22 Facts About Mike Defensor

Mike Defensor is the CEO of Pax Libera Mining, Inc.

Mike Defensor was elected as representative of the city's 3rd district in 1995.

Mike Defensor went on to serve various positions in the Arroyo administration: chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and Malacanang Chief of Staff.

Mike Defensor was appointed to Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Philippine National Railways.

Mike Defensor was a leading figure among the 70 representatives who voted to deny the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN.

Mike Defensor unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Quezon City in 2010 and 2022.

Mike Defensor finished elementary, Bachelor of Arts in History, and Masters in Public Administration at the University of the Philippines where he became a member of the UP Alpha Sigma Fraternity.

Mike Defensor finished his secondary education at Niles McKinley High School in Niles, Ohio.

Mike Defensor was elected as a Quezon City councilor from the third district in the 1992 elections at the age of 23, making him the youngest member of that body.

Mike Defensor received the Manuel Quezon Bantayog Award for Most Outstanding QC Councilor for the year 1994.

Mike Defensor ran for congressman of the third district of Quezon City against reelectionist Dennis Roldan in the 1995 election, subsequently winning and becoming the youngest congressman at the time.

Mike Defensor was part of the Spice Boys of the House of Representatives that spearheaded the filing of the impeachment case against then-president Joseph Estrada.

Mike Defensor held that post until August 2004 when he was appointed Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

Mike Defensor resigned that post on February 10,2007, to campaign for a post in the senate.

On October 9,2008, Mike Defensor was named acting chairman of the Philippine National Railways.

Mike Defensor was among the first to file for candidacy for the senate on February 12,2007.

Mike Defensor employed popular gossip show host Boy Abunda as his campaign manager.

Mike Defensor was named to the TEAM Unity coalition backed by the Arroyo administration.

Mike Defensor is one of the vocal opponents against the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, together with Sagip Party-list Rep.

Mike Defensor is one of the 70 congressmen who voted "yes" to "kill" the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, in favor of the report from the Technical Working Group.

In January 2021, Mike Defensor is announced to be part of the new bloc "BTS sa Kongreso", a coalition group formed by Alan Peter Cayetano of the House of Representatives of 18th Congress.

On December 4,2007, Mike Defensor quietly joined to the board of directors of Petron Corporation with former budget secretary Emilia Boncodin.