Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
Nelson Perez Collantes | |
Office: | Mayor of Tanauan, Batangas |
Term Start: | June 30, 2022 |
1Namedata: | Herminigildo Trinidad Jr. |
Predecessor: | Mary Angeline Halili |
Office1: | Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Batangas's 3rd district |
Term Start1: | June 30, 2010 |
Term End1: | June 30, 2016 |
Predecessor1: | Victoria Hernandez-Reyes |
Successor1: | Ma. Theresa Collantes |
Office2: | Secretary of the Interior and Local Government |
Status2: | Officer in Charge |
President2: | Fidel V. Ramos |
Term Start2: | June 1, 1998 |
Term End2: | June 30, 1998 |
Predecessor2: | Epimaco Velasco |
Successor2: | Joseph Estrada |
Birth Date: | 5 May 1952 |
Birth Place: | Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines |
Party: | NPC (since 2021)[1] |
Otherparty: | Liberal (2011 - 2021) PMP (2005 - 2011) Independent (1998 - 2005) |
Residence: | Tanauan, Batangas |
Spouse: | [2] |
Allegiance: | Philippines |
Branch: | Philippine Air Force |
Nelson Perez Collantes (born May 5, 1952),[3] known as Sonny Collantes, is a Filipino politician and Air Force Reservist who is the Mayor of Tanauan City, Batangas since 2022. He served a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the Third District of Batangas from 2010 to 2016, succeeding Victoria Hernandez-Reyes.[4] He was one of the 24 Members of the 15th Congress who switched parties and joined the Liberal Party on June 25, 2010.[5] He previously served as the OIC Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in June 1998, the final month of the Ramos administration. In 2018, the Commission on Appointments confirmed his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General (Reserve).[6]