Carmelita Abalos
Vice Mayor of Mandaluyong
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Carmelita 'Menchie' Aguilar-Abalos (born July 2, 1962) is a Filipina politician and the incumbent mayor of Mandaluyong since 2025. She previously served in the same position 2016 to 2022, making her the first female to hold the position, and vice mayor of the city from 2022 to 2025. She is the wife of former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr., whom she succeeded as mayor in 2016.[1][2] She was also a semi-finalist at the Binibining Pilipinas 1981, representing Cavite.[3][4]
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Vice MayorAnthony Suva
Preceded byBenjamin Abalos Sr.
Vice MayorAnthony Suva
Preceded byBenjamin Abalos Jr.
Carmelita Abalos | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Mayor of Mandaluyong | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2025 | |
| Vice Mayor | Anthony Suva |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Abalos Sr. |
| In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Vice Mayor | Anthony Suva |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Abalos Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Abalos Sr. |
| Vice Mayor of Mandaluyong | |
| In office June 30, 2022 – June 30, 2025 | |
| Mayor | Benjamin Abalos Sr. |
| Preceded by | Anthony Suva |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Suva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carmelita Aguilar July 2, 1962 |
| Party | PFP (2023–present) |
Other political affiliations | PDP–Laban (2017–2023) UNA (2015–2017) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 |
