Ricarte Padilla | |
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| Governor of Camarines Norte | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| Vice Governor | Joseph V. Ascutia |
| Preceded by | Edgar Tallado |
| Succeeded by | Dennis "Kuya Tol" Riel (acting, June 30, 2025–July 2025)[1] Joseph V. Ascutia (acting) |
| Mayor ofJose Panganiban | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | William Lim |
| Succeeded by | Aye Non |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ricarte Robledo Padilla (1965-06-01)June 1, 1965 (age 60) Jose Panganiban,Camarines Norte, Philippines |
| Party | PFP (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Aksyon (2021–2024) NUP (2018–2021) Liberal (2015–2018) PMP (2009–2015) |
| Relations | Robin Padilla (half-brother) Rommel Padilla (half-brother) BB Gandanghari (half-brother) |
| Parent(s) | Roy Padilla Sr. Carmelita Robledo |
| Occupation | Politician |
Ricarte "Dong" Robledo Padilla (born June 1, 1965) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the Governor ofCamarines Norte. He is the half-brother of SenatorRobin Padilla and actorsRommel Padilla andBB Gandanghari.[2]
Ricarte Padilla was born inJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte toRoy Padilla Sr., a formerGovernor of Camarines Norte who was assassinated in 1988, and Carmelita Robledo.[3] He has 47 siblings,[4] including older brothers Restituto ("Resty", died 2002) and Ronaldo (died 1988),[5][6] younger sister Rebecca,[4] and half-siblingsRobin Padilla,Rommel Padilla, Royette Padilla,BB Gandanghari (formerly Rustom Padilla) and Casimero "Kuatro" Padilla.[7][8] His grandfather was also a formerGovernor of Bulacan.[9][2]
Padilla was the former mayor ofJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte before running for Vice Governor but losing with 117,952 votes.[2][10] He filed an unsuccessful appeal to theSupreme Court against the result.[11][12]
In 2022, Padilla was elected asGovernor of Camarines Norte with 162,081 votes.[13] Padilla ousted the reelectionist incumbentEdgardo Tallado.[14]
On June 30, 2025, Padilla was suspended for 18 months by theOffice of the Ombudsman for allegedly appointing two indivudals to government posts without authorization.[1]
[...]laughs [Robin's] (slightly) older sister Rebecca Padilla[....] Officially there are 48 Padilla siblings[...]
[Resty] Padilla, head of Barangay Motherload [sic] inJose Panganiban,Camarines Norte, suffered multiple fractures and later died at the Lourdes Hospital in Daet.
Ronaldo Padilla, mayor-elect ofJose Panganiban,Camarines Norte, and younger son of the slain Roy Padilla Sr., was killed in a vehicular accident along the national highway inLibmanan,Camarines Sur.