The Honorable Abigail Binay
Binay-Campos in 2018
Mayor of Makati
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2016
Vice Mayor	Monique Lagdameo
Preceded by	Kid Peña (Acting)
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Makati's 2nd district
In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Butz Aquino
Succeeded by	Luis Campos
Personal details
Born	Mar-len Abigail Sombillo Binay (1975-12-12) December 12, 1975 (age 48) Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Political party	Makatizens United Party (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	United Nationalist Alliance (2012–2021) PDP–Laban (2006–2012)
Spouse	Luis Campos ​ (m. 2008)​
Relations	Nancy Binay (sister) Junjun Binay (brother)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Jejomar Binay Elenita Binay
Residence	Makati
Alma mater	University of the Philippines Los Baños (BS) Ateneo de Manila University (JD)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
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Mar-len Abigail "Abby" Sombillo Binay-Campos (born December 12, 1975) is a Filipina lawyer and politician who has been the Mayor of Makati since 2016. She formerly served in the Congress as Representative of Makati's 2nd District from 2007 to 2016, when she was succeeded by her husband, Luis Campos. She is also the daughter of former Vice President Jejomar Binay.

Early life and education

Binay was born on December 12, 1975, as the second of five children and the second of four daughters of lawyer Jejomar Binay and Dr. Elenita Sombillo. She is the younger sister of Nancy Binay, a current Senator, and the older sister of Junjun Binay, the former mayor of Makati.

She studied at the University of the Philippines Los Baños and received her bachelor's degree in human ecology, majoring in human settlements planning. She continued to the Ateneo de Manila Law School, earning her law degree in 2001. She passed the Philippine Bar Examination in 2002.^[1]

Political career

At a young age, Binay started her career at MABINI under former Senator Rene Saguisag as part of the defense counsel for the soldiers involved in the Oakwood mutiny.^[2]

In 2007, she was elected representative of Makati's 2nd District, succeeding Butz Aquino and passed several bills under her watch.

In the wake of her brother Junjun's ouster as Makati mayor by the Ombudsman of the Philippines in 2015,^[3] Binay announced her candidacy as Mayor of Makati, inviting Cong. Monique Lagdameo as vice mayor of the city competing with acting mayor Romulo Peña Jr. and Karla Mercado.^[4]

On May 9, 2016, Binay and Lagdameo won the mayoral and vice-mayoral election, respectively.^[5] They took their oath of office on June 27, 2016. Abby's first day as Mayor of Makati began three days later on June 30, and by that time her father's term as vice president already expired.

As a result, Binay is the fourth Binay family member, the second female Binay member to administer Makati in 15 years since her mother Elenita, who served as Makati mayor from 1998 to 2001. She is also the second female mayor of Makati. She was re-elected in 2019, wherein she also defeated her brother Junjun, and in 2022.

In 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Binay to his Advisory Group on Local and Regional Governments, co-chaired by Pilar Cancela Rodríguez and Fatimatou Abdel Malick.^[6]

Personal life

She has been married to Luis Jose Angel N. Campos Jr. since 2008 whom she started dating in 2004.^{[citation needed]}