Presentation

1. 18th Congress of the
Philippines
Cong. Danilo Fernandez

2. Danilo Fernandez
• Danilo Ramon Subiaga Fernandez[3] (born January 14, 1966), more
commonly known as Dan Fernandez, is a Filipino politician, actor, and
optometrist who is currently serving as a representative of the Lone
District of Santa Rosa, Laguna at the House of Representatives of the
Philippines since 2022. He previously represented the 1st District of
Laguna from 2007 to 2016 and again from 2019 to 2022; he also
concurrently served as a Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2020.[4] Prior to
his election in the Congress, he served as a board member of Laguna,
Vice Governor of Laguna under Governor Teresita Lazaro, and Mayor of
Santa Rosa. He also ran for governor in 2004 but lost to Lazaro.

3. Early life and education
• Danilo Ramon Fernandez was born January 14, 1966. He was the
youngest of the four children of Edilberto Fernandez Sr., who
served as a councilor of Pagsanjan, and Teresita Fernandez.[2] His
paternal grandfather is Estanislao Fernandez, who served as a
lawmaker from Laguna, senator, and Supreme Court associate
justice.

4. • He completed his elementary education at Pagsanjan Academy as
a valedictorian. He completed his secondary education at
Francisco Benitez Memorial School in Pagsanjan, where he earned
an honorable mention. He was granted a college scholarship at
the Centro Escolar University in Manila, where he completed doctor
of optometry. He passed the optometry licensure examination in
1986. He then took up law at University of Santo Tomas but later
dropped out to pursue an acting career.

5. Career
• Acting career[edit]
• Dan Fernandez entered show business when he accepted an offer
to become an actor in 1986, while he was working out at YMCA of
Manila during his law school days. He was known for acting
in Mara Clara: The
Movie (1996), Balawis (1997), Kobra (1997), Boy
Tapang (1999), Upak Gang (2015), and Honor Thy Father (2015).

6. Political career
• House of Representatives (2007-2016)[edit]
• After losing the 2004 gubernatorial elections, Fernandez decided to return
to politics by running for representative of the first district of Laguna
in 2007. He won the elections defeating Atty. Nereo Joaquin Jr., the son
of former Representatives Nereo and Uliran Joaquin. On November 20,
2009, his election was annulled by the House of Representatives
Electoral Tribunal for failing to complete the two-year residency
requirement prior to filing his 2007 candidacy but it was reversed by
the Supreme Court on January 4, 2010.

7. • Fernandez ran for re-election in 2010 and won defeating his
predecessor, Uliran Joaquin. He was once again re-elected in
2013.
• As a member of the House of Representatives, Fernandez
sponsored and authored 19 House measures. He also co-authored
13 House Bills and Resolutions.

8. • Fernandez served on numerous committees as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives:
• Ecology
• Dangerous Drugs
• Justice
• Labor and Employment
• Public Information
• Public Order and Safety
• Southern Tagalog Development
• Trade and Industry
• Transportation

9. Mayor of Santa Rosa (2016-2019)[edit]
• Fernandez ran for Mayor of Santa Rosa City in 2016. He won the
elections, defeating two opponents. However, in 2019, he decided
not to seek re-election to seek a comeback to the Congress
instead.

10. House of Representatives (2019-
present)
• He was elected to his fourth term as Representative of the 1st
District of Laguna without having any opponents in 2019. He was
then named as one of the Deputy Speakers under the new
Speakership of Alan Peter Cayetano.[10] He is one of the 70
congressmen who voted against the renewal of the ABS-CBN
franchise. His vote of denial to his former home network's hopes of
renewing its legislative franchise sparked controversy from both the
entertainment industry and the social media, branding him as a
"traitor".

11. • He was removed as the Deputy Speaker on November 18, 2020.[11] In
January 2021, Fernandez is announced to be part of the new bloc "BTS
sa Kongreso" (named after the K-pop boy band group BTS of South
Korea), a coalition group formed by Alan Peter Cayetano during the 18th
Congress.[12]
• Fernandez sought re-election in 2022, this time for the newly
established lone district of Santa Rosa. He was elected,[13] making him
the first representative of the new district. In the 19th Congress, he was
named as the chairman of the House Committee on Public Order and
Safety.

12. Personal life
• Fernandez is married to actress Sheila Ysrael.[15] His son Danzel
Rafter is an incumbent board member of Laguna from the 1st
district since 2022.