Rexlon Gatchalian

Who is Rexlon Gatchalian?

Rexlon Gatchalian, also known as Rex Gatchalian is the current Representative of the First District of Valenzuela to the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and the mayor-elect of the city prior to 2013 local elections. He is also the younger brother of outgoing Valenzuela mayor and Representative-elect Sherwin Gatchalian.

In 2005, at the age of 26, he was elected President of Waterfront Hotels and Casinos, the country's largest Filipino-owned first class hotel operator. Rather than settling for a comfortable, high ranking, and lucrative position as President of the said company, he instead chose to run for public office in order to serve his fellow Valenzuelanos. In the 2007 elections, at the young age of 28, the people of the 1st District of Valenzuela City overwhelming voted Gatchalian as their Representative for the 14th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines, making him one of the youngest members. It was also during his first term as Representative that he was elected as the National Spokesperson for the political party Nationalist People's Coalition.

In the national election of May 2010, Gatchalian was re-elected as Representative of the 1st District of Valenzuela for the 15th Congress by a resounding majority vote of his constituents. He registered the largest electoral margin for the said position in Valenzuela's history. At the age of 31, he became the youngest member of the Commission on Appointments in history, and the only Congressional Representation from the City of Valenzuela to be part of the said powerful institution. He also serves as the Senior Vice-Chairperson for the Congressional Committee on Games and Amusement.