Robin Padilla | |
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Senator of the Philippines | |
Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
Chair of the Senate Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes Committee | |
Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Francis Pangilinan |
Chair of the Senate Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs Committee | |
Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Imee Marcos (as Chair of the Committee on Cultural Communities) |
Chair of the Senate Public Information and Mass Media Committee | |
Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Bong Revilla |
President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino | |
Assumed office July 24, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Jose Alvarez |
Executive Vice President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino | |
In office August 31, 2022 – May 29, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Karlo Nograles |
Succeeded by | Sebastian Duterte |
Personal details | |
Born | Robinhood Cariño Padilla November 23, 1969 Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines |
Political party | PDP (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | Independent[1] (until 2021) |
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Relations | Padilla family |
Children | 7, including Kylie |
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Alma mater | Philippine College of Criminology (BS) |
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Nickname(s) | Abdul Aziz (عبد العزيز) (Muslim name) Binoe/Binoy |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Philippines |
Branch/service | Philippine Army |
Years of service | 2020–present |
Rank | Captain |
Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla (Tagalog pronunciation: [kaˈɾiɲo paˈdilja]; born November 23, 1969)[2] is a Filipino actor, film director, and politician serving as senator of the Philippines. He is known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine cinema for portraying anti-hero gangster roles in films such as Anak ni Baby Ama (1990), Grease Gun Gang (1992), Bad Boy (1990), and Bad Boy II (1992).[3] He has also been dubbed the "Prince of Action" in Philippine cinema.[4]
Padilla was elected to the Senate in the 2022 elections, earning the most number of votes in a senate election in Philippine history. He assumed office in the Senate on June 30, 2022, becoming the first Muslim senator of the Philippines since Santanina Rasul, who served in the Senate until 1995.[5][6]
He assumed the presidency of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino party on July 24, 2024.[7]
2. PADILLA, ROBIN CARIÑO - ROBIN/IDOL - INDEPENDENT - 209,501 votes