Honorific-Prefix: | The Honorable |
Carmelita Abalos | |
Office: | Vice Mayor of Mandaluyong |
1Namedata: | Benjamin Abalos Sr. |
Term Start: | June 30, 2022 |
Office2: | Mayor of Mandaluyong |
Predecessor2: | Benjamin Abalos Jr. |
Successor2: | Benjamin Abalos Sr. |
1Namedata2: | Antonio Suva |
Term Start2: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End2: | June 30, 2022 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Suva |
Birth Name: | Carmelita Escio Aguilar |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1962 |
Birth Place: | Cavite City, Cavite, Philippines |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | PFP (2023–present) |
Otherparty: | PDP–Laban (2017–2023) UNA (2015–2017) |
Children: | 6 |
Residence: | Mandaluyong |
Carmelita 'Menchie' Escio Aguilar-Abalos (born July 2, 1962) is a Filipina politician and the incumbent vice mayor of Mandaluyong since 2022. She previously served as the city's mayor from 2016 to 2022, making her the first female to hold the position. She is the wife of incumbent Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., whom she succeeded as mayor.[1] [2] She was also a semi-finalist at the Binibining Pilipinas 1981, representing Cavite.[3]
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