Maria Rachel Arenas
Filipina businesswoman and politician
Maria Rachel "Baby" Jimenez Arenas is a Filipina businesswoman and politician currently serving as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2026. She also serves as a member of the House of Representatives for Pangasinan's 3rd district since 2022, after serving two terms from 2007 to 2013. She previously served as chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) from 2017 to 2021. She was the first woman Representative of Pangasinan, followed subsequently by her mother, the noted Manila socialite and philanthropist Rose Marie J. Arenas. Her chairmanship of the board was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on January 20, 2017. She also currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Philippine Red Cross.
Early life
Arenas was born Maria Rachel Jimenez Arenas in Makati to parents Rose Marie Arenas and Ramon Arenas, a Makati businessman with ties to the shipping industry. Her maternal grandparents were Alfredo Jimenez, an accountant at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR); and Remedios Bosch, an opera singer and a music professor at the University of the East (UE). While her grandmother on her father's side was Doña Julieta Hofileña Lopez, of the affluent Lopez clan in Iloilo.
Prior to her election to Congress, she worked under two Presidential administrations; from 1992 to 1998 under President Fidel V. Ramos and from 1998 to 2001, with President Joseph Estrada (1998-2001).
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