25 Facts About Jejomar Binay

Jejomar Binay was appointed by President Corazon Aquino as officer-in-charge of Makati as mayor from 1986 to 1987.

On October 21,2009 it was announced that Jejomar Binay would seek the vice-presidency as the running mate of presidential candidate Joseph Estrada.

Jejomar Binay ran and failed to secure a senate position in the 2022 general elections, garnering over 13 million votes and placing thirteenth on the vote list.

In 2018, Jejomar Binay was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.

Jejomar Binay went to the University of the Philippines Diliman for college and graduated in 1962 with a degree in political science.

Jejomar Binay got a master's degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1980 and a master's degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines.

Jejomar Binay entered into legal aid by starting the Lupon ng mga Manananggol ng Bayan in 1970 during the First Quarter Storm.

Jejomar Binay was imprisoned in 1973, and after he was released, Binay entered the Free Legal Assistance Group led by Sen.

On February 27,1986, Jejomar Binay became one of President Corazon Aquino's first appointed local officials after Mayor Nemesio Yabut died while in office during the EDSA Revolution.

Jejomar Binay was later appointed as the OIC governor of Metro Manila, serving from 1987 to 1988, when he resigned to focus on his mayoralty campaign in Makati.

Jejomar Binay was elected in his own right on January 18,1988, and was reelected on May 11,1992, and on May 8,1995.

Jejomar Binay was known as the first city mayor of Makati, as the municipality became a highly-urbanized city on February 4,1995.

Jejomar Binay became term-limited in 1998 and his position was kept by his wife Elenita.

Jejomar Binay won his fifth term on May 10,2004, by a large margin against 1st district councilor Oscar Ibay.

Jejomar Binay ran for his sixth and last term as mayor on May 14,2007, and won again by a significant margin beating incumbent senator and actor Lito Lapid.

Jejomar Binay initially announced his bid for the presidency for the 2010 elections during his 66th birthday celebration at the Makati City Hall on November 11,2008, but abandoned his bid to give way to the reelection bid of former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada.

Jejomar Binay took his oath as vice president on June 30,2010, becoming the first local government official to do so.

Jejomar Binay disclosed his platform for his 2016 presidential bid during his speech in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in Cebu City on March 20,2015.

In early July of the same year, Jejomar Binay expressed UNA's platform for 2016 in a speech:.

Jejomar Binay lost the 2016 presidential election to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

Later, in 2017, Jejomar Binay became the founding dean of the University of Makati College of Law.

In 2019, Jejomar Binay unsuccessfully ran in the congressional election in Makati's 1st district against former acting mayor Romulo Pena Jr.

Jejomar Binay stands against the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

On July 24,2021, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said that Jejomar Binay will be running for a senatorial seat in 2022.

Jejomar Binay is married to Dr Elenita Sombillo, who served as Mayor of Makati from 1998 to 2001.