Mark Villar

Mark Aguilar Villar (Tagalog pronunciation: [vilˈjaɾ], born August 14, 1978) is a Filipino politician and businessman serving as a Senator since 2022. He served in President Rodrigo Duterte's cabinet as the Secretary of Public Works and Highways from 2016 to 2021, and was the COVID-19 pandemic isolation czar from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Nacionalista Party, he was the Representative of Las Piñas from 2010 to 2016. Villar has also previously held executive positions in his family's businesses. Villar hails from a political dynasty based in Las Piñas. His mother Cynthia and his sister Camille are respectively his former and current colleagues in the Senate, while his father, Manny, is a businessman and former Senate President. His wife, Emmeline, is also a politician.