Sandro Marcos | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| House Majority Leader | |
| Assumed office July 28, 2025 | |
| House Speaker | Martin Romualdez Faustino "Bojie" Dy III |
| Preceded by | Mannix Dalipe |
| Senior Deputy House Majority Leader | |
| In office July 26, 2022 – June 30, 2025 | |
| Leader | Mannix Dalipe |
| Preceded by | Jesus Crispin Remulla |
| Succeeded by | Lorenz Defensor |
| Member of thePhilippine House of Representatives fromIlocos Norte's 1st district | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ria Christina Fariñas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferdinand Alexander Araneta Marcos III (1994-03-07)March 7, 1994 (age 31) San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Party | PFP (2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nacionalista (2021–2023) |
| Parent(s) | Bongbong Marcos Liza Araneta-Marcos |
| Relatives | Marcos family Araneta family Romualdez family |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | sandromarcos |
Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro"Araneta Marcos III (UK:/ˈmɑːrkɒs/MAR-koss,US:/-koʊs,-kɔːs/-kohss, -kawss,[1][2]Tagalog:[ˈmaɾkɔs]; born March 7, 1994) is Filipino politician who has served as theHouse majority leader since 2025. A member of thePartido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), he has concurrently served as therepresentative ofIlocos Norte's first district, an office he has held since 2022. He is the eldest son of PresidentBongbong Marcos and First LadyLiza Araneta Marcos.
Marcos, nicknamed "Sandro", was born Ferdinand Alexander Araneta Marcos III on March 7, 1994 at Cardinal Santos Medical Center inSan Juan, Metro Manila, toBongbong Marcos, who was then serving as therepresentative forIlocos Norte's second district, and attorneyLiza Araneta Marcos.[3] He is the eldest of the three sons. He is the grandson of the latepresident,Ferdinand Marcos and his wifeImelda Marcos.[4][5]
Marcos attended Kids Kollege, Inc. and Padre Annibale School in Laoag for his primary education. He then left for the United Kingdom and attended theWorth School for his secondary education from 2006 to 2013. After that, he went to theCity, University of London, where he earned a degree in Bachelor of Science in International Relations with honors in 2016.[6] He then earned his master's degree in Developmental Studies at theLondon School of Economics and Political Science in 2017.[7][8][9][10]
Before running for public office, Marcos worked as a member of the legislative staff ofHouse majority leader and representativeMartin Romualdez, his father's cousin, whom he sees as his mentor.[11]
In 2021, before joining the legislative staff of House Majority Leaders, he worked as a consultant for his cousin, Ilocos Norte GovernorMatthew Manotoc. His responsibilities included overseeing the efficient distribution of assistance to the people of Ilocos Norte, such as food packs, fishing gear for fishermen, tablets for remote learning, and aCOVID recovery assistance program forsari-sari store owners.[12]
Marcos ran for representative ofIlocos Norte's first district in the2022 election and won, defeating incumbentRia Christina Fariñas.[13][14] He was reelected unopposed in the 2025 election.[15]
Despite being a neophyte congressman, he was elected House senior deputy majority leader in the19th Congress on July 26, 2022.[16][17]
In late November 2022, Marcos, together with his uncle,House Speaker Martin Romualdez, filed House Bill No. 6398, also known as theMaharlika Investment Fund, which aimed to create asovereign wealth fund for the Philippines. The legislation drew inspiration from South Korea'sown sovereign wealth fund.[18][19] The MIF was approved by the House of Representatives on December 12, 2022.[20] Economist Michael Batu said the bill can help raise money to help the government's programs and achieve development goals, if managed properly.[21]
In August 2023, during House hearings for the 2024 proposed ₱2.4 billion budget for the Office of the Vice President, Sandro Marcos moved to end the sessions to prevent opposition lawmakers from posing questions to Vice President Sara Duterte.[22] Kabataan party-list Representative Raoul Manuel and ACT Teachers party-list RepresentativeFrance Castro opposed Marcos's motion but were outvoted by other representatives.[23]
In February 2025, Marcos was the first to sign the fourth impeachment complaint against Vice PresidentSara Duterte at theHouse of Representatives, which ultimately gathered 240 signatures in Congress.[24][25][26]
From 2023 to 2025, Marcos got the highest amount of "allocable" funds under the budget approved by Congress at ₱15.8 billion, with Romualdez getting the second highest amount at ₱14.4 billion from the national budget. Amid theflood control projects controversy in the Philippines, the People’s Budget Coalition criticized "allocable" funds as a new form ofpork barrel, saying it goes to "politically determined projects that crowd out more equitable and accountable public spending".[27] A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism report that investigated the budget described Romualdez and Marcos as the "pork barrel kings".[28]
Under the presidency of Bongbong Marcos, memorials, monuments, and institutions have been built or planned to honor Ferdinand Marcos and his dictatorship.[29] Some of the memorials, including those that use public funds, are meant to support false narratives such as Ferdinand Marcos's dubious war record. In 2023, the Ferdinand E. Marcos Grandstand was constructed in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, using public funds controlled by the office of Representative Sandro Marcos.[29]
Leading up to the convention of the20th Congress, his colleagues were in talks to elect himHouse majority leader, a move that would received from theLakas–CMD, the dominant majority party at the time.[30][31] On July 28, 2025, Marcos was elected unopposed to the role, becoming among its youngest holders.[32][33]
In November 2025, former House of Representatives appropriations chairZaldy Co alleged that Sandro Marcos made insertions worth ₱9.636 billion in the 2023 national budget, ₱20.174 billion in the 2024 budget, and ₱21.127 billion in the 2025 budget. Co alleged that Sandro Marcos threatened to remove him from his post when Co could not accommodate Sandro Marco's alleged request for an ₱8-billion insertion in the budget. Co also linked Sandro Marcos's father, President Bongbong Marcos, and uncle, former House Speaker Martin Romualdez to alleged corruption related to the flood control scandal.[34]
House Deputy Minority LeaderAntonio Tinio (ACT party-list), House Assistant Minority LeaderRenee Co (Kabataan party-list), and Gabriela party-list RepresentativeSarah Elago filed House Resolution 515 calling for a legislative probe on Marcos, former Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, and other officials with alleged links to the flood control corruption controversy.[35] The Ombdusman said that it will investigate Sandro Marcos and Romualdez in relation to pork barrel funds they got from the national budget.[28]
After impeachment complaints were filed against President Marcos in January 2026, Sandro said he would inhibit from related proceedings in the House of Representatives.[36]
Marcos is apolo enthusiast.[37] In September 2025, it was revealed that he had been in a five-year relationship with actress Alexa Miro, which had been kept private due to him being part of the First Family.[38]
| Year | Office | Party | Votes received | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | P. | Swing | |||||
| 2022 | Representative (Ilocos Norte–1st) | Nacionalista | 108,423 | 56.63% | 1st | N/a | Won | |
| 2025 | PFP | 169,880 | 100.00% | 1st | +43.37 | Unopposed | ||
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