Kaka Bag-ao
Kaka Bag-ao | |
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Bag-ao in July 2016 | |
| Member-elect of the Philippine House of Representatives from Dinagat Islands' Lone District | |
| Assuming office June 30, 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Alan Ecleo I |
| In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ruben B. Ecleo, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Alan Ecleo I |
| 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 | |
| Preceded by | Risa Hontiveros |
| Succeeded by | Barry Gutierrez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arlene Javellana Bag-ao 3 July 1969 Ermita, Manila, Philippines |
| Political party | Liberal (2012–present) Akbayan (2009–present) |
| Alma mater | De La Salle University (AB) Ateneo de Manila University (JD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | http://kakabagao.blogspot.com/ |
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Arlene "Kaka" Javellana Bag-ao (born July 3, 1969) is a Filipino human rights lawyer and agrarian reform advocate who served as Governor of the Dinagat Islands from 2019 to 2022. Bag-ao additionally served as the representative for the lone district of the Dinagat Islands from 2013 until 2019, and is representative-elect following the 2025 midterm elections. 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.