Sarah Elago
Sarah Elago | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Gabriela | |
| Assumed office September 23, 2025 | |
| Assistant Minority Floor Leader | |
| Assumed office September 23, 2025 | |
| Leader | Marcelino Libanan |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Kabataan | |
| In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago October 18, 1989 Las Piñas, Philippines |
| Party | Gabriela (since 2024) Makabayan (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Kabataan (until 2024) |
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Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago (born October 18, 1989) is a Filipino activist and politician who has served as the representative for Gabriela Women's Party since 2025. A longtime member of Makabayan, she previously served as the Kabataan Party-list from 2016 to 2022, during which she was the youngest female member of the House of Representatives.
A graduate of the University of the Philippines Diliman, Elago served as the national president of the National Union of Students in the Philippines and was active in student activism. During her congressional tenure, she sat as a member of the House minority bloc and supported the franchise renewal for the broadcast network ABS-CBN.
After leaving Congress, Elago remained active in the Makabayan Coalition and was among those who filed the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. In 2025, she unsuccessfully sought a return to the House of Representatives as the first nominee of Gabriela, which lost its sole seat in the lower chamber. After the registration of Duterte Youth was revoked in June 2025, COMELEC announced that Gabriela would regain its Congress seat.