| Lenlen Oreta | |
| Office: | Mayor of Malabon |
| Term Start: | March 1, 2012 |
| Term End: | June 30, 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Tito Oreta |
| Successor: | Jeannie Sandoval |
| Office4: | Vice Mayor of Malabon |
| 1Namedata4: | Tito Oreta |
| Term Start4: | June 30, 2010 |
| Term End4: | March 1, 2012 |
| Predecessor4: | Arnold Vicencio |
| Successor4: | Diosdado Cunanan |
| Birth Name: | Antolin Aquino Oreta III |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality: | Filipino |
| Party: | NUP (2024–present) |
| Otherparty: | Liberal (2010–2024) NPC (2007–2010) LDP (2007) |
| Mother: | Tessie Aquino-Oreta |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Office5: | Member of the Malabon City Council |
| Term Start5: | June 30, 2007 |
| Term End5: | June 30, 2010 |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
Antolin "Lenlen" Aquino Oreta III (born September 16, 1971),[1] is a Filipino politician who has served as the mayor of Malabon from 2012 to 2022 and formerly served as Vice Mayor from 2010 up until his succession as mayor. He is the son of former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta.[2]
Oreta was born on September 16, 1971, as the second of the four children of businessman Antolin M. Oreta Jr. and former senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta, with his other siblings being Aurora Rosario, Karmela, and the adopted Jose Lorenzo.
He completed his elementary and secondary education at the Ateneo de Manila University in Manila.[3] He earned his bachelor's degree in Japanese Studies at Sophia University in Tokyo.[4]
Before he enter the world of politics, Oreta III worked as an Associate for Keppel Securities from 1995 to 1997 and Assistant Vice President Dealer at Merrill Lynch. He also became Dealer and Vice President for Finance at ABN-AMRO Securities and Intra Strata Assurance Corporation consecutively.[5]
Oreta started his political career under the Nationalist People's Coalition when he ran as Councilor of Malabon in 2007.
In 2010, he was elected as Vice Mayor of the same city, this time under the Liberal Party,[6] [7] and later on assumed the position of Acting Mayor replacing his uncle, the late Canuto Oreta, after the latter died of lung cancer in 2012.[8]
In 2013, he ran for the mayoralty race for his first official term and won the election unopposed.[9] Oreta then went on to run for his second and third term during 2016 and 2019 elections, competing against then-Congresswoman Jaye Lacson-Noel and then Vice Mayor Jeannie Sandoval in those respective elections.[10] [11]
On May 30, 2014, Oreta married to Melissa D. Sison, a recognized chef by profession.[12]