Mans Carpio

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Reyes and the surname or paternal family name is Carpio.

Manases "Mans" Reyes Carpio (Tagalog: [manaˈses ˈɾejes ˈkaɾpjo]) is a Filipino lawyer who is the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte. He is only the second male spouse of a Philippine vice president, after Jose Miguel Arroyo from 1998 to 2001.

Mans Carpio
Carpio in 2018
Born	Manases Reyes Carpio
Nationality	Filipino
Alma mater	De La Salle University (B.A.) San Beda College San Sebastian College-Recoletos (LL.B.)
Occupation	Lawyer
Spouse	Sara Duterte ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3
Relatives	Rodrigo Duterte (father-in-law) Elizabeth Zimmerman (mother-in-law) Conchita Carpio Morales (aunt) Sebastian Duterte (brother-in-law) Paolo Duterte (brother-in-law)

Education

He graduated from De La Salle University^[1] where he took his undergraduate degree in Political Science. Born in a family of lawyers, he also followed in the footsteps of his lineage, obtaining his Bachelor of Laws at the San Sebastian College – Recoletos. He also studied at San Beda University where he met his wife, Sara Duterte.^[2][3]

Legal career

While his wife was busy serving Davao City where she was first elected as vice mayor in 2007, Carpio engaged himself with private practice, establishing and managing his own law firm which he named the "Carpio & Duterte Lawyers," together with his wife Sara. Carpio later spent time with their law firm after Sara decided not to run for public office in 2013. Their law firm specializes in business, commercial, and labor litigation, and serves both civil and criminal cases. Among their client was Mighty Corporation, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the Philippines.

Smuggling allegations

In August 2017, Carpio was implicated by Senator Antonio Trillanes in the alleged smuggling at the Bureau of Customs. Trillanes raised some questions when Carpio visited the office of the Bureau of Customs numerous times and allegedly met with Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. His father-in-law, President Rodrigo Duterte, defended him by saying that it is his job to visit and defend his clients as a lawyer would normally do.^[4] Carpio dismissed the allegations of Trillanes, calling the latter as a "desperate rumormonger".^[5]

On July 31, 2024, Trillanes filed a drug and corruption complaint to the Department of Justice against Carpio, his brother-in-law and Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte, and eight others.^[6]

Personal life

Mans and Sara have four^[7] children: an adopted daughter, Mikhaila Maria, nicknamed "Sharky," two biological sons, Mateo Lucas, nicknamed "Stingray," Marko Digong, nicknamed "Stonefish," and one other child,^[8][9] known for having nicknames after aquatic animals. Both he and his sons are distancing themselves in the eyes of the public even though his wife is a prominent politician. Most notably, they were not present during the proclamation of his wife as the duly elected Vice President of the Philippines at the House of Representatives,^[10] but they attended the inauguration of his wife on June 19, 2022, at Davao City. However, he actively campaigned and participated in some of the campaign sorties of his wife where he became a proxy and gave speeches to his wife's supporters.^[11]

Mans' paternal aunt is the former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and a cousin of his father is the former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who is also widely known as a critic of his father-in-law's administration.^[12]