Mans Carpio | |
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Second Gentleman of the Philippines | |
Assumed role June 30, 2022 | |
Vice President | Sara Duterte |
Preceded by | Elenita Binay (as Second Lady, 2010–2016)[a] |
Personal details | |
Born | Manases Reyes Carpio February 8, 1976 Paoay, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
Spouse | |
Relations |
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Children | 4[1] |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Manases "Mans" Reyes Carpio (Tagalog: [manaˈses ˈreʝes ˈkaɾpio]; born February 8, 1976) is a Filipino lawyer who has been the second gentleman of the Philippines since 2022. He is the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte and is the second vice presidential spouse to be second gentleman, after Jose Miguel Arroyo, the husband of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Manases Reyes Carpio was born on February 8, 1976 in Paoay, Ilocos Norte, to Lucas Claudio Carpio Jr., a lawyer and former Court of Appeals Justice Agnes Reyes-Carpio who retired in 2016. His grandfather, Lucas Dumlao Carpio Sr., was a former Justice of the Peace (now equivalent to a trial court judge). His father's sister is the former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and his father's cousin is the former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who is also widely known as a critic of his father-in-law President Rodrigo Duterte's administration.[2]
He graduated from the De La Salle University[3] where he took his undergraduate degree in Political Science. Being born in a family of lawyers, he also followed in the footsteps of his lineage obtaining his Bachelor of Laws at the San Sebastian College – Recoletos. He also studied at the San Beda University where he met his wife, Sara Duterte.[4][5]
While his wife has been busy serving Davao City where she was first elected as vice mayor in 2007, Carpio engaged himself with private practice, establishing and managing his own law firm which he named the "Carpio & Duterte Lawyers" together with his wife Sara. Carpio later spent time with their law firm after the latter decided not to run for public office in 2013. Their law firm specializes in business, commercial, and labor litigation, and serves both civil and criminal cases. Among their client was Mighty Corporation, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the Philippines.
Mans and Sara have four[1] children: an adopted daughter, Mikhaila Maria, nicknamed "Sharky", two biological sons, Mateo Lucas, nicknamed "Stingray", and Marko Digong, nicknamed "Stonefish", and one other child.[6][7] They were also known for having nicknames after aquatic animals. Both he and his sons are distancing themselves in the eyes of the public even though his wife is a prominent politician. Most notably, they were not present during the proclamation of his wife as the duly elected Vice President of the Philippines at the House of Representatives[8] but they did attend the inauguration of his wife on June 19, 2022, at Davao City. However, he actively campaigned and participated in some of the campaign sorties of his wife where he became a proxy and gave speeches to his wife's supporters.[9]
In August 2017, Carpio was implicated by Senator Antonio Trillanes in the alleged smuggling at the Bureau of Customs. Trillanes raised some questions when Carpio visited the office of the Bureau of Customs numerous times and allegedly met with Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. His father-in-law, President Rodrigo Duterte, defended him by saying that it is his job to visit and defend his clients as a lawyer would normally do.[10] Carpio dismissed the allegations of Trillanes, calling the latter as a "desperate rumormonger".[11]
On July 31, 2024, Trillanes filed a drug smuggling and corruption complaint to the Department of Justice against Carpio, his brother-in-law and Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte, and eight others.[12]