Mike Defensor

Michael "Mike" Defensor is a Filipino politician currently running for the Senate. Defensor was born on June 30, 1969. He finished high school, Bachelor of Arts in History, and Masters in Public Administration at the University of the Philippines.

Political Career

Quezon City Councilor

Defensor was elected as a Quezon City councilor in the 1992 elections at the age of 23 making him the youngest member of that body.

Congressman

During the the 1995 elections,he decided to run for Congressman of the third district of Quezon City and subsequently winning and making him the youngest Congressman of the 10th Congress.

He won reelection in 1998. Defensor soon distinguished himself as a leading member of the group of young legislators in the House. He was named one of the top 10 Legislators, New Millennium’s Most Outstanding Solons and Most Consistent Outstanding Congressman for three consecutive years by the Gladiators Magazine and Congress Watch Magazine. Reelected in 1998, Defensor was voted by his party-mates as assistant minority floor leader of the Eleventh Congress.

Estrada Impeachment

He was part of the Spice Boys of the House of Representatives that spearheaded the filing of the impeachment case against then-president Joseph "Erap" Estrada