Rodrigo Duterte

Rodrigo Duterte is the current and the sixteenth President of the Philippines, in office since June 2016. Born in into a politically active family, he spent most of his life in Davao City. Subsequently, he became the Mayor of Davao and served for seven terms, totaling more than 22 years. In 2016, he won a huge mandate and became the President of Philippines. Since the Philippines’ law does not allow anybody to hold any post for more than three consecutive terms, therefore after serving his three consecutive terms as Mayor of Davao, he also served as the Congressman of the 1st District of Davao City and Vice Mayor of the city. His success lies in his ability to connect to the masses, a trick he learned while in school. To his critics, he is a foul-mouthed adulterer, obsessed with killing criminals; but millions of his countrymen favour him just because of that. They see in him the Philippine leader, who would get the country free from crime and drugs, the two menaces that have plagued their life for long.