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Cynthia Ampaya Aguilar Villar
Nacionalista Party🏛 Villar Family

Cynthia Ampaya Aguilar Villar

Former Senator (term ended June 2025)

Las Piñas

Objective
431
Trust
No ratings
Red Flags
🚩1

no convictions

🎓Education

University of the Philippines Diliman

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

19661970

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Deregulated
100
+100 pts

New York University

Master of Business Administration

19701972

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Foreign Univ.
90
+90 pts

📋Track Record

Senator of the Philippines

20132025

Authored Bills

298

Co-Authored Bills

297

Authored Resolutions

108

Co-Authored Resolutions

334

Passed into Law

152

Co-authored bills + resolutions are biographical — they aren't scored.

Attendance: 95%+20 pts

Senate of the Philippines — Member Stats, 16th–19th Congress (senate.gov.ph CMS)
Legislative
155
+155 pts

Representative, Las Piñas Lone District

20012010

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Legislative
40
+40 pts

Achievements

Authored 2019 Rice Tariffication Law

Principal author of RA 11203 (Rice Tariffication Law), which liberalized rice importation and allocated the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund to support local farmers

2019

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National Standard+60 pts

UN Human Rights Award for Sustainable Development

Received the UN Association of the Philippines Human Rights Award in 2024 for her work on poverty eradication and biodiversity/environmental well-being

2024

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National Standard+60 pts

🏅Awards

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Legal Records

Dismissedcriminal

Plunder — Central Bank Deal

Ombudsman: Dismissed

Alleged fraudulent deal in 1998 with the central bank (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas); charges filed 2008, cleared by Ombudsman 2010

Office of the Ombudsman

Filed: 2008-01-01

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Net Worth (SALN)

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👑Political Dynasty

Villar Family

Cynthia Villar1st Generation (Patriarch/Matriarch)

Political Dynasty

A political dynasty occurs when multiple members of the same family hold public office. The 1987 Philippine Constitution calls on Congress to prohibit political dynasties, but no law has been passed.

Husband

Manuel 'Manny' Villar Jr.

President of the Senate (2006–2008), Senate Minority Leader, Senator (2001–2013), Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2000), Representative for Las Piñas–Muntinlupa / Las Piñas at-large (1992–2001)

Son

Mark Aguilar Villar

Senator (2022–present), Secretary of Public Works and Highways (2016–2021), Representative for Las Piñas (2010–2016)

Daughter

Camille Aguilar Villar-Genuino

Senator (2025–present), Representative for Las Piñas at-large District (2019–2025), Deputy Speaker of the House (2021–2022, 2022–2025)

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