Duterte family of Davao City

Three generations of Dutertes hold Davao City's mayoralty, vice mayoralty and two of its three House seats after 2025, descending from former Davao governor Vicente Duterte.

12 documented relatives · 7 currently in public office · 22 documented relationships · Independent city of Davao City

In Davao City the family currently holds office through Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte (Davao City representative, 1st district (since 2019); former vice mayor (2013-2018)), Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte (Mayor of Davao City (sworn in 23 January 2026); elected vice mayor in 2025, acting mayor from 30 June 2025), Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte (Davao City representative, 2nd district (since 2025); former barangay captain of Buhangin Proper) and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II (Vice mayor of Davao City (sworn in 23 January 2026); top 1st district councilor in 2025).

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Who they are

Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte

Davao City representative, 1st district (since 2019); former vice mayor (2013-2018)

In office

Sources: Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025); Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler)

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Sara Zimmerman Duterte

Vice President of the Philippines (since 2022); former Davao City mayor (2010-2013, 2016-2022) and vice mayor (2007-2010)

In office

Sources: Sara Duterte (Wikipedia); Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler)

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Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte

Mayor of Davao City (sworn in 23 January 2026); elected vice mayor in 2025, acting mayor from 30 June 2025

In office

Sources: Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025); Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634); Baste, Rigo Duterte officially take oath as Davao leaders (SunStar Davao)

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January Navares-Duterte

Davao City barangay chair of Catalunan Grande and Association of Barangay Chairpersons (ex officio) member of the city council, as reported May 2025

In office

Sources: Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today)

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Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte

Davao City representative, 2nd district (since 2025); former barangay captain of Buhangin Proper

In office

Sources: Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025); Duterte grandson Omar takes Davao City 2nd District congressional seat (Rappler)

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Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II

Vice mayor of Davao City (sworn in 23 January 2026); top 1st district councilor in 2025

In office

Sources: Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025); Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634); Baste, Rigo Duterte officially take oath as Davao leaders (SunStar Davao)

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Harold James Tapangan Duterte

Party-list representative, Puwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat (since 2025)

In office

Sources: Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today); Harold Duterte (Wikipedia)

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Vicente Gonzales Duterte

Governor of the old Davao province (elected 1959); acting mayor of Danao, Cebu (1945)

Deceased

Sources: Vicente Duterte (Wikipedia)

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Soledad Roa Duterte

Teacher and civic leader; mother of Rodrigo Duterte (no elective office)

Deceased

Sources: Soledad Duterte (Wikipedia)

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Rodrigo Roa Duterte

Won the 2025 Davao City mayoral race but never took his oath, detained at the ICC; former President (2016–2022) and long-time mayor

Not in office

Sources: Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025); Baste, Rigo Duterte officially take oath as Davao leaders (SunStar Davao); Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634)

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Elizabeth Zimmerman

Former wife of Rodrigo Duterte; mother of Paolo, Sara and Sebastian (no office found)

Not in office

Sources: Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia); Sebastian Duterte (Wikipedia)

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Lovelie Sangkola

First wife of Paolo Duterte; mother of Omar and Rigo (no elective office found)

Not in office

Sources: Omar Duterte (Wikipedia); Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia)

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How they are related

• Vicente Gonzales Duterte and Rodrigo Roa Duterte — Father → sonBloodEvidence: Philippine Embassy in Canberra (DFA, official) · Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines · “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was born on March 28, 1945 in Maasin, Southern Leyte to Vicente Duterte and Soledad Roa”; Mayor of Davao City (Wikipedia); Vicente Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Vicente Gonzales Duterte and Soledad Roa Duterte — SpousesMarriageEvidence: Inquirer · Duterte matriarch dies at 95 · “spent her life as a teacher and as wife of former Governor Vicente Duterte of the undivided Davao”; Vicente Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Soledad Roa Duterte and Rodrigo Roa Duterte — Mother → sonBloodEvidence: Inquirer · Duterte matriarch dies at 95 · “Soledad Roa Duterte, the mother of Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and grandmother of Mayor Sara Duterte, passed away at 3 a.m. Saturday.”; Vicente Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte — Father → sonBloodEvidence: Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “There's older son, re-electionist 1st District Representative Paolo "Pulong" Duterte.”; Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sara Zimmerman Duterte — Father → daughterBloodEvidence: Ruy Elias Lopez aims for political comeback (SunStar Davao) · “he learned that the elder Duterte had chosen his daughter, Sara Duterte, as his vice mayor”; Davao councilors bid the city goodbye (Davao Today)
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte — Father → sonBloodEvidence: Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634) · “permanently taking over the seat of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained in The Hague”; Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler)
• Elizabeth Zimmerman and Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte — Mother → sonBloodEvidence: Rappler · 'Philandering' Rodrigo Duterte cause of marriage annulment · “Rodrigo and Elizabeth have 3 children: Paolo, who is vice-mayor of Davao City; Sara, former Davao mayor; and Sebastian.”; GMA News · VP Sara Duterte says mom Elizabeth Zimmerman coming to The Hague — 'Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of former president Rodrigo Duterte'; Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Elizabeth Zimmerman and Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte — Mother → sonBloodEvidence: Rappler · 'Philandering' Rodrigo Duterte cause of marriage annulment · “Rodrigo and Elizabeth have 3 children: Paolo, who is vice-mayor of Davao City; Sara, former Davao mayor; and Sebastian.”; GMA News · VP Sara Duterte says mom Elizabeth Zimmerman coming to The Hague — 'Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of former president Rodrigo Duterte'; Sebastian Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Elizabeth Zimmerman and Sara Zimmerman Duterte — Mother → daughterBloodEvidence: Rappler · 'Philandering' Rodrigo Duterte cause of marriage annulment · “Rodrigo and Elizabeth have 3 children: Paolo, who is vice-mayor of Davao City; Sara, former Davao mayor; and Sebastian.”; GMA News · VP Sara Duterte says mom Elizabeth Zimmerman coming to The Hague — 'Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of former president Rodrigo Duterte'; Sara Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Elizabeth Zimmerman — Former spousesMarriageEvidence: Rappler · 'Philandering' Rodrigo Duterte cause of marriage annulment · “Rodrigo and Elizabeth have 3 children: Paolo, who is vice-mayor of Davao City; Sara, former Davao mayor; and Sebastian.”; GMA News · VP Sara Duterte says mom Elizabeth Zimmerman coming to The Hague — 'Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of former president Rodrigo Duterte'; Sebastian Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Sara Zimmerman Duterte and Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte — SiblingsBloodEvidence: Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “When Sara was elected Vice President, it was younger brother Baste who took over as mayor.”
• Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte and Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte — Father → sonBloodEvidence: Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “Pulong's son, incumbent Barangay Buhangin Chairman Omar Duterte, is gunning to represent the city's 2nd District”; Duterte grandson Omar takes Davao City 2nd District congressional seat (Rappler)
• Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II — Father → sonBloodEvidence: Fresh and known faces join Davao City Council (SunStar Davao) · “Rodrigo "Rigo" Duterte II, son of Paolo "Pulong" Duterte and grandson of former President Rodrigo Duterte”; SunStar Davao · Duterte family secures 5 key posts in Davao City elections — 'councilors of the third district are Alberto Ungab (153,433 votes)'
• Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II — BrothersBloodEvidence: Duterte family secures 5 key posts in Davao City elections (SunStar Davao) · “Omar Duterte, a sibling of Duterte II, was proclaimed second district representative”
• Sebastian “Baste” Zimmerman Duterte and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II — Uncle → nephewBloodEvidence: Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634) · “Rodrigo II also took his oath as Vice Mayor, a seat permanently vacated by his uncle.”; Rappler (Davao Today) · Leadership and city problems await newly-elected Davao councilors — 'previously headed by his father, Councilor Edgar Ibuyan Sr.'
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II — Grandfather → grandsonBloodEvidence: Leadership and city problems await newly-elected Davao councilors (Rappler) · “Rigo is the grandson of mayor-elect former president Rodrigo Duterte”; Fresh and known faces join Davao City Council (SunStar Davao)
• Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte — Grandfather → grandsonBloodEvidence: Duterte grandson Omar takes Davao City 2nd District congressional seat (Rappler) · “Former president Rodrigo Duterte's grandson”
• Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte and January Navares-Duterte — SpousesMarriageEvidence: Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today) · “Pulong's wife, January Duterte, is the current Association of Barangay Chairpersons (ABC) representative in the 20th city council.”
• Harold James Tapangan Duterte and Sara Zimmerman Duterte — CousinsBloodEvidence: Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today) · “Harold James Duterte, first nominee of the Puwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat (PPP) Party-list and cousin of the vice president and Duterte brothers”; Harold Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Paolo “Pulong” Zimmerman Duterte and Lovelie Sangkola — Former spousesMarriageEvidence: Rappler · Rodrigo Duterte's eldest grandson enters politics as he guns for barangay post in Davao City · “Omar Vincent Duterte, 29, is the son of Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte with ex-wife Lovelie Sangkola.”; Rappler · Meet Rodrigo II, Duterte's other grandson running as Davao City councilor — 'He is Paolo's son second eldest son with former wife Lovelie Sangkola. Omar Vincent is his elder brother'; Rappler · Paolo Duterte's ex-wife Lovelie among President's guests in Malacañang; Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Lovelie Sangkola and Omar Vincent Sangkola Duterte — Mother → sonBloodEvidence: Rappler · Rodrigo Duterte's eldest grandson enters politics as he guns for barangay post in Davao City · “Omar Vincent Duterte, 29, is the son of Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte with ex-wife Lovelie Sangkola.”; Rappler · Meet Rodrigo II, Duterte's other grandson running as Davao City councilor — 'He is Paolo's son second eldest son with former wife Lovelie Sangkola. Omar Vincent is his elder brother'; Rappler · Paolo Duterte's ex-wife Lovelie among President's guests in Malacañang; Omar Duterte (Wikipedia)
• Lovelie Sangkola and Rodrigo “Rigo” Sangkola Duterte II — Mother → sonBloodEvidence: Rappler · Rodrigo Duterte's eldest grandson enters politics as he guns for barangay post in Davao City · “Omar Vincent Duterte, 29, is the son of Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte with ex-wife Lovelie Sangkola.”; Rappler · Meet Rodrigo II, Duterte's other grandson running as Davao City councilor — 'He is Paolo's son second eldest son with former wife Lovelie Sangkola. Omar Vincent is his elder brother'; Rappler · Paolo Duterte's ex-wife Lovelie among President's guests in Malacañang; Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia)

How this was researched

Researched September 2026 against Comelec 2025 results. Every relationship is quoted from a published source; people who share a surname without a published statement of kinship are left out. Family relationships do not imply wrongdoing or political agreement.

Documented family networks; not a complete government or barangay roster. National offices are distinct from local offices.

Sources

1. Vicente Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
2. Soledad Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
3. Rappler 2025 local race: Davao City (Comelec media server, 100% precincts, 15 May 2025) · 2025-05-15
4. Baste, Rigo Duterte officially take oath as Davao leaders (SunStar Davao) · 2026-01-23
5. Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634) · 2026-01-23
6. Paolo Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
7. Sebastian Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
8. Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · 2024-10-21
9. Sara Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
10. Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today) · 2025-05-15
11. Duterte grandson Omar takes Davao City 2nd District congressional seat (Rappler) · 2025-05-12
12. Harold Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
13. Omar Duterte (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
14. Philippine Embassy in Canberra (DFA, official) · Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President of the Republic of the Philippines · “President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was born on March 28, 1945 in Maasin, Southern Leyte to Vicente Duterte and Soledad Roa” · n.d. (official biography, 2016–2022 term)
15. Mayor of Davao City (Wikipedia) · accessed 2026-09-20
16. Inquirer · Duterte matriarch dies at 95 · “spent her life as a teacher and as wife of former Governor Vicente Duterte of the undivided Davao” · 2012-02-05
17. Inquirer · Duterte matriarch dies at 95 · “Soledad Roa Duterte, the mother of Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and grandmother of Mayor Sara Duterte, passed away at 3 a.m. Saturday.” · 2012-02-05
18. Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “There's older son, re-electionist 1st District Representative Paolo "Pulong" Duterte.” · 2024-10-21
19. Ruy Elias Lopez aims for political comeback (SunStar Davao) · “he learned that the elder Duterte had chosen his daughter, Sara Duterte, as his vice mayor” · 2024-10-09
20. Davao councilors bid the city goodbye (Davao Today) · 2007-06-27
21. Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634) · “permanently taking over the seat of his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained in The Hague” · 2026-01-23
22. Rappler · 'Philandering' Rodrigo Duterte cause of marriage annulment · “Rodrigo and Elizabeth have 3 children: Paolo, who is vice-mayor of Davao City; Sara, former Davao mayor; and Sebastian.” · 2015-07-28
23. GMA News · VP Sara Duterte says mom Elizabeth Zimmerman coming to The Hague — 'Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of former president Rodrigo Duterte' · 2025-03-21
24. Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “When Sara was elected Vice President, it was younger brother Baste who took over as mayor.” · 2024-10-21
25. Clash of titans: Rival clans seek to end Dutertes' hold on Davao City (Rappler) · “Pulong's son, incumbent Barangay Buhangin Chairman Omar Duterte, is gunning to represent the city's 2nd District” · 2024-10-21
26. Fresh and known faces join Davao City Council (SunStar Davao) · “Rodrigo "Rigo" Duterte II, son of Paolo "Pulong" Duterte and grandson of former President Rodrigo Duterte” · 2025-05-15
27. SunStar Davao · Duterte family secures 5 key posts in Davao City elections — 'councilors of the third district are Alberto Ungab (153,433 votes)' · 2025-05-13
28. Duterte family secures 5 key posts in Davao City elections (SunStar Davao) · “Omar Duterte, a sibling of Duterte II, was proclaimed second district representative” · 2025-05-13
29. Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor (Inquirer; read via web.archive.org/web/20260123191634) · “Rodrigo II also took his oath as Vice Mayor, a seat permanently vacated by his uncle.” · 2026-01-23
30. Rappler (Davao Today) · Leadership and city problems await newly-elected Davao councilors — 'previously headed by his father, Councilor Edgar Ibuyan Sr.' · 2025-05-16
31. Leadership and city problems await newly-elected Davao councilors (Rappler) · “Rigo is the grandson of mayor-elect former president Rodrigo Duterte” · 2025-05-16
32. Fresh and known faces join Davao City Council (SunStar Davao) · 2025-05-15
33. Duterte grandson Omar takes Davao City 2nd District congressional seat (Rappler) · “Former president Rodrigo Duterte's grandson” · 2025-05-12
34. Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today) · “Pulong's wife, January Duterte, is the current Association of Barangay Chairpersons (ABC) representative in the 20th city council.” · 2025-05-15
35. Five Dutertes sweep Davao City (Davao Today) · “Harold James Duterte, first nominee of the Puwersa ng Pilipinong Pandagat (PPP) Party-list and cousin of the vice president and Duterte brothers” · 2025-05-15
36. Rappler · Rodrigo Duterte's eldest grandson enters politics as he guns for barangay post in Davao City · “Omar Vincent Duterte, 29, is the son of Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte with ex-wife Lovelie Sangkola.” · 2023-09-06
37. Rappler · Meet Rodrigo II, Duterte's other grandson running as Davao City councilor — 'He is Paolo's son second eldest son with former wife Lovelie Sangkola. Omar Vincent is his elder brother' · 2025-05-06
38. Rappler · Paolo Duterte's ex-wife Lovelie among President's guests in Malacañang · 2017-09-11

Other families documented in Davao City

• UngabBrothers Isidro and Alberto Ungab have alternated in the 3rd district House seat since 2007, and an Alberto Ungab topped the 3rd district council race in 2025.
• QuitainCouncilor and former vice mayor J. Melchor Quitain Jr. is the son of former 1st district councilor and city administrator Jesus Melchor Quitain.
• Bonguyan2nd district councilor Louie John Bonguyan is the son of former vice mayor Luis Bonguyan.
• VillafuerteCousins Enzo and Trisha Ann "Potpot" Villafuerte both won 3rd district council seats in 2025.
• IbuyanCouncilor Ragde Ibuyan, his father Edgar Sr., a former barangay league president, and his brother Edgar Jr., a former councilor
• ApostolNew 2nd district councilor Doce Apostol succeeded his brother, six-term councilor Dante Apostol; their late father Fortunato Sr. was an appointed councilor.
• BaluranNew 3rd district councilor Jopet Baluran succeeded his father, 18-year councilor Conrado Baluran.
• Abella2nd district councilor Ralph Abella returned in 2025 to the seat held for one term by his wife Marissa Abella.

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