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Del de Guzman
Filipino politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Del Reyes de Guzman (born January 9, 1963) is a Filipino politician who has served as the vice mayor of Marikina since 2025, under Mayor Maan Teodoro. De Guzman previously held the office from 1992 to 2001 under Bayani Fernando. He previously served as the mayor of Marikina from 2010 to 2016 and as a representative from 2001 to 2010.
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Educated at the University of the East, de Guzman served as a member of the Marikina Municipal Council from 1988 to 1992 before serving as vice mayor and subsequently entering the House of Representatives of the Philippines. De Guzman was elected mayor in 2010, ending the conjugal rule of Bayani and Marides Fernando that began in 1992. He contrasted himself with the Fernandos by taking a gentler approach with his mayoralty. His administration passed an ordinance regulating the use of plastic and other non-biodegradable materials in commerce in 2012.
De Guzman was re-elected in 2013 before being suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman with simple neglect of duty and subsequently charged with a violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after a mishandled Christmas bazaar project with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He sought reelection to a third term in 2016 and was narrowly defeated by Representative Marcelino Teodoro.
De Guzman sought a return to politics in 2022, running for representative in the second district. He was defeated by incumbent representative Stella Quimbo. Quimbo subsequently named him as her running mate in 2025. De Guzman defeated the incumbent vice mayor, Marion Andres, in the election, marking his return to elected office.
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Early life, education, and career
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De Guzman had his elementary education at H. Bautista Elementary School, secondary at Roosevelt College in Marikina and his college degree at the University of the East. De Guzman served as a member of the Marikina Municipal Council from 1988 to 1992 and vice mayor of Marikina from 1992–2001 under Mayor Bayani Fernando.
House of Representatives (2001–2010)
In the 2001 General election, de Guzman was elected to the House of Representatives as the representative for Marikina's at-large district. He would later be re-elected to a second term in 2004.
Upon the division of the lone district through Republic Act No. 9364, of which he was the principal author, he was redistricted to the second district. He ran for representative in the same district during the 2007 election, being elected and becoming its first representative. During the election, his campaign manager, Mila Andrade, was assassinated on May 3, 2007, by a man riding a motorcycle[1]
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Mayor of Marikina (2010–2016)
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Elections
In 2010, de Guzman opted to run for mayor to succeed term-limited mayor Marides Fernando, with physician and councilor Jose Fabian Cadiz being his running mate. De Guzman defeated then-outgoing vice mayor Marion Andres and Alfredo Cheng with 66.34% of the vote, along with his running mate, who was elected vice mayor with 57.91% of the vote. In 2013, de Guzman was reelected along with Cadiz with 88.21% of the vote.[2] In 2016, de Guzman was defeated in his bid for a third and final term, with Marcelino Teodoro being elected as his successor.
Tenure
De Guzman was sworn in on June 30, 2010. As mayor, de Guzman differentiated himself from his predecessors, Bayani and Marides Fernando, by taking on a more gentle approach to local governance as opposed to the Fernandos' characteristic iron-fisted rule.[3] On May 2, 2012, de Guzman signed into law an ordinance banning non-biodegradable packaging of dry goods and regulating its use on wet goods in local commerce, joining Las Piñas and Muntinlupa in adopting such measures in Metro Manila.[4]
In 2013, de Guzman was named the poorest mayor in Metro Manila with a declared wealth of ₱2.31 million.[5] On May 20, the Office of the Ombudsman under Conchita Carpio-Morales suspended de Guzman and two other officials for six months for simple neglect of duty over his administration's failure to respond to a complaint regarding the illegal construction of a guard house, a steel gate and a lane hump in a subdivision.[6]
On June 3, the Office of the Ombudsman charged de Guzman, Vice Mayor Cadiz, and eleven members of the city council for violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act after a Christmas bazaar project with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), costing ₱22 million to be paid in installments, was mishandled and led to incomplete payments to the detriment of the city government.[7] Then-former vice mayor Marion Andres, who was instrumental in the complaint, further alleged that de Guzman and PCCI–Marikina President Eduardo Francisco conspired in October 2012 to enter into the relevant contract without conducting the required bidding processes.[7] The charges prompted the 13 directors of PCCI–Marikina to resign en masse, citing a loss of confidence in Francisco.[7]
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2022 Philippine House of Representatives campaign
In 2022, de Guzman ran for representative of Marikina's second district under Aksyon Demokratiko.[8][9] He went on to lose to incumbent Stella Quimbo by a wide margin of 82,434 votes.[10]
Vice mayor of Marikina (from 2025)
Election
De Guzman ran for vice mayor of Marikina in 2025 under Lakas–CMD, as the running mate of Stella Quimbo, who ran for mayor.[11] While Quimbo was defeated, de Guzman went on to narrowly defeat the incumbent vice mayor, Marion Andres, marking his return to elected office.[12]
Tenure
De Guzman will be sworn in as vice mayor for his first term under the mayoralty of Maan Teodoro (fourth overall) on June 30, 2025.[13]
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Personal life
De Guzman was married to Amalia de Guzman until her death on January 1, 2014, at the age of 46.[14]
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