Vico Sotto is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 17, 1989 in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. The parents of his son include His parents are Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes. and Coney Reyes.
Sotto was born on June 17, 1989 to actor-comedian-host Vic Sotto and actress Coney Reyes. As the son of two celebrities strongly associated with the noontime variety show Eat Bulaga!, the public expected that Sotto would make regular appearances on the show. However, he was a shy child who often refused to go onstage; eventually his parents stopped asking him. Sotto attended Brent International School for most of his grade school and high school. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. Sotto would eventually pursue a career in politics, furthering his mastery by pursuing a post-graduate degree in public administration at the Ateneo School of Government, where he graduated in 2018.
Victor María Regis “Vico” Nubla Sotto (born June 17, 1989) is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent Mayor of Pasig, Philippines. Sotto first entered politics when he ran for a seat on the Pasig City Council in 2016. He won the election as an independent, and served a term in the city council. He joined the Aksyon Demokratiko party and ran for Mayor of Pasig in 2019, taking up a platform of public consultation, data-driven governance, universal health care in Pasig, prioritizing housing programs, easier access to education, and cracking down on corruption. He won the 2019 election to earn a three-year mayoral term.
His great-grandfather was former senator Vincente Yap Sotto.
He made his debut in politics in 2016, when he ran as a City Councilor for the town of Pasig.
Sotto received favorable press coverage when he issued a policy statement against the proliferation of political propaganda signages, even before his inauguration. A supporter had taken the occasion of Sotto’s 30th Birthday on July 17 to post a tarpaulin greeting the Mayor-elect on his birthday. A few days later, Sotto went on Twitter to request that the tarpaulin be removed, and asserting that such politically-oriented signage bearing his image would be discouraged during his term.
