lakas–CMD (1991) politicians Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig politicians Lakas–CMD politicians Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians Nationalist People's Coalition politicians PDP–Laban politicians Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Taguig Metro Manila city and municipal councilors People from Taguig