23 Facts About Nancy Binay

Nancy Binay was re-elected in the 2019 elections for a second consecutive term.

Nancy Binay pursued her elementary and secondary education at St Scholastica's College, Manila.

Nancy Binay entered the University of the Philippines Diliman in June 1991, where she initially studied economics before earning a Bachelor of Science in Tourism degree, graduating in 1997.

Between 1998 and 2001, Nancy Binay performed administrative duties as a personal assistant to her mother, liaising between the Mayor's office and other governmental departments and offices as well as with the private sector.

On October 5,2012 Nancy Binay replaced Joey de Venecia to run for senator in the 2013 elections.

Nancy Binay is a member of the same party, which was her father's coalition, and she became the party's Deputy Secretary General.

Nancy Binay was selected as the 12th senatorial nominee for the United Nationalist Alliance for the 2013 senatorial race.

Nancy Binay won and became a senator in the 16th Congress.

Nancy Binay won in the 2013 senatorial elections, placing 5th place.

Nancy Binay aided in the presidential bid of her father during the 2016 Philippine presidential race.

Nancy Binay has been cyber-bullied by numerous Filipino social media comedic accounts due to her fashion sense during the annual SONA and her natural Filipino skin color, to a point that she has been compared with the Black Nazarene.

Nancy Binay was co-sponsor of the Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017 which grants 120-day maternity leave to female workers regardless of civil status, and The Filipino Sign Language Act, which declares the Filipino Sign Language as the national sign language of the Filipino deaf and the official sign language of the government in all transactions with the deaf.

Nancy Binay advocated for the Expanded NIPAS Act of 2017 which enlarged the cover of protected areas in the Philippines, the First 1000 Days of Life Bill, and the amendment to the Local Government Act providing for permanent positions to tourism officers.

Nancy Binay was against the re-imposition of the death penalty, the 1,000 peso budget of the Commission on Human Rights, and amending of the 1987 Constitution via a constitutional assembly.

The House Speaker threatened senators who were not in favor of a constitutional assembly, nonetheless, Nancy Binay stood her ground and urged politicians to implement the Local Government Code effectively first before a constitutional change via constitutional convention can begin.

Nancy Binay supported the proposed anti-dynasty bill in the Senate, surprising many as she was against it during her first three years as senator.

Nancy Binay backed the declaration of martial law in Mindanao in 2017 but left the Senate floor during the 2018 voting of the extension of martial law in the region, where majority voted in favor of extension.

Nancy Binay was one of the senators who voted in favor of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law.

Nancy Binay chaired the Senate Committee on Tourism during the 18th Congress.

Nancy Binay became the chairman of the Senate Committee on Accounts and Committee on Tourism in 2022.

On October 1,2024, Nancy Binay, being barred from running for re-election in the Senate, filed her candidacy to run for mayor of Makati in 2025, with former 1st district representative Monsour del Rosario as her vice mayoral running mate.

Nancy Binay is set to face off against her brother-in-law, 2nd district Representative Luis Campos Jr.

Nancy Binay is married to Jose Benjamin Angeles, a construction and real estate businessman with whom she has four children.