Valdemar Chiong

The Honorable
Valdemar Chiong
Mayor of Naga
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
Vice MayorVirgilio M. Chiong
Preceded byKristine Vanessa Chiong
In office
June 30, 2019 – March 16, 2020
Vice MayorKristine Vanessa Chiong
Preceded byKristine Vanessa Chiong
Succeeded byKristine Vanessa Chiong
In office
2006 – June 30, 2016
Preceded byFerdinand Chiong
Succeeded byKristine Vanessa Chiong
Personal details
Born
Valdemar Mendiola Chiong
Political partyNacionalista

Valdemar "Val" Mendiola Chiong is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent mayor of Naga, Cebu, Philippines. He previously held the position twice, first from 2006 to 2016 when he assumed the position after the death of his brother and then mayor Ferdinand Chiong and went on to serve for three consecutive terms,[1] and from June 30, 2019, to March 16, 2020.[2]

On August 14, 2019, the Sandiganbayan ordered a 90-day suspension for Chiong on graft charges filed against him.[3] He started serving his suspension on September 2, 2019.[4]

More than two months upon his return from suspension, he announced his resignation as mayor of Naga effective on March 16, 2020, in a letter to Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on February 24, 2020. His then-vice mayor at the time Kristine Vanessa Chiong, his daughter who also served as mayor from 2016 to 2019, succeeded him.[2][5]

  1. ^ Doris C. Bongcac (4 August 2017). "Former Naga mayor barred from holding public office". CDN Digital. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Naga City mayor resigns". The Freeman. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ Gabriel Pabico Lalu (14 August 2019). "Mayor of Naga, Cebu suspended by Sandiganbayan for 90 days". CDN Digital. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Chiong suspended". SunStar Cebu. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. ^ Justin K. Vestil (25 February 2020). "City of Naga mayor 'to retire' in March". SunStar Cebu. Retrieved 7 March 2020.