| Jonas Cortes | |
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| 7th Mayor of Mandaue City | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Amadeo Seno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 20, 1966 Mandaue, Cebu |
| Political party | Lakas (2001-2009) Liberal (2010– present) |
| Residence | Centro, Mandaue City |
| Alma mater | Visayas State University (B.S.) |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Website | [3] |
Jonas Cabungcal Cortes (born July 20, 1966) is the current Mayor of Mandaue City, who was Mandaue City Councilor.
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Cortes is the 13th child of the former mayor of Mandaue Demetrio Cortes Sr. and Celestina Alimpangog Cabungcal. He is of Filipino, Spanish and Chinese ancestry. He was born and raised in Centro, Mandaue. Cortes attended St. Joseph's Academy for Grade school in 1972-78 and in St Louis high school on 1978-82 both in Mandaue. He graduated from Visayas State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Husbandry. He married Sarah Walker-Cortes, with whom he has two children, Dmitri and Mikyla. [1]
Cortes filed his COC as an independent and ran against Jonkie Ouano, son of former Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano.[2] Cortes was elected mayor.
Cortes won a second term as mayor in 2010 when he received 59.54 % of the votes, and also carried his party to win a majority of the seats on the city council.[3]
Cortes highlighted the P45.6-million increase in the income of the city government from the time he assumed office in July last year, saying he has worked to make the city business-friendly. [4] Bringing back clean governance in Mandaue City, said Cortes, was his best achievement in his first year in office.
He campaigned on a platform that included government reform and integrity. [5]