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A barangay councilor (Filipino: kagawad or konsehal) is an elected government official who is a member of the Sangguniang Barangay (Barangay Council) of a particular barangay, the smallest political unit in the Philippines. Each barangay council has seven regular councilors who are elected at-large by multi-member plurality voting. Barangay councilors are elected to three-year terms and are term-limited to three consecutive terms.
The chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan (barangay's youth council) who is elected by voters aged 15 to 30 years old, is the ex officio eighth councilor. Some barangays with a population of indigenous people have an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) as the ex officio ninth councilor albeit elected separately.
The barangay councilors serve as the legislature of the barangay, while the barangay captain (Filipino: punong barangay) serves as the chief executive, together forming the Sangguniang Barangay.[1]
- ^ "Philippine Statistics Authority | Republic of the Philippines". nap.psa.gov.ph. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.