Oscar Malapitan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Honorable Oscar Malapitan
Official portrait during the 19th Congress
Representative of Caloocan's First District
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Dale Gonzalo Malapitan
In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Preceded by	Enrico Echiverri
Succeeded by	Enrico Echiverri
24th Mayor of Caloocan
In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2022
Vice Mayor	Luis Macario Asistio III
Preceded by	Enrico Echiverri
Succeeded by	Dale Gonzalo Malapitan
Vice Mayor of Caloocan
In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
Mayor	Rey Malonzo
Preceded by	Nancy Quimpo
Succeeded by	Luis Varela
Member, City Council Caloocan's First District
In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
Personal details
Born	Oscar Gonzales Malapitan (1955-06-14) June 14, 1955 (age 69)
Nationality	Filipino
Political party	Nacionalista (2004–2012; 2015–present) Tao Ang Una (local party)
Other political affiliations	UNA (2012–2015) NPC (1992–2004)
Spouse	Edna Rigor Malapitan
Children	Dale Gonzalo Malapitan
Occupation	Politician
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Oscar "Oca" Gonzales Malapitan (born June 14, 1955) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the representative from the 1st District of Caloocan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2013. He also served as Mayor of Caloocan from 2013 to 2022, Vice Mayor of Caloocan from 2001 to 2004, and City Councilor from 1992 to 1998. He also unsuccessfully ran for representative in 2001. He is currently a member of the Nacionalista Party.

As representative, Malapitan pushed for the renovation of Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital to become a tertiary-level hospital, the establishment of Caloocan National Science and Technology High School, and the establishment of four new branches of the Metropolitan Trial Court at Caloocan.

Political career

Oscar Malapitan served as councilor of Caloocan City from 1992 to 1998. As councilor, he sponsored a 1996 resolution stating that Caloocan should begin with the letter "C" instead of "K" as written in historical documents.

After two terms as councilor, he was elected vice mayor in 1998, serving one term. It was during this period when he removed his support for Mayor Rey Malonzo in 2000 due to accusations from city council members that Malapitan is "[ignorant] of parliamentary procedures". As a supporter of President Joseph Estrada, Malapitan later accused Malonzo of sending him "insulting" text messages after Estrada was ousted by EDSA II in January 2001. That same year, he attempted to run for congress as representative of Caloocan's 1st District but lost to re-electionist Recom Echiverri. However, he later defeated Mayor Malonzo for the same position in 2004, eventually serving three consecutive terms as congressman until 2013.

Mayor of Caloocan

Malapitan ran for and won the mayoral position in 2013, promising to improve Caloocan's health care and education in a similar manner to Jejomar Binay's mayorship in Makati City. He regularly boasted of a decreased crime rate in Caloocan throughout his incumbency. However, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) noted in 2020 that Malapitan's mayorship was characterized with a passivity towards President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs during its first year (2016–2017), with Malapitan asking the local branch of the Philippine National Police to take charge of crime control which PRIF claimed "resulted in a huge spike of deadly police violence" and "excessive levels of vigilantism" during this period. Malapitan would come to serve out three consecutive terms as mayor, with his son Rep. Dale Gonzalo Malapitan succeeding him.

In 2022, Malapitan ran for representative of Caloocan's 1st District once again and won.