City Government
Like other cities in the Philippines, Taguig City is governed by a Mayor and Vice Mayor who are elected to three-year terms. The Mayor is the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The current mayor for the 2010–2013 term is Ma. Laarni L. Cayetano, the wife of former congressman and now senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano. She currently holds the youngest and 1st female mayor in the City of Taguig. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term. George A. Elias is the city's incumbent vice-mayor. The Vice Mayor heads a legislative council consisting of 18 members: 8 Councilors from the First District, 8 Councilors from the Second District, the President of the Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) Federation, representing the youth sector, and the President of the Association of Barangay Chairmen (ABC) as barangay sectoral representative. The council is in charge of creating the city's policies in the form of Ordinances and Resolutions. Current district representatives of the city are Arnel M. Cerafica, representing the 1st district and Sigfrido R. Tiñga representing the 2nd district, son of former associate justice Dante Tiñga and former mayor of Taguig City from 2001-2010.
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