# Lino Cayetano

Lino Edgardo Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog:; born January 4, 1978) is a Filipino politician and television director who served as the Mayor of Taguig from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as the representative of the 2nd district of Taguig from 2013 to 2016, and was the Barangay Chairman of Fort Bonifacio from 2010 to 2013. Before entering politics, he was a television director for several shows on ABS-CBN.
Cayetano was born to a political family currently based in Taguig. His father was former senator Rene Cayetano; his older sister, Pia, is an incumbent senator; his older brother, Alan Peter, is also an incumbent senator who formerly served as the representative of Taguig–Pateros; and Alan Peter's wife, Lani, is the incumbent mayor of Taguig.

## Personal life

Cayetano is married since 2013 to former Ateneo Lady Eagles volleyball player Fille Cainglet, who is 12 years his junior. Cayetano and Cainglet first met each other in an all-star volleyball tournament in the summer of 2013. Their wedding was held on December 27, 2013, in Mactan, Cebu.
The couple's first child is a son named Ino Philip. On August 8, 2016, the couple had their second child, a daughter named Fille Renee. On March 3, 2018, their third child, Lily Saint, was born. Prior to his marriage, Cayetano was involved in different relationships with Kris Aquino, Shaina Magdayao, KC Concepcion, and Bianca Gonzales.
Lino donated a one-third of liver to his ailing father, former Senator Rene Cayetano, who later died due to complications from liver cancer in June 2003. He was also a player for the UP men's volleyball team.

## Entertainment career

Cayetano took up a mass communication degree in the University of the Philippines Diliman as a varsity scholar in 1999, he also finished a film degree in the New York University on the same year. Cayetano started his directorial work in 2003 for the first season of GMA's talent reality show StarStruck. In May 2004, he directed an episode of Maalaala Mo Kaya that featured the biography of his own father, entitled Upuan.
Cayetano then collaborated with Maryo J. de los Reyes to direct two television dramas in ABS-CBN, Mga Anghel na Walang Langit and Calla Lily. He also directed the singing competition series, Little Big Star. Among other notable projects that he directed for ABS-CBN are the television series Aryana, Noah, Tanging Yaman, Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo, Growing Up, and several episodes of the anthology series Ipaglaban Mo! and Maalaala Mo Kaya.
Cayetano returned to directing in 2016 as one of the directors of ABS-CBN's primetime drama series My Super D, together with Frasco Mortiz, after a three-year break.
After his mayoral stint, Cayetano returned to directing in 2024 as one of the directors of ABS-CBN's primetime drama series High Street.

## Political career

In 2010, Cayetano finally decided to enter into politics as a barangay captain of Fort Bonifacio. He was later elected as the Congressman of Taguig's 2nd District in 2013 at the age of 36, and under the Nacionalista Party. In his first days in office, Cayetano filed the "Iskolar ng Bayan" bill, that first implemented in the city. In the bill, all graduates and Top 10 of their classes from high schools automatically become scholars in state-owned universities including the University of the Philippines.
Three years later, he filed the certificate of candidacy to seek a reelection as Congressman, but he decided to withdraw to give way to his sister Pia as his replacement.
In 2019, he successfully ran for Mayor of Taguig, succeeding his sister-in-law Lani Cayetano. He served for only one term as mayor and stepped down in 2022.
In 2024, he registered his candidacy to run for representative of Taguig's 1st District in the 2025 Philippine general election. Among his campaign promises was the creation of a third congressional district for Taguig representing the Embo barangays, which were then newly-transferred to Taguig from Makati. However, on October 30, the Election Registration Board (ERB) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Taguig rejected Lino and Fille Cayetano's application to transfer their voter registration to Taguig's 1st district, citing unmet residency requirements.