Jesse Manalastas Robredo is the current Secretary of the Interior and Local Government of the Philippines. Robredo is a member of the Liberal Party.

On July 9, 2010, President Benigno Aquino III named Robredo as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government. Robredo was formerly the Mayor of Naga City in Bicol. Robredo is the first Filipino Mayor to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2000. Read the rest of this entry »