Herbert Bautista

Herbert Constantine"Bistek"Maclang Bautista(born May 12, 1968) is a Filipino actor and politician who served as mayor ofQuezon City, the Philippines' largest city by population, from 2010 to 2019.
Bautista has starred in numerous films and TV shows, including the 1984 coming-of-age filmBagets, the horror anthology seriesShake, Rattle & Roll, and the children's showKaluskos Musmos.
He was born on May 12, 1968, inQuezon CitytoHerminio "Butch" Bautista(1934–2017), who became a two-term city councilor from thefourth district, and Rosario "Baby" Maclang (1947–2008), a restaurateur.He has two siblings, Hero, who became a Quezon City councilor from the 4th district, andHarlene(formerly married toRomnick Sarmienta). Herbert Bautista took Bachelor of Laws atNew Era Universitythough he did not finish it.
In 1992, he graduated from theSan Beda Collegeof Manila with a baccalaureate degree in Philosophy and Letters. He was adjudged Most Outstanding Centennial Bedan Alumnus in recognition of his contribution and leadership in civil governance and politics. He has a Master of Arts degree in Public Administration from theNational College of Public Administration and Governance(NCPAG) at theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman. Bautista is an alumnus of theNational Defense College of the Philippineswhere he obtained his Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) degree. He is working towards his Doctorate degree in Political Science in UP Diliman.
In a June 2024 interview,Ruffa Gutierrezrevealed herserious relationshipwith Bautista. They firstdatedon the filming of the 2020 romantic comedyThe House Arrest of Uswith her daughters Lorin and Venice.
Bautista has been acting since he was 10 years old. He originally intended to become a dramatic actor with his introverted personality, but later on grew to be known as a comedian onscreen.films He was part of the popular gag showKaluskos Musmos, which featured a scrappy bunch of children acting out adulthood for laughs. The show ran from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.
He was known for his role as Reneboy in the hugely successful soap operaFlordeluna, which was aired on RPN-9 from 1978 to 1984.
In 1986, Bautista campaigned for the reelection ofpresidentFerdinand Marcosin the1986 snap election.
From 1986 to 1989, he was president of theKabataang BarangayNational Federation and was appointedex officioCity Councilor representing the Youth Sector of Quezon City. From 1992 to 1995, he was elected as a regular Councilor of Quezon City from the 3rd district and was concurrently Chairperson of the Committee on Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
He was the youngest vice mayor of Quezon City when he was elected to the position in May 1995.Bautista became the first elected bachelor Vice Mayor of Quezon City.
In 1998, he ran for mayor but lost then-incumbentMel Mathay, who was running for his third and final term. After he suffered defeat in election, he was appointed by then-presidentJoseph Estradaas commissioner at-large of theNational Youth Commission.
In 2001, Bautista returned to politics when he was elected as vice mayor. He ran as the running mate of actorRudy Fernandez, who lost the mayoralty race toFeliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr.,who later became his political ally. He was reelected in 2004 and 2007 elections, serving three consecutive terms.
One of the younger officials of the country, who has had a long and fruitful experience in government and the youth movement, Bautista is active in socio-civic activities. He is Board Director of the YMCA-QC, Inc., member of the Rotary Club of Kamuning, District 3780; founding president of the Association of Graduate Students and Alumni of the UP College of Public Administration in Diliman; board director of the Katipunan ng mga Artista sa Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon (KAPPT) and member of the Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA).
Bautista is the National President of the National Movement of Young Legislators (NMYL), a 6,000-member organization composed of vice governors, board members, vice mayors and councilors including Sangguniang Kabataan federation presidents.
On July 1, 2010, he took oath into office as the Mayor of Quezon City after his landslide victory in the2010 local elections in Quezon City. Bautista defeated one of his opponents, Mel Mathay who defeated him 12 years prior and was running to return to mayoralty. His running mate wasJoy Belmonte, daughter of outgoing mayor Sonny Belmonte. She was also successful in the vice mayoral race. Their oath with the elder Belmonte as a congressman and the city councilors was administered by Chief JusticeRenato Corona. He was reelected in2013and2016, serving two consecutive terms, before stepping down in 2019 due to term limits.
On October 6, 2021, Bautista announced that he is running for senator in the2022 Philippine Senate election, his first venture into national politics after serving Quezon City for 3 decades.However, on February 10, 2022, he was dropped from the senatorial slate ofLacson–Sotto.
On November 28, 2023, Bautista, Aldrin Cuña and Alberto Morales, CEO of Geodata Solutions, Inc. were accused before the Sandiganbayan First Division in the alleged anomalous purchase of a hospital information system for a Quezon City hospital in June 2019 worth P16,295,300.
On December 4, 2023, Bautista pleaded not guilty before theSandiganbayanover graft charges involving the misuse of P25.3 million in public funds for the installation of a solar power system and waterproofing works in a civic center building to Cygnet Energy and Power Asia, Inc. (Cygnet).
On March 14, 2024, the Sandiganbayan dismissed Bautista's and Cuña'smotion for leaveto filedemurrerover the hospital case.On January 20, 2025, Bautista and Cuña were convicted by the Sandiganbayan of graft and sentenced to up to ten years' imprisonment and perpetual disqualification from holding public office over the same case.
Herbert Bautista joined the reserve force of theAFPthrough theReserve Command, PAand was subsequently enlisted as aMaster Sergeantin thePhilippine Armywith completion of hisBasic ROTCwith then San Beda ROTC Unit.
He reported to the 131st (Standby Reserve) Division, PA and was given the designation ofBrigade Sergeant Majorof the newly formed Light Armor Brigade (Reserve).
He applied for a commission when he was Vice Mayor of Quezon City and was commissioned with the rank ofArmy Captain.
He resigned his commissioned as an Army Captain and was recommissioned as aLieutenant Colonelthrough the commissioning program of the Master in National Security Administration (AFP Circular Nr. 30) of theNational Defense College of the Philippines. In 2018, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. He is the Commanding Officer of the 1502nd Infantry Brigade (Ready Reserve) which is a component of the15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve),Army Reserve Command.