Kaka Bag-ao
Kaka Bag-ao | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Dinagat Islands's Lone District | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Uno Ecleo |
| In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ruben B. Ecleo, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Alan Uno Ecleo |
| House Deputy Minority Leader | |
| Assumed office July 30, 2025 | |
| Leader | Marcelino Libanan |
| Governor of Dinagat Islands | |
| In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Vice Governor | Nilo Demerey Jr. |
| Preceded by | Glenda Ecleo |
| Succeeded by | Nilo Demerey Jr. |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Akbayan | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013 Serving with Walden Bello | |
| Preceded by | Risa Hontiveros |
| Succeeded by | Barry Gutierrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arlene Javellana Bag-ao 3 July 1969 |
| Party | Liberal (2012–present) Akbayan (2009–present) |
| Alma mater | De La Salle University (AB) Ateneo de Manila University (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | https://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.