Henry Duenas, Jr.

Henry Dueñas Jr. is a Filipino politician. He served member of Philippine House of Representatives representing the District of Taguig City from 2007 to his replacement by Angelito Reyes on February 28, 2010. He is also a Vice Chairman of Public Order and Safety.

Prior to his elections in the Congress, he served as a councilor for the 2nd District Councilor of Taguig City from 1998-2007.

When the Lone district of Taguig was divided into 2 separate districts, He ran for the second congressional District of Taguig and was allied with Taguig Mayor Sigfrido Tiñga. On the 2007 midterm elections, Duenas won the congress seat for Taguig but he and Angelito “Jett” P. Reyes, son of then-Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes were rival candidates for the position of congressman in the 2nd legislative district of Taguig City in the May 14, 2007 synchronized national and local elections. After the canvass of the votes, Duenas was proclaimed the winner, having garnered 28,564 votes as opposed to private respondent’s 27,107 votes. Not conceding defeat, Reyes filed an election protest, praying for a revision/recount, alleging that he was cheated in the protested 170 of 732 precincts through insidious and well-orchestrated electoral frauds and anomalies which resulted in the systematic reduction of his votes and the corresponding increase in petitioner’s votes. Duenas has been replaced by Reyes on February 28, 2010.

As a member of the House of Representatives, Dueñas proposed and authored the following bills:

• House Bill No. 2425, creating three branches of Metropolitan Trial Court of the National Capital Region for Taguig City.
• House Bill No. 4994, creating seven branches of Regional Trial Court for Taguig City.
• House Bill No. 5854, creating three additional branches of Metropolitan Trial Court of the NCR to be stationed at Taguig City.
• House Bill No. 6406, excluding certain parcels of land of the public domain in Western Bicutan.
• House Bill No. 6445, creating seven branches of the Regional Trial Court for Taguig City.

Duenas (Lakas Kampi CMD) and Reyes (Lingkod Taguig) were slated to face rivalry again in the 2010 election as the former withdrew from the race to support outgoing Mayor Tinga's candidacy for the same position.