Sebastian Duterte

{{Short description|Mayor of Davao City (born 1987)}} {{Philippine name|Zimmerman|Duterte}} {{Use Philippine English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sebastian Duterte | caption = Duterte in 2026 | image = Sebastian "Baste" Z. Duterte (04-11-2026).jpg | office1 = Mayor of Davao City | order1 = 22nd | 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Vice Mayor}} | 1namedata1 = ''Himself'' Rigo Duterte | term_start1 = January 23, 2026{{efn|name=note|Sebastian Duterte acted as mayor from June 30, 2025 after Rodrigo Duterte's powers and duties as duly-elected mayor was suspended due to his inability to take the oath of office while currently detained at The Hague; Sebastian assumed office on January 23, 2026.}} | predecessor1 = Rodrigo Duterte | 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Vice Mayor}} | 1namedata2 = J. Melchor Quitain Jr. | term_start2 = June 30, 2022 | term_end2 = June 30, 2025 | predecessor2 = Sara Duterte | successor2 = Rodrigo Duterte | term_label3 = Acting | term_start3 = September 28, 2020 | term_end3 = October 5, 2020 | predecessor3 = Sara Duterte | successor3 = Sara Duterte | term_label4 = Acting | term_start4 = July 19, 2019 | term_end4 = September 17, 2019 | predecessor4 = Sara Duterte | successor4 = Sara Duterte | office5 = 13th Vice Mayor of Davao City | 1blankname5 = {{nowrap|Mayor}} | 1namedata5 = Rodrigo Duterte{{efn|name=note}} | term_start5 = June 30, 2025 | term_end5 = January 23, 2026 | predecessor5 = J. Melchor Quitain Jr. | successor5 = Rigo Duterte | 1blankname6 = {{nowrap|Mayor}} | 1namedata6 = Sara Duterte | term_start6 = June 30, 2019 | term_end6 = June 30, 2022 | predecessor6 = Bernard Al-ag (acting) | successor6 = J. Melchor Quitain Jr. {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Party positions}} | office7 = President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino | status7 = | term_start7 = June 16, 2025{{Efn|Acting until April 11, 2026}} | term_end7 = | predecessor7 = Robin Padilla | office8 = Executive Vice President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino | term_start8 = September 5, 2024 | term_end8 = April 11, 2026 | predecessor8 = Robin Padilla | successor8 = Vacant {{Collapsed infobox section end}} | birth_name = Sebastian Zimmerman Duterte | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|3}} | birth_place = Davao City, Philippines | party = PDP (2024–present) HTL (local party; 2024–present) | other_party = HNP (2018–2024) | partner = Kate Necesario<ref>{{cite news|last=Colina IV|first=Antonio L.|title=Davao City Mayor-elect Baste Duterte takes oath|url=https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2022/06/davao-city-mayor-elect-baste-duterte-takes-oath/|access-date=April 21, 2026|work=MindaNews|publisher=Mindanao Institute of Journalism|date=June 27, 2022|location=Davao City}}</ref> | relations = Duterte family | relatives = Paolo Duterte (brother) Sara Duterte (sister) Kitty Duterte (half-sister) Omar Duterte (nephew) Rigo Duterte (nephew) | children = 3 | father = Rodrigo Duterte | mother = Elizabeth Zimmerman | education = Ateneo de Davao University (BA) | alma_mater =  | website = | occupation = {{Hlist|Politician|businessman|television host}} }}

'''Sebastian''' "'''Baste'''" '''Zimmerman Duterte''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|t|ɜːr|t|eɪ}}, {{IPA|tl|dʊˈtɛɾtɛ|}}; born November 3, 1987) is a Filipino businessman and politician who has served as the 22nd mayor of Davao City since 2022. Following the 2025 elections, which he initially won as vice mayor, he served as acting mayor until officially assuming the post permanently in 2026. He previously served as the vice mayor of Davao City from 2019 to 2022.

The youngest son of the 16th president and former Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his former wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, Duterte had initially expressed no interest in politics prior to his father becoming president in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Heather|title=Sebastian 'Baste' Duterte: The rebel surfer son of a president|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39060815|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=BBC News|date=May 20, 2017|quote='My youngest son is a jerk. He's not been going home to his house anymore,' Mr Duterte said in a mixture of Tagalog, English and the Visayan dialect in his speech on Thursday.}}</ref> He later entered politics in 2019, having run for vice mayor unopposed. After his sister Sara, then the mayor of Davao, ran for vice president, he substituted for her in that year's election, winning in a landslide. After his father sought a return to the city's mayoralty, he ran as his running mate and won. Due to the continued detention of his father at The Hague and subsequent inability to take the oath of office, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) designated him as acting mayor. On January 23, 2026, Duterte officially became the permanent mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rita |first=Joviland |date=2025-07-01 |title=DILG: Baste Duterte is acting Davao City mayor |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/951117/baste-duterte-acting-davao-mayor/story/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sampang |first=Dianne |date=2025-06-30 |title=Baste Duterte to serve as acting Davao City mayor – Comelec chief |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2076737/baste-duterte-to-serve-as-acting-davao-city-mayor-comelec-chief |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name="jan23">{{Cite news |last=Badilla |first=Joselle |date=January 2026|title=Baste Duterte takes oath as Davao City mayor |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2172412/baste-duterte-takes-oath-as-davao-city-mayor/ |access-date=2026-01-23 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>

In mid-2025, Duterte became the acting president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino party, succeeding Senator Robin Padilla, and was later appointed to the position in April 2026.<ref>{{cite news|last=Badilla|first=Joselle R.|title=Baste Duterte takes helm of PDP amid sis Sara’s 2028 presidential bid|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2211072/baste-duterte-takes-helm-of-pdp-amid-sis-saras-2028-presidential-bid|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Inquirer.net|date=April 13, 2026|location=Davao City, Philippines}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Duterte was born on November 3, 1987, in Davao City. He is the youngest son of 16th President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Elizabeth Zimmerman, a Filipina flight-attendant of Filipino and German American descent. His brother, Paolo, is the incumbent representative of Davao City's first district, and his sister Sara is incumbent vice president.<ref name="nepot">{{cite news |date=May 14, 2019 |title=#HalalanResults: Duterte siblings sweep Davao City poll races |work=ABS-CBN News |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/05/14/19/halalanresults-duterte-siblings-sweep-davao-city-poll-races |access-date=February 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Sara: Incoming vice mayor Baste is ready |url=https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2019/06/sara-incoming-vice-mayor-baste-is-ready/ |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=MindaNews}}</ref>

Duterte obtained his high school diploma at San Beda College in Manila. He took up legal management at the same college for a year before moving back to Davao, where he took up political science at Ateneo de Davao University.<ref>{{Cite web | title=What's Duterte like as a father? Baste recalls| url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/07/19/16/whats-duterte-like-as-a-father-baste-recalls| work=ABS-CBN News| date=July 19, 2016| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref>

He was initially offered by his father to run for Davao City councilor in 2013 and representative in 2016, but he declined.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Political career== ===Vice Mayor of Davao City (2019–2022)=== [[File:Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Sebastian Duterte during the 2022 HNP-HTL in Davao City (1).jpg|thumb|left|Sebastian Duterte (right) with his father President Rodrigo Duterte (left) during Miting de Avance on May 6, 2022.]] In 2019, Duterte ran unopposed for vice mayor of Davao City with his sister and incumbent mayor, Sara, as his running mate under the Hugpong ng Pagbabago ticket.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Sebastian Duterte running for Davao City vice mayor| url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/214517-sebastian-baste-duterte-files-certificate-candidacy-davao-vice-mayor/| work=Rappler| date=October 17, 2018| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=With Baste in, 3 Duterte children seeking Davao posts| url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1044256/with-baste-in-3-duterte-children-seeking-davao-posts| newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer| date=October 17, 2018| access-date=October 18, 2018}}</ref> The siblings won the election.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Victory for all 3 Duterte children in Davao City| url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/230511-davao-city-results-victory-for-all-dutertes/| work=Rappler| date=May 13, 2019| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> He has been appointed "acting mayor" of the city twice: from July 19 to September 17, 2019; and from September 28 to October 5, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Baste now acting mayor of Davao City| url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/230511-davao-city-results-victory-for-all-dutertes/| work=Manila Bulletin|date=July 22, 2019| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Baste Duterte acting mayor for 1 week| url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1871435/Davao/Local-News/Baste-Duterte-acting-mayor-for-1-week|work=SunStarDavao| date=September 25, 2020| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref>

===Mayor of Davao City (2022–present)=== thumb|left|Sebastian Duterte (right) after he sworn as mayor of Davao City on June 27, 2022. On November 9, 2021, Duterte decided to withdraw his re-election bid for vice mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sara Duterte withdraws from Davao mayoralty race; Bong Go hints at changes in his VP bid|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/11/9/Sebastian-Baste-Duterte-withdraw-Davao-Vice-Mayor.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109043122/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/11/9/Sebastian-Baste-Duterte-withdraw-Davao-Vice-Mayor.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2021|date=November 9, 2021|first=Lara|last=Tan|access-date=November 10, 2021|website=cnn|language=en}}</ref> He named J. Melchor "Jay" Quitain Jr., Davao City's first district councilor and son of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Jesus Melchor Quitain, as his substitute.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vice Mayor Baste Duterte drops reelection bid, runs for mayor|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/baste-duterte-backs-out-vice-mayoralty-race-davao-city-2022-polls/|access-date=January 1, 2022|date=November 9, 2021|work=Rappler|first=Bea|last=Cupin}}</ref> He then ran for mayor as a substitute to his sister Sara,<ref>{{Cite web|first=Antonio IV|last=Colina |date=November 9, 2021|title=Sara Duterte withdraws from mayoralty race; brother Baste is substitute for mayor|url=https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2021/11/sara-duterte-withdraws-from-mayoralty-race-brother-baste-is-substitute-for-mayor/|access-date=November 10, 2021|work=MindaNews|language=en-US}}</ref> who would later run for vice president.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sara Duterte scraps reelection bid for vice-presidential run|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/11/13/2131473/sara-duterte-scraps-reelection-bid-vice-presidential-run|access-date=November 13, 2021|work=The Philippine Star}}</ref> He later won in a landslide victory and assumed office on June 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/13/baste-pulong-win-by-landslide-in-davao-city/|title=DBaste, Pulong win by landslide in Davao City|first=Ivy|last=Tejano|access-date=July 3, 2022|date=May 13, 2022|work=Manila Bulletin}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/06/28/2191346/duterte-family-attend-mayor-bastes-oath-taking|title=Duterte, family attend Mayor Baste's oath-taking|first=Edith|last=Regalado|access-date=July 3, 2022|date=June 28, 2022|work=The Philippine Star}}</ref>

During his tenure as mayor of Davao City, Duterte oversaw efforts to advance digitalization, economic development, and community engagement. In March 2023, he was appointed by President Bongbong Marcos as Davao Region chairman of the Peace and Order Council (RPOC) under the Department of the Interior and Local Government.<ref>{{cite news|last=Manahan|first=Job|title=Baste Duterte, Magalong appointed heads of regional peace councils|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/03/14/23/baste-duterte-magalong-named-heads-of-regional-peace-councils|access-date=April 20, 2026|work=ABS-CBN News|date=March 14, 2023|location=Manila}}</ref> His administration introduced the electronic business one stop shop (e-BOSS) to streamline business permits and attracted over {{Philippine peso|1 billion|link=yes}} in investments in 2023. Tourism also increased, with 1.3 million arrivals. Key infrastructure projects, including the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project and a new Waste-to-Energy Plant, were initiated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mindanaotimes.com.ph/mayor-baste-highlights-achievements-in-2nd-soca/|title=Mayor Baste highlights achievements in 2nd SOCA|first=Nova Mae|last=Francas|date=August 7, 2024|accessdate=October 19, 2024|work=Mindanao Times}}</ref>

Duterte was also involved in the Marcos–Duterte rift during the 2024 constitutional reform attempts in the Philippines. On January 28, 2024, he attended the ''Hakbang ng Maisug'' prayer rally held in Davao City with his father Rodrigo and sister Sara, which opposed the Marcos administration's Bagong Pilipinas rally in Manila and supported constitutional reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Leon |first=Dwight |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Uniteam divided: The politicians in opposing Sunday rallies in Manila and Davao |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/explainers/politicians-crossovers-opposing-rallies-manila-davao-marcos-duterte-january-2024/ |access-date=October 19, 2024 |work=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref> During a political forum on the same day, he asked President Bongbong Marcos to resign, accusing him of laziness and incompetence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavilan |first=Jodesz |date=January 28, 2024 |title=Baste Duterte to Marcos: Resign if you can't make love of country a priority |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/baste-duterte-to-marcos-resign-if-you-cant-make-love-of-country-a-priority/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |work=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref> Although Senator Imee Marcos stated that Duterte later apologized, he clarified that his apology was directed only at the senator "out of pity" and demanded she stop "using him" for political statements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cayabyab |first=Marc Jayson |title=Baste apologizes for resignation call |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/01/31/2329800/baste-apologizes-resignation-call |access-date=February 3, 2024 |work=The Philippine Star}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Legaspi |first=Zeus |date=February 4, 2024 |title=Baste Duterte clarifies 'apology' to Imee Marcos: It was simply out of pity |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1898958/baste-to-imee-on-saying-sorry |access-date=February 6, 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Jom |date=February 4, 2024 |title='We talked, it is okay now' Imee says after Baste's post |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/02/04/we-talked-it-is-okay-now-imee-says-after-bastes-post |access-date=February 6, 2024 |work=Daily Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

On September 5, 2024, Duterte joined Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), the party chaired by his father Rodrigo Duterte, as its new member and executive vice chairperson.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/919483/baste-duterte-joins-pdp/story/|title=Baste Duterte joins PDP|first=Vince|last=Ferreras|work=GMA Integrated News|date=September 5, 2024|accessdate=September 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/09/07/2383346/baste-joins-pdp-laban-run-senate|title=Baste joins PDP-Laban, to run for Senate?|first1=Edith R.|last1=Regalado|first2=Diana Lhyd|last2=Suelto|work=The Philippine Star|date=September 7, 2024|accessdate=October 19, 2024}}</ref> It was later announced that he would run for vice mayor once again in 2025, this time as the running mate of his father, who would run for mayor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/5/former-president-duterte-to-run-for-davao-city-mayor-anew-2223|title=Former president Duterte to run for Davao City mayor anew|date=October 5, 2024|access-date=October 7, 2024|publisher=ABS-CBN News}}</ref> Following the arrest of his father in March 2025, Duterte condemned the action as a political maneuver by the Marcos administration and even filed a petition with the Supreme Court alongside his siblings to seek the immediate release of their father, arguing the detention violated national sovereignty and due process.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/269940/duterte-kin-press-habeas-petition-cite-osg-recusal|title=Duterte kin press habeas petition, cite OSG recusal|first=Jane|last=Bautista|website=INQUIRER.net|date=March 26, 2025|accessdate=April 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/268137/baste-duterte-blasts-marcos-for-arrest-of-father-by-icc|title=Baste Duterte to Marcos: You will never be loved|first=Luisa|last=Cabato|website=INQUIRER.net|date=March 16, 2025|accessdate=April 5, 2025}}</ref>

Duterte was elected vice mayor in 2025. However, from the start of his term on June 30, 2025, he would serve as acting mayor while his father, Rodrigo Duterte, was yet to take his oath of office as the duly elected city mayor due to his detention at The Hague, Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/951011/baste-duterte-to-serve-as-acting-davao-city-mayor-comelec/story/|title=Baste Duterte to serve as acting Davao City mayor —Comelec|first=Sundy|last=Locus|date=June 30, 2025|accessdate=June 30, 2025|publisher=GMA Integrated News}}</ref> In turn, his nephew, 1st district councilor Rodrigo "Rigo" Duterte II, would serve as the acting vice mayor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/07/02/2454795/duterte-grandson-davao-acting-vice-mayor|title=Duterte grandson is Davao acting vice mayor|first1=Emmanuel|last=Tupas|first2=Diana Lhyd|last2=Suelto|work=The Philippine Star|date=July 2, 2025|accessdate=July 3, 2025}}</ref>

On July 20, 2025, Duterte on his ''Basta Dabawenyo'' podcast challenged Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Nicolas Torre III, whom he feuded with in 2024<ref>{{cite news|last=Tupas|first=Emmanuel|title=Baste's tirades vs Davao City top cop anger PNPA graduates|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/12/2377213/bastes-tirades-vs-davao-city-top-cop-anger-pnpa-graduates |access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Philstar.com|date=August 12, 2024|location=Manila, Philippines}}</ref> and who lead the operation that arrested his father Rodrigo, to a fistfight after calling his three-minute response policy an opportunity for police "harassment" in the city, with him calling Torre a "coward" and accusing him of kidnapping his father Rodrigo Duterte.<ref>{{Cite AV media|author=CM Baste Duterte|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQLRFzdqarg&t=4155s|title=Basta Dabawenyo Season Premiere|date=July 20, 2025|website=YouTube|publisher=Google LLC|access-date=August 6, 2025|language=Filipino, Cebuano, English|time=1:09:15|quote=Sanay na kami sa iyo [Torre]. Kinidnap mo nga yung tatay [Rodrigo Duterte] ko, eh.[...] Kasi matapang ka lang naman... you have the position, eh. Pero gusto mo suntukan tayo? Alam ko naman kaya kita, kung gano'n lang. Pero, you're a coward. You are nothing without your position, sa totoo lang.}}</ref><ref name="dutertevstorre">{{cite news|last=Sigales|first=Jason|date=July 23, 2025|title=Baste Duterte dares PNP chief to a fistfight; Torre accepts the challenge|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2086012/baste-duterte-dares-pnp-chief-to-a-fistfight-torre-accepts-the-challenge|accessdate=July 26, 2025|website=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> Upon learning about the dare on July 23, Torre immediately accepted Duterte's challenge as an opportunity to hold a charity boxing match to raise funds for victims of recent floods.<ref>{{cite news|author=UNTV News and Rescue|title=Hamong suntukan ni VM Baste Duterte, tinanggap ni PNP chief; boxing for a cause, okay kay Gen. Torre|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxiWtzeS_iM|access-date=August 6, 2025|work=YouTube|publisher=Google LLC|date=July 23, 2025|language=Filipino|trans-title=VM Baste Duterte's fistfight dare accepted by PNP Chief; boxing for a cause OK for Torre}}</ref><ref name="dutertevstorre"/> Torre confirmed that a charity boxing match would take place on July 27 at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, but Duterte attempted to set conditions that Torre must persuade President Bongbong Marcos to mandate hair follicle drug tests for all elected officials before Duterte could participate.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/07/24/2460434/torre-confirms-boxing-match-baste-duterte-mayor-sets-conditions|title=Torre confirms boxing match with Baste Duterte, but mayor sets conditions|first=Ian|last=Laqui|date=July 24, 2025|accessdate=July 26, 2025|website=Philstar.com}}</ref> However, Duterte departed for Singapore on July 25 for a personal trip until July 29, stating it was long planned before the match and his travel clearance was approved by DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla on July 20.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2087154/fight-or-flight-response-baste-duterte-goes-to-singapore|title=Fight or flight response? Baste Duterte goes to Singapore|first1= Germelina|last1=Lacorte|first2=Zacarian|last2=Sarao|website=Inquirer.net|date= July 25, 2025|accessdate= July 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://balita.mb.com.ph/2025/07/27/congrats-diwata-torre-baste-pinagduldulan-travel-authority-form-kay-torre/|title='Congrats Diwata Torre!' Baste, pinagduldulan travel authority form kay Torre|first1=Richard|last1=De Leon|publisher=BALITA National|language=Filipino|date=July 27, 2025|accessdate=July 27, 2025}}{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> On July 27, Torre was declared the winner by default in the match after Duterte failed to show up.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Argosino |first=Faith |date=2025-07-27 |title=Gen. Torre wins by default in boxing match with Baste Duterte |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2087701/gen-torre-wins-by-default-in-boxing-match-with-baste-duterte |access-date=2025-07-27 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref>

thumb|Duterte (right) take his oath officially as Mayor of Davao City on January 23, 2026. On January 23, 2026, Duterte was sworn in as the permanent mayor of Davao City, following his father Rodrigo's failure to take the oath of office within the six-month prescribed period due to his detention at The Hague. By law of succession, the vice mayoralty was also declared vacant and subsequently filled by his nephew, Rigo.<ref name="jan23" /> On the evening of April 11, 2026, Duterte was appointed the official party president of the PDP during its national council meeting in Santa Mesa, Manila, and a day later became the head of the Reform Alliance for Good Governance and Accountability (RAGE) coalition newly launched by the PDP.<ref>{{cite news|last=Regalado|first=Edith|title=Baste Duterte New PDP-Laban President|url=https://www.onenews.ph/articles/baste-duterte-new-pdp-laban-president|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=OneNews.PH|date=April 13, 2026|location=Davao City}}</ref> He succeeds Senator Robin Padilla, who had initially announced Duterte's official appointment as PDP president on Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ager|first=Maila|date=April 11, 2026|title=No more acting role: Baste Duterte is new PDP Laban president|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2210721/no-more-acting-role-baste-duterte-is-new-pdp-laban-president|access-date=April 15, 2026|website=INQUIRER.net|language=en|quote=But in a Facebook post on Saturday night [April 11] or 10 months after, [Robin] Padilla announced that the mayor [Sebastian Duterte] would officially take the party’s [PDP] presidency.}}</ref>

==Personal life== thumb|Sebastian Duterte (first to the left) with his family in 2018 Duterte is a surfer and often posts images of himself surfing.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Baste Duterte joins showbiz, stars in TV reality show| url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/225488/baste-duterte-joins-showbiz-stars-tv-reality-show| newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer| date=May 11, 2017| access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> He launched his own reality travel show ''Lakbai'' on TV5 in 2017, and has hosted the podcast called ''Basta Dabawenyo'' since its launch in 2024.<ref name="dutertevstorre" /><ref>{{YouTube|channel=CMBasteDuterte}}</ref> Prior to 2016, Duterte formed a metal band in which he served as the vocalist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tuazon|first=Nikko|title=6 times Baste Duterte rocked on stage|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/108841/6-times-baste-duterte-rocked-on-stage|access-date=April 20, 2026|work=PEP.ph|date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>

Duterte, although unmarried,<ref name="coc2025">{{cite web|title=DUTERTE, SEBASTIAN Z.|url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2025NLE/COC_2025NLE/COC_Local/COC_Local_R11/DAVAO_DEL_SUR/DAVAO_CITY/C_VMAYOR_DUTERTE_SEBASTIAN_Z.pdf|accessdate=July 26, 2025|website=Commission on Elections}}</ref> has three children, two of whom, Yair (born 2014) and one other child, are with model Darrela Kate Necesario, his long-time live-in partner.<ref>{{cite news|title=Darrela Kate Necessario looks back on her Miss Earth journey|url=https://mindanao.politiko.com.ph/darrela-kate-necessario-looks-back-on-her-miss-earth-journey/|access-date=April 21, 2026|work=Politiko Mindanao|date=December 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Baste Duterte's girlfriend, Kate Necesario|url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/home/33513/meet-kate-necesario-the-mom-of-baste-dutertes-kid|work=Philippine Entertainment Portal|date=June 15, 2016|access-date=February 28, 2021}}</ref> His eldest child, Yulia Africa ("Bella", born 2010), was born to Vanessa L. Basilio, an overseas Filipino worker.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tenorio|first=Bum|title=Into the heart & soul of Baste Duterte|url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/allure/2016/07/17/1603510/heart-soul-baste-duterte|access-date=April 20, 2026|work=Philstar.com|date=July 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kate Necessario shares throwback: Is it Yair Duterte or daddy Baste?|url=https://mindanao.politiko.com.ph/kate-necessario-shares-throwback-is-it-yair-duterte-or-daddy-baste/|access-date=April 21, 2026|work=Politiko Mindanao|date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Baste Duterte poses with his kids, pretty ex Vanessa Basilio|url=https://mindanao.politiko.com.ph/baste-duterte-poses-with-his-kids-pretty-ex-vanessa-basilio/|access-date=April 21, 2026|work=Politiko Mindanao|date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Tordesillas|first=Ellen|title=Trillanes to Duterte: sign waiver of bank secrecy law addressed to BPI - Bank Accounts(3)|url=https://www.ellentordesillas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Bank-Accounts3.pdf|website=Ellen Tordesillas|access-date=April 21, 2026|date=February 19, 2017|quote=Sebastian Z Duterte(A), Yulia Africa B Duterte(A)}}</ref> He was also involved in a months-long relationship with actress Ellen Adarna in the latter-half of 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nawal|first=Allan|title=Duterte annoyed with youngest son Baste for not seeing kids|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/867752/duterte-annoyed-with-youngest-son-baste-for-not-seeing-kids|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Inquirer.net|date=February 2, 2017|location=Davao City}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cruz|first=Marinel R.|title=Ellen Adarna on 'breakup' with Baste Duterte: No bad blood between us|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/214324/ellen-adarna-breakup-baste-duterte-no-bad-blood-us|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Inquirer.net|date=February 4, 2017|quote=The sexy actress admitted to have gone out with Baste for 'roughly six or seven months.' Ellen, however, refused to elaborate on why they have decided to call it quits.}}</ref>

Duterte's habit of being absent from his family was criticized by his father, who called him "tarantado" ({{translation|good-for-nothing; jerk}}) during a public speech in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|author=ANC|title=ANC Live:Duterte scoffs at Baste's relationship with Ellen Adarna|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhG-6aJBxRo|website=YouTube|access-date=April 15, 2026|language=Filipino, Cebuano|date=February 2, 2017|quote=Nung naghiwalay kami ng asawa ko [Elizabeth Zimmerman], ang isang bunso... Isa pa ring tarantado. 'Di umuuwi ng bahay.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Heather|title=Incredulity at Duterte speech to lambast 'lover boy' son|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38890121|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=BBC News|date=February 7, 2017|quote='My youngest son is a jerk. He's not been going home to his house anymore,' Mr Duterte said in a mixture of Tagalog, English and the Visayan dialect in his speech on Thursday.}}</ref> According to Ramil Madriaga, a former aide to both President Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte,<ref>{{cite news|last=Reyes|first=Dempsey|title=Sara Duterte's ex-aide tells graft body about 'cash deliveries'|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2155745/saras-ex-aide-tells-graft-body-about-cash-deliveries|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Inquirer.net|date=December 17, 2025|location=Manila, Philippines}}</ref> Sebastian was described by his father as "bading" ({{literal translation|gay}}).<ref>{{cite news|last=Lalu|first=Gabriel Pabico|title=Madriaga details Duterte ties: Digong wanted Sara, not Pulong or Baste|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2211943/fwd-madriaga-details-duterte-ties-digong-wanted-sara-not-pulong-or-baste|access-date=April 15, 2026|work=Inquirer.net|date=April 14, 2016|location=Manila, Philippines}}</ref>

==Electoral history== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |+ Electoral history of Sebastian Duterte ! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Year ! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Office ! colspan="4" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Party ! colspan="4" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Votes received ! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Result |- ! colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Local ! colspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | National ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | Total ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | % ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | {{abbr|2=Position|P}}. ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | Swing |- ! 2019 |rowspan="2"| Vice Mayor of Davao City |style="background:{{party color|Hugpong ng Pagbabago}};" | | HNP |colspan="2" {{n/a}} | 557,277 | {{n/a}} | 1st | {{n/a}} | {{Won|Unopposed}} |- ! 2025 |style="background:{{party color|Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod}};" | | HTL |style="background:{{party color|Partido Demokratiko Pilipino}};" | | PDP | 651,356 | 88.33% | 1st | {{n/a}} | {{Won}} |- ! 2022 | Mayor of Davao City |style="background:{{party color|Hugpong ng Pagbabago}};" | | HNP |colspan="2" {{n/a}} | 621,766 | 89.30% | 1st | {{n/a}} | {{Won}} |}

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{{s-bef|before= J. Melchor Quitain Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Vice Mayor of Davao City|years=2025–present}} {{s-aft|after=Rigo Duterte|as= Acting Vice Mayor of Davao City}}

{{s-bef|before=Rodrigo Duterte}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Davao City {{small|Acting}}|years=2025–present}} {{s-inc}}

{{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Robin Padilla}} {{s-ttl|title=President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino {{small|Acting}}|years=2025–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}

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