Francis Zamora
Francisco Javier "Francis" Manlapit Zamora (born December 5, 1977) is a Filipino politician, businessman, and basketball player. He is the incumbent first term mayor of the city of San Juan and has served for two terms as its vice mayor from 2010 to 2016. Career. Sports. Zamora, 6'5 (playing as center, initially played for La Salle Green Hills) was the team captain of the De La Salle Green Archers who won two championships of UAAP Men's Basketball in 1998 and 1999 under then-head coach Franz Pumaren. He graduated with an AB in psychology in 1999. After  his college career he played in major leagues, including the Philippine Basketball League for the teams Welcoat Paintmasters (he won two championships with them, in 1999 and 2000) and Blu Detergent. Zamora was the #35 draft pick in the 2001 PBA draft for the Sta. Lucia Realtors. However, he never saw action for Asia's pioneer play-for-pay league. As a public servant, Zamora played in the UNTV Cup. He played for the Congress-LGU Legislators on UNTV Cup Season 1 in 2013, for the LGU Vanguards on Season 2 in 2014, and for the HOR Solons on Season  4. Politics. Zamora received a master's degree in Public Administration from the National College of Public Administration and Governance at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2006, and completed a business and entrepreneurship program at New York University. In 2007, Zamora started his career in politics as councilor of the 2nd district of San Juan. He is also a member of the JCI San Juan group. Three years later, he was elected Vice Mayor. After two consecutive terms as Vice Mayor, Zamora ran for the mayoralty post in the 2016 elections. He faced the incumbent mayor Guia Gomez , promising to stop the dynasty of the Ejercito-Estradas, who, in his words, had run the city's politics for 47 years. However, he narrowly lost the said election to Gomez. In 2019, Zamora ran once again for the mayoralty post under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) against incumbent Vice Mayor Janella Ejercito, who was endorsed by the administration-backed Hugpong ng Pagbabago her grandfather, former President Joseph Estrada, and the outgoing mayor Guia Gomez. In the election, Zamora defeated the daughter of former mayor and senator Jinggoy Estrada by a margin of 10,247 votes, ending  control of the Ejercito-Estrada clan of the city after 50 years. Personal life. He is the son of Ronaldo Zamora, a long-time congressman in San Juan who served the city for almost two decades. He married Keri Neri in 2001 and has four children. Since 2014, Zamora is the owner of a Goldilocks Bakeshop franchise branch in the Greenhills Shopping Center. His daughter, Amanda, is a model who competed as a housemate in the "" season of "Pinoy Big Brother" in 2021, where she was eliminated in the last eviction alongside Ralph Malibunas.