Tito Sotto

Vicente "Tito" Castelo Sotto III (born August 24, 1948) is an actor, musician, television personality, and politician in the Philippines.
Sotto served as vice mayor of Quezon City, the Philippines' most populous city, from 1988 to 1992. He served two terms in the Senate, from 1992 to 2004; he was reelected in the Senate in 2010.
Sotto is the brother of Marvic (Vic), Marcelino Antonio Jr. (Maru), and Valmar (Val) Sotto and a grandson and grandnephew of former Senators Vicente Y. Sotto and Filemon Sotto.

Political career

Quezon City vice mayor

Sotto was vice mayor of Quezon City from 1988 to 1992.^[1] He founded the Vice-Mayors League of the Philippines and served as its first president.^[1] During this time, Sotto was also named Vice Chairman of the Citizen's Drugwatch.^[1]

Senator of the Philippines (1992-1998; 1998-2004)

Sotto was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in the 1992 senatorial election, topping the tally with nearly 12 million votes, more than 3 million more than his second place ranker. This made him the third member of his family to enter the Senate, after his grandfather Vicente Yap Sotto and granduncle Filemon Sotto. He served as Assistant Majority Floor Leader, was a member of the Commission on Appointments, and served as chairman on several senate committees.
In the 1998 senatorial election, Sotto earned another term in the Senate with a third place finish, the best result among Senators vying for re-election.
He ran for another team in the senate in 2007 under the TEAM Unity coalition backed by the Arroyo administration, but was unsuccessful, finishing in 19th place.

Dangerous Drugs Board

Sotto was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a member of the Board of Directors and acting chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board on 4 July 2008, succeeding Anselmo Avenido whose term was expiring that day. The appointment was just over one year after his failed 2007 senatorial bid. Philippine election laws forbid defeated candidates from being appointed to government posts within a year of the election.

Senator of the Philippines (2010-2016)

Sotto won election to another term in the Philippine senate in the 2010 senatorial election, as a member of the Nationalist People's Coalition.

Vicente C. Sotto III
Senator of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2010
In office 30 June 1992 – 30 June 2004
Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2010
Preceded by	Juan Miguel Zubiri
Vice Mayor of Quezon City
In office 30 June 1988 – 30 June 1992
Preceded by	Ismael Mathay, Jr.
Succeeded by	Charito Planas
Personal details
Born	August 24, 1948 (age 64) Manila, Philippines
Political party	NPC (2007 – present) LDP (1987-2007)
Spouse(s)	Helen Gamboa
Children	Romina Sotto Diorella Sotto Gian Sotto Ciara Sotto
Residence	Quezon City, Metro Manila
Alma mater	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Religion	Roman Catholicism