Amado Bagatsing

Amado Sevilla Bagatsing (born December 3, 1947 ) is a Filipino lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist who is the head of Manila's Committee on Reclamation since 2026. He previously served as the representative of Manila's 5th district from 1987 until 1998 and from 2007 to 2016. He is also the founding president of Kabalikat ng Bayan sa Kaunlaran (KABAKA). He is the brother of former ambassador to India Dondon Bagatsing.

Career Bagatsing served as chairman of the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders' Associations, Inc. (CREBA) Council of Leaders and its National President in 1981, 1982, and 1986.

He attempted to run for mayor in 1998, picking former Vice Mayor Danny Lacuna as his running mate. Lacuna won but Bagatsing lost to incumbent Lito Atienza. A week after the 1998 election, Bagatsing and two other defeated mayoral candidates unsuccessfully petitioned the Supreme Court to disqualify Atienza for allegedly violating the Omnibus Election Code after illegally disbursing in public funds to public school teachers during the campaign period. He ran again in 2001, picking again Lacuna as his running mate, but still lost to Atienza.

He returned to Congress in 2007, and served for three terms until 2016. In 2016, he ran again for mayor, with Ali Atienza as running mate, but lost to another incumbent and former president Joseph Estrada. but both suffered defeat to the tandem of former Vice Mayor Isko Moreno and the then-incumbent Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna.

In 2022, he attempted to run again as mayor, even without a running mate, but lost to incumbent Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna.

In 2025, Bagatsing ran for congressman in the 5th district of Manila under former Mayor Isko Moreno's slate named Yorme's Choice. However, he lost to incumbent Irwin Tieng, losing the congressional race for the first time.

On June 3, 2026, Bagatsing was appointed by Mayor Isko Moreno as the first head of Manila's Committee on Reclamation.

Controversy In 2014, Bagatsing was implicated in the pork barrel scam, facing accusations of receiving in kickbacks linked to Janet Lim-Napoles, according to the ledger of whistleblower Benhur Luy. Graft complaints were filed against him and 9 others with the Office of the Ombudsman on August 7, 2015. However, Napoles denied the allegations against him. Bagatsing filed a perjury complaint against Napoles, challenging the validity of her accusations, and argued that his implication in the scandal was politically motivated.

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