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Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (Filipino: Lungsod ng Navotas), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people.
The mayor of Navotas (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Navotas) is the head of the executive branch of the Navotas's government. The mayor holds office at Navotas City Hall. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one t
The Navotas City Council is Navotas's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislature. It is composed of 14 councilors, with six councilors elected from each of Navotas' two councilor districts and two councilors elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen and the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK; youth councils).
In 2004, Navotas was awarded as the “Cleanest Municipality of NCR”, and Tiangco remained mayor of Navotas until 2010. He also founded Partido Navoteño in the same year. He focused on the issues of garbage, and the beatification of Navotas City Hall. In 2007, Navotas was converted into a city, resulting in Tiangco becoming the first City Mayor.
John Rey Tiangco ran unopposed for mayor in the 2010 Navotas local elections for the local party, Partido Navoteño.At the same time, his brother, Tobias "Toby" Tiangco, who had founded the party and had just completed his third term as the mayor of Navotas, ran for a position in the House of Representatives.
Canuto Eusebio Celestino (died 1954) was a Filipino politician who served as the President of the Municipality of Navotas, from 1901 until his term expired in 1903.After his term in 1903, Navotas was merged once again with Malabon as one municipality, with Bernardo O. Dagala as the succeeding Municipal President.
Navotas was represented as part of the at-large district of the province of Manila in the Malolos Congress from 1898 to 1899, the first district of Rizal from 1907 to 1941 and from 1945 to 1972, the at-large district of Rizal in the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944, and the representation of Region IV in the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984.
Local elections was held in the city of Navotas on May 10, 2010 within the Philippine general election. The brother (John Rey Tiangco) of the incumbent-mayor, Toby Tiangco was elected to the city mayoralty. Partido Navoteño won a majority of won seats.