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Monique Yazmin Maria "Nik" Quirino Lagdameo (born July 25, 1975) is a Filipino politician who is the Vice Mayor of Makati since 2016. She formerly served in the Congress as Representative of Makati's 1st District from 2010 to 2016.
Early life
Lagdameo was born on July 25, 1975 to Militza Quirino and Enrique Lagdameo. She is the great-granddaughter of former President Elpidio Quirino. She graduated Bachelor of Science in Commerce (Legal Management) from De La Salle University in 1995.
Political Life
In 2010, she was elected Representative of Makati's 1st District succeeding longtime journalist Teodoro Locsin Jr. under PDP-Laban then United Nationalist Alliance in 2013.
In the wake of Junjun Binay's ouster as Makati Mayor by the Ombudsman of the Philippines in 2015, Lagdameo announced her candidcacy as Vice Mayor of Makati running with fellow Cong. Abigail Binay as Mayor of the city competing with Kid Pena and Karla Mercado.
On May 9, 2016, Lagdameo alongside Abigail Binay, won the vice-mayoral and mayoral elections, respectively. Took their oath of office on June 27, 2016. Nik's 1st day as Vice Mayor of Makati began three days later on June 30.
As a result, Binay-Lagdameo tandem became the first female duo to head as Mayor and Vice Mayor respectively.