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Jesus Crispin "Boying" Catibayan Remulla (Tagalog pronunciation: [rɛˈmuljɐ]; born March 31, 1961) [citation needed] is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Secretary of Justice since 2022 in the Cabinet of President Bongbong Marcos.
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Remulla is part of a political dynasty in Cavite; his younger brother, Jonvic, is currently the province's governor since 2019 and previously from 2010 to 2016. [9] On May 23, 2022, Remulla was offered the position of Secretary of Justice under the incoming administration of then-president-elect Bongbong Marcos . [ 2 ]
Assist the President in the exercise of general supervision over local governments; Advise the President in the promulgation of policies, rules, regulations and other issuances on the general supervision over local governments and on public order and safety;
Incumbent Athena Tolentino, who assumed post after the appointment of Jonvic Remulla as DILG Secretary, initially ran for vice governor but later withdrew her candidacy with Remulla and decided not to run for any other position. Her party nominated incumbent board member Francisco Gabriel Remulla.
Remulla was born on October 23, 1967, to Juanito "Johnny" Remulla, who was then a member of the Cavite Provincial Board, and Ditas Catibayan. He is a member of the Remulla family, a known political dynasty in Cavite led by his father, who was later elected governor in 1979. He took up his secondary education at the Ateneo de Manila University.
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Tolentino was elected vice governor of Cavite in the 2022 elections as the running mate of incumbent governor Jonvic Remulla. [3] [4]On October 7, 2024, Tolentino dropped her reelection bid for vice governor in anticipation to her elevation as the governor of Cavite, following the impending appointment of Governor Jonvic Remulla as secretary of the Interior and Local Government. [5]