Kaka Bag-ao

Kaka Bag-ao
Official portrait, 2025
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Dinagat Islands's Lone District
Assumed office
June 30, 2025
Preceded byAlan Uno Ecleo
In office
June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byRuben B. Ecleo, Jr.
Succeeded byAlan Uno Ecleo
House Deputy Minority Leader
Assumed office
July 30, 2025
LeaderMarcelino Libanan
Governor of Dinagat Islands
In office
June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Vice GovernorNilo Demerey Jr.
Preceded byGlenda Ecleo
Succeeded byNilo Demerey Jr.
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Akbayan
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013
Serving with Walden Bello
Preceded byRisa Hontiveros
Succeeded byBarry Gutierrez
Personal details
BornArlene Javellana Bag-ao
(1969-07-03) 3 July 1969
Ermita, Manila, Philippines
PartyLiberal (2012–present)
Akbayan (2009–present)
Alma materDe La Salle University (AB)
Ateneo de Manila University (JD)
ProfessionLawyer
Websitehttps://www.facebook.com/kakabagao
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Arlene "Kaka" Javellana Bag-ao (born July 3, 1969) is a Filipino human rights lawyer and agrarian reform advocate who has served as the representative for the lone district of the Dinagat Islands since 2025, previously serving from 2013 to 2019. She also served as Governor of the Dinagat Islands from 2019 to 2022. She has been dubbed as the 'Dragon Slayer' after consecutively defeating two of the most prominent members of the influential Ecleo political dynasty of the Dinagat Islands.