Omar Duterte

Duterte was born out of wedlock to 18-year-old Paolo Duterte and Lovelie Sangkola on January 26, 1994.^[1] Sangkola is Muslim, and Omar was raised in the Islamic faith.^[2] Their lot was provided by Sangkola's mother Ina.^[3] He has two younger siblings: Rodrigo II ("Rigo", born 1998) and Isabelle (born 2000),^[4][5] as well as two paternal half-siblings: Sabina (born 2006) and Paolo II ("Uno", born 2013).^[6][7]

After Omar's birth, Paolo left the Duterte family for more than five years without telling them about his child, which his father Rodrigo Duterte considered to be "[o]ne of my sad events in my life".^[8] Omar's parents would later separate in 2005, with their marriage annulled in a sharia court in 2006.^[9]

Duterte's political career began as a barangay chairperson in Buhangin Proper, Davao City, when he was elected unopposed in 2023.^[10][11][12]

House of Representatives (2025–present)

In 2025, he was elected as the representative for Davao City's 2nd congressional district.^[13] Upon the opening of the 20th Congress, he became part of the independent Davao-based bloc alongside his father Paolo Duterte (Davao City–1st), Harold Duterte (PPP), and Isidro Ungab (Davao City–3rd).^[14]

Duterte has a daughter named Mira, born in 2019 with his former girlfriend Juna Sugata.

Duterte is married to Jennifer Yamuta since 2019. Together, they have a son named Godfrey Arturo Duterte, born in 2019 and a daughter named Ronika, born in 2021.^[15][16]

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, Duterte was involved in an incident at S&R Membership Shopping Davao, where he was accused of cutting a queue. He and his father later publicly apologized concerning the incident.^[17][18]