{"id":"bayani-fernando","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayani-fernando","language":"en","name":"Bayani Fernando","name_en":"Bayani Fernando","name_ne":null,"description":"Filipino politician (1946–2023)","headline":"Filipino politician (1946–2023)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Bayani Flores Fernando (Tagalog: [bɐˈjɐnɪ ˈflɔrɛs fɛɾˈnɐndɔ]; July 25, 1946 – September 22, 2023) was a Filipino politician, businessman, and mechanical engineer. He served as the  mayor of Marikina from 1992 to 2001. During the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, he served as Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) from 2002 to 2009 and Secretary of Public Works and Highways from January to April 2003. He was a candidate for vice president of the Philippines in the 2010 elections as the running mate of Dick Gordon. He later served as the representative for Marikina's 1st district from 2016 to 2022.","summary_more":["Born four months before his father Gil Fernando was appointed mayor of Marikina, Fernando's childhood was spent close to his father whilst he worked in local government. After graduating from Mapúa Institute of Technology in 1967, Fernando soon established a construction company within his backyard that would later be named BF Corporation. His company served as the main contractor for infrastructure projects in the 1990s such as Rufino Pacific Tower, Edsa Shangri-La, Manila and PBCom Tower.","Though he ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1988, Fernando won in the 1992 mayoral election against incumbent mayor Rodolfo Valentino. During his mayorship, Marikina was noted to have markedly improved its infrastructure and cleanliness compared to the preceding decade, with him renewing government efforts to clean the Marikina River, improve emergency services, remove obstructions to public sidewalks and move informal settlers to resettlement sites within the town itself. Due to Fernando's disciplinarian approach to governance, he received regular opposition from Marikina congressman Romeo Candazo, a lawyer and former student activist, throughout his tenure. Despite their contentious relationship, Fernando and Candazo briefly worked together…"],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 July 1946","date":"1946-07-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"San Juan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749283"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"22 September 2023","date":"2023-09-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Marikina","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17175"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Philippines","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Bagumbayan–Volunteers for a New Philippines","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4842173"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Mapúa University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3268248"},{"text":"Marikina Science High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6763438"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the House of Representatives (30 June 2019 – 30 June 2022)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18002923","start":"2019-06-30","end":"2022-06-30"},{"text":"member of the House of Representatives (30 June 2016 – 30 June 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18002923","start":"2016-06-30","end":"2019-06-30"},{"text":"Secretary of Public Works and Highways (until 2003)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7444321","end":"2003-04-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayani_Fernando","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Bayani Fernando born?","a":"Bayani Fernando was born on 25 July 1946 in San Juan."},{"q":"What positions has Bayani Fernando held?","a":"Positions held by Bayani Fernando include: member of the House of Representatives (2019–2022); member of the House of Representatives (2016–2019); Secretary of Public Works and Highways (until 2003)."},{"q":"Where did Bayani Fernando study?","a":"Bayani Fernando was educated at Mapúa University, Marikina Science High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Mikee Romero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mikee-romero"},{"name":"Imelda Marcos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imelda-marcos"},{"name":"Feliciano Belmonte Jr.","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr"},{"name":"Henry Ong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-ong"},{"name":"Mark Go","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mark-go"},{"name":"Edgar Mary Sarmiento","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edgar-mary-sarmiento"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/bayani-fernando-69f2e00152.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Joshua Lim ( Sky Harbor )","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayani_Fernando.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bayani Fernando","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayani_Fernando","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3543566","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543566","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bayani Fernando.jpg by Joshua Lim ( Sky Harbor ) (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayani_Fernando.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bayani Fernando, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bayani Fernando.jpg — Joshua Lim ( Sky Harbor ), CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Bayani Fernando\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bayani-fernando. Retrieved 12 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:00:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-12","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayani-fernando","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayani-fernando","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/bayani-fernando?lang=ne"}}