Sara Duterte-Carpio
| Sara Duterte-Carpio | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Davao City | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sara Zimmerman-Duterte May 31, 1976 Davao City, Philippines |
| Spouse(s) | Atty. Mans Carpio |
| Relations | Rodrigo Duterte (father) Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman (mother) Paolo Duterte (brother) Sebastian Duterte (brother) Veronica Duterte (sister) |
| Alma mater | San Pedro College |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Sara Duterte-Carpio (also known as Inday Sara by Davaoeños), is a Filipina lawyer and politician. She served as a Mayor of Davao City from June 30, 2010 until June 30, 2013 and the first woman holds the position.[1]
Political career
Davao City's first woman mayor and the youngest to have been elected to the post finally took her oath of office Monday morning, switching role with her father, the incoming vice mayor, and ushering in another era of the Duterte’s unquestioned rule in the city. Vowing to be “useful and to serve the country at all times,” mayor-elect Sara Duterte, the vice mayor in the last three years, now assumes the post that her father Rodrigo Duterte, the outgoing city mayor, had held for over 20 years. With father and daughter at the legislative and executive branch of government, the Duterte's will practically lord it over the city at least in another three years.[2] Sara won over House Speaker Prospero Nograles, her father’s long time political rival, in an overwhelming lead of 200,000 votes in the last elections. Nograles earlier filed a protest at the Commission on Elections in Manila questioning the results, alleging a “conspiracy” of local poll officials with Duterte.[3]
In her inaugural speech, the young Duterte admitted wanting to be a pediatrician instead of a politician. “I never wanted to be a politician but today I speak before you as city mayor,” she said. For over an hour, the front steps of City Hall was filled up with people wanting to have their pictures taken with Sara Duterte after she was sworn into office. Duterte is the youngest and the first woman mayor of Davao City.[4]
In 2011, Sara Duterte became controversial after she punched not once, but four times, a court sheriff for insisting on demolishing houses inside a contested property in Barangay Soliman in Davao City.[5] In 2014, Inday Sara Duterte was caught by traffic enforcers over speeding along Quimpo Boulevard. The mandatory speed limit along Quimpo Boulevard is 40 kilometer per hour (kph) but her car was caught speeding at 57 kph.[6]
Inday Sara announce that she will seek for the gubernatorial post in the Philippine Red Cross this year.[7]
Personal life
Sara Duterte has been married since 2007 married to her fellow lawyer Mans Carpio.[8]
References
- ↑ "Mayor wants to be called 'Inday Sara'". SunStar. June 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Who is Sara Duterte". Mabuhay City. July 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Nograles subject Duterte's daughter". SunStar. July 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Sara Duterte". MindaNews.com. July 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Davao mayor Duterte punches sheriff over demolition of shanties". Inquirer.net. July 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Ex-Davao City mayor caught overspeeding". tempo. January 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Ex-mayor Sara seeks PRC governorship". SunStar. January 24, 2014.
- ↑ "It’s a boy for Mayor Sara Duterte". SunStar. April 4, 2013.