Benny Abante
Benny Abante | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Manila's 6th district | |
| Assumed office July 8, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Sandy Ocampo |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Jimenez |
| Succeeded by | Sandy Ocampo |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| In office December 7, 2020 – June 1, 2022 | |
| House Speaker | Lord Allan Velasco |
| House Minority Leader | |
| In office July 22, 2019 – October 16, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Danilo Suarez |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Paduano |
| Commissioner of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| President | Fidel V. Ramos |
| Member of the Manila City Council from the 6th district | |
| In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bienvenido Mirando Abante Jr. July 15, 1951 Santa Mesa, Manila, Philippines |
| Party | NUP (2011–2012, 2019–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Asenso Manileño (2019–present) Lakas (1994–2011) UNA (2012–2019) |
| Spouse |
Marie Paz Toledo (m. 1977) |
| Alma mater | Far Eastern University Citadel Baptist College (BA) Baptist Bible College (MA) Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (MPA) |
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Bienvenido Mirando Abante Jr. (born July 15, 1951) is a Filipino politician and Bible-Baptist pastor currently serving as the representative of Manila's sixth district from 2019 to present, a position he previously held from 2004 to 2010. He also served as a Deputy Speaker of the House from 2020 to 2022, Minority Leader of the House from 2019 to 2020, and as a member of the Manila City Council from 1992 to 1995. He is also the senior pastor of the Metropolitan Bible Baptist Ekklesia (formerly Metropolitan Bible Baptist Church and Ministries) in Santa Ana, Manila.