1. Sara Duterte is the third female vice president, and the third vice president to come from Mindanao, and the youngest vice president in Philippine history.
92 Facts About Sara Duterte
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Sara Duterte was Davao City's vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
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Sara Duterte graduated from San Pedro College, initially aiming to pursue a medical career.
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Sara Duterte was elected as Davao City's vice mayor in 2007, before eventually being elected as the city's mayor from 2010 until 2013, succeeding her father and becoming the youngest and the first female mayor of the city.
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Sara Duterte was an influential figure in national politics during her father's presidency, forming alliances with several political parties and playing a key role in the ouster of Pantaleon Alvarez as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2018.
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Sara Duterte became the vice president on June 30,2022, and was inaugurated 11 days earlier in Davao City.
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In November 2024, Sara Duterte claimed that she had communicated with a contract killer to target president Marcos, his wife Liza, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the event of herself being assassinated.
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On February 5,2025, Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives.
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Sara Duterte became the first sitting vice president, as well as the fourth official in Philippine history, to be impeached.
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Sara Zimmerman Duterte was born at Davao Doctors Hospital in Davao City on May 31,1978.
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Sara Duterte is the second child to then-lawyer later president Rodrigo Duterte and flight attendant Elizabeth Zimmerman.
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Sara Duterte's great-grandfather was German American, having fled to the Philippines from the United States.
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Once he left his wife Elizabeth in the 1990s, Sara Duterte stayed with her mother, and up to the time she was mayor, Sara Duterte considered her relationship with her father as "not very close".
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Sara Duterte attended San Pedro College, majoring in BS Respiratory Therapy, and graduated in 1999; in her inaugural speech as mayor of Davao City, Sara Duterte said she originally wanted to be a pediatrician instead of a politician.
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Sara Duterte then worked for a few months as a court attorney at the office of Supreme Court Associate Justice Romeo Callejo Sr.
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Sara Duterte was elected vice mayor in 2007 with over 330,000 votes, defeating lone opponent Jeff Ho and succeeding Luis Bonguyan.
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Sara Duterte served under her father for one term until 2010, and concurrently served as a regional officer of the National Movement of Young Legislators from 2007 to 2010.
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In 2010, Sara Duterte was elected mayor, becoming the first female mayor of the city, as well as being the youngest to have been elected, as she turned 32 years old just weeks after being proclaimed winner.
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Sara Duterte won over House Speaker Prospero Nograles, her father's political rival, in a lead of 200,000 votes in the 2010 elections.
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Sara Duterte was the first woman to hold the position and the first to be appointed from the government sector since the reorganization of the council in 1986.
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On July 1,2011, Sara Duterte gained national attention when she punched Abe Andres, a Davao City Regional Trial Court sheriff, over the demolition of shanties in Barangay Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr.
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Sara Duterte had earlier asked the court and the demolition team to delay the demolition.
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Sara Duterte promoted the city as a tourism and investment destination, introducing the "Davao: Life Is Here" tagline to market the city in 2011.
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Sara Duterte decided not to seek re-election in 2013 to give way to her father Rodrigo.
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Sara Duterte turned down her father's offer to run for representative of Davao City's 1st district.
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Sara Duterte ran again for the mayoralty post for Davao City in the 2016 elections and won the position, succeeding her father for the second time.
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Three days later, Sara Duterte's doctor informed her that she had a miscarriage with two of her three fetuses, which she revealed during a speech on September 8,2016.
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Sara Duterte ran for re-election in the 2019 elections and was successful.
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Sara Duterte established the Peace 911 program to address the local communist rebellion through a "human-centered" approach, bringing several government services to far-flung areas.
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Sara Duterte's administration established the Kean Gabriel Hotline for reporting child abuse anonymously.
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Sara Duterte's administration oversaw the city's COVID-19 vaccination program when the national government began its vaccination program in early 2021.
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Sara Duterte was considered by many political commentators as her father's successor after her role as a power broker in the 2019 midterm elections.
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Sara Duterte said this was to meet her supporters halfway, who had been previously asking her to run for president, and credited Senator Imee Marcos with convincing her to run for the position.
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Sara Duterte was then adopted and endorsed by Partido Federal ng Pilipinas as the running mate of former senator Bongbong Marcos, and soon afterwards was endorsed by the PRP.
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Sara Duterte became the vice president-elect, winning the election with 32,208,417 votes with a margin of 22 million over her closest rival, Senator Francis Pangilinan.
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Sara Duterte became the first vice president to be elected by a majority since the 1986 elections and the largest majority since 1969.
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Sara Duterte earned the most votes for any office in a single-winner election in Philippine history.
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Sara Duterte was the first vice president from Davao City, the youngest to become vice president at the age of 44, the third woman to hold the post after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Leni Robredo, the third vice president who is a child of a president after Salvador Laurel and Arroyo, the third vice president to come from Mindanao after Emmanuel Pelaez and Teofisto Guingona Jr.
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Sara Duterte was inaugurated in Davao City on June 19,2022, but only officially started her term on June 30 in accordance with the constitution.
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On March 9,2023, Sara Duterte launched the "Mag Negosyo Ta 'Day" program which aims to financially support women and LGBTQIA+ members, alongside other marginalized sectors, by facilitating a business-friendly environment and encouraging the growth of micro, small, and medium enterprises.
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From July 2022 to October 2023, Sara Duterte's OVP was able to provide worth of medical assistance to 106,958 beneficiaries, with the office's burial assistance program providing worth of assistance to 22,470 families.
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Sara Duterte met with several Japanese officials and paid a courtesy call on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
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In line with her duties as president of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Sara Duterte visited Brunei in June 2023 wherein she met with the crown prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, the education minister Romaizah Salleh, and some overseas Filipino workers.
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Vice President Sara Duterte visited the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Language Centre.
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Sara Duterte then paid an official visit to South Korea in September 2023 in order to serve as keynote speaker at the Global Education and Innovation Summit where she spoke about the disruption caused by the pandemic as well as the uncertainties posed by the boom of artificial intelligence.
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In February 2024, Sara Duterte visited Malaysia and met with Malaysian Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek and Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Sri Fadillah Yusof.
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Sara Duterte issued her first department order, the Department Order No 034 dated July 11,2022, wherein schools may either opt for five-day in-person classes or blended modality from the opening of classes on August 22 to October 31 before shifting to mandatory in-person classes observing physical distancing when necessary by November 2 onwards.
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Sara Duterte declared that school uniforms and vaccination among students would be optional for the upcoming school year.
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Sara Duterte mulled institutionalizing blended learning only in select schools and areas with special circumstances, including schools with possibly unrepaired or unfinished buildings.
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On November 25,2022, Sara Duterte established the Learner Rights and Protection Office under DepEd and launched its Telesafe Contact Center Helpline to address child abuse and strengthen child protection.
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In July 2023, Sara Duterte signed a department order starting a National Learning Recovery Program designed to improve students' numeracy and literacy and strengthen the education sector's learning recovery.
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The Matatag Agenda and the Basic Education Development Plan 2030 as formulated by the DepEd under Sara Duterte was later approved by President Marcos as the national policy and plan for basic education on April 27,2024.
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Sara Duterte had signed a memorandum of agreement with non-profit organization Go Negosyo in November 2023 to teach Filipino youth about business and agriculture through various programs.
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Sara Duterte formally handed over the post to her successor, Senator Sonny Angara, on July 18,2024.
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Arturo Lascanas, a retired police officer in Davao City, implicated Sara Duterte as having had a role in extrajudicial killings after becoming Davao City mayor in 2010 after taking over from her father, Rodrigo Sara Duterte.
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In early 2024, Sara Duterte lamented that she was being subjected to an intensified "demolition job" meant to destroy her reputation as a public servant.
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Sara Duterte skipped Marcos' State of the Nation Address on July 22,2024, claiming to have appointed herself as the "designated survivor", a term she did not elaborate but is related to a contingency plan in the United States presidential line of succession.
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On July 24,2024, Sara Duterte left the country for Germany for a personal trip with her mother, husband, and children some hours prior to the southwestern monsoon, enhanced by Typhoon Gaemi, which caused significant rainfall and affected Luzon.
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Sara Duterte revealed that during her trip to Germany, she spent her time with family and met with the Filipino community group Hakbang ng Maisug International Germany in Munich.
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Sara Duterte's departure faced criticism from netizens and Representative Edcel Lagman for perceived insensitivity during the crisis, though Senator Imee Marcos defended her, stating that Duterte didn't know that there would be a storm.
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Later that month, during the budget hearing for the OVP's 2025 budget, Sara Duterte refused to answer questions regarding her office's budget.
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On September 18,2024, Sara Duterte attended the House's inquiry about her office's alleged misuse of funds and refused to take an oath and answer questions.
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Several of Sara Duterte's staff were cited in contempt for refusing to attend these hearings.
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Sara Duterte made the statement in response to a vlogger's question over her security.
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Sara Duterte later clarified that her remarks were not serious threats but rather a reflection of her fear for her personal safety after hearing threats against her.
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Marcos pledged to prevent any "criminal attempts," but in response, Sara Duterte stated she would not overlook the actions of the Marcos administration against her.
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Sara Duterte claimed that the Marcos family was behind the assassination of former senator Ninoy Aquino.
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In 2022 and 2023, Sara Duterte made use of confidential and intelligence funds for both the OVP and DepEd; the OVP under her predecessor did not make use of confidential funds.
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Sara Duterte defended the use of confidential funds, and branded critics against it as enemies of peace and the nation.
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In November 2023, Sara Duterte eventually dropped both of her requests for confidential funds in response to the request being "divisive".
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On September 25, a former DepEd undersecretary alleged that Sara Duterte gave out cash gifts worth thousand monthly; later on, another former official came forward, claiming that they received similar envelopes but had stopped by late 2023, around the same time the issue of confidential funds was raised.
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Disbarred lawyer and Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation Larry Gadon has filed a disbarment complaint against Sara Duterte over alleged "assassination" threats.
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Sara Duterte released a statement that her father's detention was "a blatant affront to our sovereignty and an insult to every Filipino who believes in our nation's independence".
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Minutes after take off, President Bongbong Marcos held a televised press conference where he revealed that the flight would eventually continue to The Hague in the Netherlands, where Sara Duterte was set to be arraigned for the indictment on charges of crimes against humanity at the ICC.
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At 7:40 am the following day, Sara Duterte herself departed from Manila on an Emirates flight to Amsterdam to support her father.
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On March 14,2025, Sara Duterte publicly disclosed that she would not return to Philippines for an unspecified period, stating that she would focus on forming her father's legal team.
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The next day, Sara Duterte stated that she would now not return to the Philippines until another family relative could arrive in the Netherlands.
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Sara Duterte opposes government peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front.
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Sara Duterte has been noted for not issuing explicit statements on the dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea.
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Sara Duterte has declined to comment on the matter, instead deferring people to the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of National Defense when queried on such matters.
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However, Marcos defended Sara Duterte, stating that "[it is] not the role of the Vice President or the Secretary of Education to talk about China".
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Sara Duterte stated that the probes conducted by the Philippine Congress were "unjust" and "violent", and deprived Quiboloy of due process.
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Sara Duterte expressed her regret in encouraging KOJC adherents to support her 2022 running mate, Bongbong Marcos.
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Two days later, Sara Duterte attended the KOJC's 39th anniversary event at the compound where she reiterated her support for the church organization and apology for supporting Marcos.
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Sara Duterte met Manases "Mans" Carpio while she was attending San Beda College ; they married at the Santuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati, on October 27,2007.
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Sara Duterte hosted television programs such as Una Ka BAI and Byaheng DO30 on GMA Davao, the local station of GMA Network.
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Sara Duterte was elected as one of the governors of the Philippine Red Cross in 2014.
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Sara Duterte is a reserve officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines with the rank of colonel, being confirmed on March 11,2020.
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However, Rodrigo Sara Duterte dismissed his daughter's admission and referred to her as a "drama queen".
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Sara Duterte's statement was met with some skepticism by the left-wing LGBT rights group Bahaghari Philippines.
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In September 2022, Sara Duterte received criticism for allegations that she was using the official presidential helicopter, a Bell 412, for personal trips to visit her children in Davao.
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The Philippine Air Force clarified that the Vice President is authorized to use helicopters from the 250th for official functions, denying rumors that Sara Duterte used the helicopter to visit her children in Davao.