A Calamba City political family. Severino 'Binoy' J. Lajara was mayor of Calamba for a decade and then city vice mayor; his brother Saturnino 'Turne' J. Lajara went from Barangay Milagrosa captain and ABC president to city councilor; Turne's son Soliman 'Rajay' B. Lajara and his nephew Christian Nino S. Lajara both sit on the city council, Nino after six years on the Laguna provincial board. Nino's wife Karla Monica Adajar-Lajara is the provincial board member for Laguna's 3rd district and his daughter Princess Diane Lajara is the provincial board member for Calamba. Rajay's wife Aigrette Panganiban Lajara is punong barangay of Makiling.
7 documented relatives · 5 currently in public office · 6 documented relationships · Province of Laguna
In Laguna the family currently holds office through Christian Nino S. Lajara (Calamba city councilor, 2025–2028 · Laguna provincial board member, 2nd district, 2019–2025 · Calamba city councilor, 2007–2016 · candidate for vice governor of Laguna, 2016 (lost)), Karla Monica Adajar-Lajara (Laguna provincial board member, 3rd district, 2022–present · former San Pablo City councilor) and Princess Diane Lajara (Laguna provincial board member for Calamba, 2025–2028).
Calamba city councilor, 2016–2025 · barangay chief of Barangay Milagrosa, Calamba, 2007–2016 and ABC president · candidate for representative, lone district of Calamba, 2025 (lost)
The readers' most-repeated claim — that Christian Nino is Severino's son — could NOT be sourced and is deliberately left out; see 'rejected'. Nino is attached to the family through Rappler's statement that he is Saturnino's nephew, which is sourced. Two reader submissions filed this family under Sorsogon and Taguig; the family is Calamba, Laguna, so place id 'laguna' is used throughout.
Documented family networks; not a complete government or barangay roster. National offices are distinct from local offices.
