JOJO BINAY

Philippine Normal College Training Department, UP Preparatory High School, University of the Philippines-College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), UP College of Law (Class '67), University of Sto. Tomas (UST), National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), Command and General Staff College, Joint Services Command Staff College, Center for Research and Communications (now University of Asia and the Pacific), UP School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP SURP), John F. Kennedy School of Government-Harvard University (Senior Executive Fellow)

Public Servant: Makati City Mayor

LOCAL:Nat'l President, Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP-LABAN);President, United Opposition (UNO);Member, Rotary Club of Makati, R.I. District 3830;Nat'l President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines;Chair, U.P. Alpha Phi OMega Int'l Service Foundation;Member, U.P. Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association;Reserve, Philippine Navy with ranks of Lt.Col;Member, Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG);Member, August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM);Member, Mov't of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Nationalism and Integrity(MABINI);University Councilor, U.P. Student Council;Prime Chancellor, U.P. Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity (Eta Chapter), Order of Demolay INT'L: Chairman, Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee;Chairman, Finance Sub-Committee, World Scout Organization;Vice-President for Membership, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)-Asia Pacific Chapter, 2006-2008;Life Honorary Member (since 2001) and Member, World Executive Committee of the Int'l Union of Local Authorities;ExeCom Member, CITYNET

Playing badminton and tennis, jogging, eating, internet surfing, public service, public policy, urban and regional planning & development, communit and social services, law, politics, local governments, books, senior citizens and children, peace and prosperity, actors and actresses

The Chapman Report, Advise and Consent, Ourselves To Know, Rich Man, Poor Man, Great Lion of Good

To Kill A Mockingbird, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Graduate, Little Big Man, Sa Kuko ng Agila, Dekada Sitenta

Classic, OPM, Jazz, Alternative

News and Current Affairs, HBO, Reality TV Shows

Scorpio

Laki sa hirap ang batang Jejomar. Ang kanyang pamilya'y mula sa mahirap na komunidad sa Pasay at Makati. Noon pa man, malinaw na kay Jojo Binay na kailangang mangibabaw ang kapangyarihan ng taumbayan upang makaahon sa kahirapan. Pinamahalaan ni Jojo ang Makati nang may pinakamataas na kalidad ng paglilingkod bilang Mayor. Pinagbuti niya ang gawain ayon sa prinsipyong "pangunahing karapatan ng taumbayan ang magkaroon ng isang mabuting pamahalaan."

Ipinanganak si Jojo noong noong Nobyembre 11, 1942, kina Diego Binay ng Bauan, Batangas at Lourdes Cabauatan ng Cabagan, Isabela. Maagang naulila si Jojo at lumaki siya sa tiyuhin, si Ponciano.


Produkto si Jojo ng pampublikong paaralan. Bagamat kapos sa buhay, nagawa niyang magtapos ng Political Science (1962) at Law (1967) sa University of the Philippines, kung saan din naluklok siyang University Councilor ng UP Student Council. Upang mapahusay pa ang paglilingkod sa bayan at madagdagan ang kaalaman, kumuha si Jojo ng mga karagdagang pag-aaral at naging Senior Executive Fellow ng John F. Kennedy School of Government sa Harvard University.

Inihanda ni Jojo ang sarili na makiisa at mamuno sa mga martsa at barikada laban sa diktadura. Naging aktibong miyembro at lider si Jojo ng Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), ng August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) at ng Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Nationalism and Integrity (MABINI) - mga oganisasyong kinabibilangan din ng yumaong Sen. Jose Diokno, Sen. Rene Saguisag, Sen. Lorenzo Tanada, Bobbit Sanchez at Joker Arroyo.

Bukod sa hamon ng Makati, tinugunan din ni Jojo ang hamon ng Metro Manila. Hinirang siyang Governor ng Metro Manila noong 1987. Makalipas ang ilang taon, ang kanyang mga kapwa alkalde sa rehiyon ang bumoto sa kanya bilang Chairman ng Metro Manila Authority (MMA). Hinirang siyang Chairman ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na may Cabinet rank noong 1998. Siya rin ang Co-Chairman ng Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC).

All Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad.