Sara Duterte
| Sara Duterte-Carpio | |
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| Mayor of Davao City | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| Vice Mayor | Paolo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
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In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013 |
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| Vice Mayor | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Vice Mayor of Davao City | |
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In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2010 |
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| Mayor | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Luis C. Bonguyan |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sara Zimmerman Duterte May 31, 1978 Davao City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod |
| Spouse(s) | Manases Carpio (m. 2007) |
| Relations |
Paolo Duterte (brother) Sebastian Duterte (brother) Veronica Duterte (half-sister) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | Rodrigo Duterte (father) Elizabeth Zimmerman (mother) |
| Alma mater | San Pedro College |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sara Duterte-Carpio (also known as Inday Sara by the Davaoeños; born Sara Zimmerman Duterte) is a Filipina lawyer, politician and the incumbent Mayor of Davao City. She also served as the city mayor from June 30, 2010 until June 30, 2013. Prior to her mayoral term, she has also served as vice mayor of Davao City from June 30, 2007 to June 30, 2010.
Duterte-Carpio is Davao City's first woman mayor and the youngest to have been elected to the position in the political history of Davao City after she switched roles with her father Rodrigo "Rody" Duterte in 2010-2013 as mayor and vice-mayor, respectively. Vowing to be “useful and to serve the country at all times,” Duterte, the vice-mayor in the last three years prior, assumed the post that her father Rodrigo held for over 20 years. Sara won over House Speaker Prospero Nograles, her father’s longtime political rival, in an overwhelming lead of 200,000 votes in the 2010 elections. Nograles earlier filed a protest at the Commission on Elections in Manila questioning the results, alleging a “conspiracy” of local poll officials with Duterte.
In her inaugural speech, Duterte-Carpio admitted wanting to be a pediatrician instead of a politician. “I never wanted to be a politician, but today I speak before you as city mayor,” she said. For over an hour, the front steps of City Hall was filled up with people wanting to have their pictures taken with Sara Duterte after she was sworn into office.
In 2011, Duterte became controversial after she repeatedly punched a court sheriff for insisting on demolishing houses inside a contested property in Barangay Soliman in Davao City. In 2014, Inday Sara Duterte was caught by traffic enforcers over-speeding along Quimpo Boulevard. The mandatory speed limit along Quimpo Boulevard is 40 kilometer per hour (㎞/h) but her car was caught speeding at 57 ㎞/h. Sources stated that the traffic enforcers were at first hesitant upon seeing who they were apprehending but Sara insisted that they instead fine her and confiscate her driver’s license for violating the speed limit law.
Duterte was also one of the nine elected governors of the Philippine Red Cross in 2014.
Initially hesitant and an opposition, but in October 2015, she shaved her head to convince her father to run for president in the 2016 Philippine general elections, despite the latter's reticence due to lack of campaign funds and political machinery.
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