Zuleika T. Lopez
Zuleika T. Lopez | |
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Lopez in 2023 | |
| Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office July 26, 2022 | |
| Vice President | Sara Duterte |
| Preceded by | Philip Dy |
| Davao City Administrator | |
| In office July 31, 2016 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Mayor | Sara Duterte |
| Preceded by | Jesus Melchor Quitain |
| Succeeded by | Francis Mark Layog |
| In office July 6, 2010 – August 4, 2010 | |
| Mayor | Sara Duterte |
| Preceded by | Wendel Avisado |
| Succeeded by | Zuleika T. Lopez (acting) |
| Davao City Administrator Acting | |
| In office August 4, 2010 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Mayor | Sara Duterte |
| Preceded by | Zuleika T. Lopez |
| Succeeded by | Jhopee Avanceña-Agustin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1974 Davao City, Philippines |
Zuleika Tanglao Lopez (born June 12, 1974), also known by the initials ZTL, is a Filipino lawyer and government official currently serving as the Chief of Staff at the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines (OVP) under Sara Duterte. She previously served as city administrator of Davao City during Duterte's mayorship and as city council secretary during Duterte's vice mayorship. She also served as a graft investigator at the Office of the Ombudsman in Mindanao prior to entering Davao City government.
In late November 2024, Lopez was briefly detained at the Batasang Pambansa Complex after being cited in contempt by a house committee for attempting to prevent the Commission on Audit from providing the committee with audit reports on the OVP's confidential expenses. During her detainment, Lopez initiated a midnight press conference through Zoom that featured Duterte's admission of communicating with a contract killer to target president Bongbong Marcos if Duterte is assassinated.