17 Facts About Gustavo Tambunting

Gustavo Tambunting previously served in the same position from 2013 to 2019.

Gustavo Tambunting was a councilor of the same city from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2001 to 2007.

Gustavo Tambunting was Vice Mayor of Paranaque from 2007 to 2013.

Gustavo Tambunting is the eldest child of Jesus Tambunting and Teresita Suarez de Tambunting, who is from Zamboanga City.

Gustavo Tambunting is the eldest grandchild of Mila del Sol, the queen of Philippine cinema during the 1930s and 1940s.

Gustavo Tambunting is the nephew of television host Jeanne Young and a cousin of actor Onemig Bondoc and guitarist Ira Cruz.

Gustavo Tambunting survived the incident and he considered as his second life, which he would dedicate to the service of Paranaque.

At the time he was first elected, Gustavo Tambunting was the youngest councilor in the Philippines.

Gustavo Tambunting participated actively in the discussions and debates of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Gustavo Tambunting was awarded Most Outstanding Councilor for three consecutive years before taking a break from politics in 1995.

Gustavo Tambunting returned to government service as a Councilor in 2001 until 2007.

Gustavo Tambunting won by a landslide victory, besting the incumbent in 15 out of 16 barangays and a winning margin of close to 20,000 votes.

In Congress, Gustavo Tambunting was a Vice-Chairperson of the Committee of Trade and Industry and a Member of the Committees of Appropriations, Banks and Financial Intermediaries, Civil Service and Professional Regulation, Ethics and Privileges, Human Rights, Labor and Employment, Legislative Franchises, Metro Manila Development, National Defense and Security, Natural Resources, and Ways and Means.

Gustavo Tambunting served as a Vice-Chairperson of the House Committee on Banks and Financial Intermediaries and the House Committee on Ways and Means, and a member of the House Committees on Accounts, Constitutional Amendments, Dangerous Drugs, Labor and Employment, Metro Manila Development, National Defense and Security, Public Information, Public Order and Safety, and Trade and Industry.

Gustavo Tambunting chose not to seek reelection in 2019 and was succeeded by his wife Joy.

Gustavo Tambunting is the vice chairperson of the House Committee on Labor and Employment and of House Committee on Transportation and a member of the House Committees on Accounts, Banks and Financial Intermediaries, Games and Amusements, Government Reorganization, Metro Manila Development, Nuclear Energy, Senior Citizens, and Ways and Means.

Gustavo Tambunting spearheaded medical missions, the distribution of rice and groceries to the needy during the Christmas season, and the distribution of bicycles with sidecars in key mission areas around the city.