Jonas Cortes
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Jonas Cortes | |
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| 19th Mayor of Mandaue | |
| In office June 30, 2019 – October 3, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Luigi Quisumbing |
| Succeeded by | Glenn Bercede |
| In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Amadeo Seno |
| Succeeded by | Luigi Quisumbing |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Cebu's 6th district | |
| In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Luigi Quisumbing |
| Succeeded by | Emmarie Ouano-Dizon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 20, 1966 |
| Party | One Cebu (2024–present; local party) PDP–Laban (2016–2024; 2025–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Lakas-NUCD (2001–2006) PDSP (2006–2009) Liberal (2010–2016) Independent (2009–2010, 2024–2025) |
| Alma mater | Visayas State University |
| Website | |
Jonas Cabungcal Cortes (born July 20, 1966) is a Filipino politician who served as the Mayor of Mandaue (2019-2025), a position he previously held from 2007 to 2016. He previously served as representative of the sixth district of Cebu from 2016 to 2019.
Cortes is the thirteenth child of the former Mandaue mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. and Celestina Alimpangog Cabungcal. He is of Filipino, Spanish and Chinese ancestry. He was born and raised in Centro, Mandaue. Cortes attended St. Joseph's Academy for grade school and in St. Louis School of Mandaue for high school. He then graduated from Visayas State College of Agriculture in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry. He married Sarah Lea Walker, a Filipino-American on August 14, 1999, with whom he has two children, Dmitri and Mikyla.[1]
Career
Cortes filed his COC as an independent and ran against former Mandaue Mayor Thadeo Ouano's son Jonkie Ouano, Cortes was elected mayor.
Cortes won a second term as mayor in 2010 when he received 59.54% of the votes, and also carried his party to win a majority of the seats on the city council after he defeated in a landslide victory former 6th district representative Nerissa Soon Ruiz and her slate.[2]
In 2019, Cortes entered into an alliance with Lolypop Ouano-Dizon as Mayoral and Congressional Candidates respectively. Cortes with the support of Thadeo Ouano's descendants formed the Cortes-Ouano alliance supported by PDP-Laban and the regional party One Cebu.[3][4]
During the 2019 election, Jonas Cortes was re-elected as mayor of Mandaue, with landslide victory in all the City Council seats against Luigi Quisumbing's Hugpong Mandaue.[5][6]
In 2025, Cortes lost reelection for mayor to Thadeo Ouano.[7]
