Wes Gatchalian

Gatchalian is a member of a political dynasty in the Philippines, being the brother of Senator Win Gatchalian and Representative Rex Gatchalian, the latter of whom was succeeded by Wes as mayor of Valenzuela in 2022.

Gatchalian was elected as the mayor of Valenzuela in the 2022 local elections, succeeding his brother Rex who had served since 2013. He was elected with 275,650 votes or 78.61% of the votes, defeating his sole opponent Bombit Bernardo who received 75,026 votes or 21.39% of the votes. In his campaign, he did not deny being part of a political dynasty, stating that there are good and bad political dynasties.

He took the oath of office on June 29, 2022 at WES Arena in Barangay Punturin, alongside his brother, Win, who was re-elected as senator. Among the attendees in his oath-taking were Vice Mayor Lorena Natividad-Borja, Representatives Rex Gatchalian and Eric Martinez, and Senator Imee Marcos. He is the member of his family to be the city's mayor, following his brothers Win and Rex.

One of his projects, the Wellness Entertain Sports (WES) Arena in Barangay Punturin, Valenzuela, was launched on October 7, 2021. Costing ₱310,000,000 with an area of 1.2 hectares (3.0 acres), it has various facilities like basketball court, badminton court, boxing ring, martial arts room, and dance studio. WES Arena is also one of venues of Bongbong Marcos 2022 presidential campaign.

On 18th Congress of the Philippines, Gatchalian was re-elected as representative of Valenzuela's first district for his second term as congressman. He is one of house deputy speakers of the Philippine House of Representatives since December 7, 2020.

On July 10, 2020, Gatchalian voted to reject the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN together with Valenzuela's 2nd district representative Eric Martinez and 68 other representatives.

The following are the bills enacted into law made by Hon. Weslie Gatchalian on 18th congress.

The following are the bills enacted into law made by Weslie Gatchalian on 17th congress.

In 2016 elections, Gatchalian was elected to his first term as Valenzuela's 1st district representative, succeeding his brother Win.

The following are the bills enacted into law made by Weslie Gatchalian on 16th congress.

He was elected representative for the Alay Buhay Partylist in 2013.

Gatchalian ran for representative of Valenzuela's 2nd district in 2007, losing to former Representative Magi Gunigundo.

Wes Gatchalian received a secondary diploma at Xavier High School (1999), took business administration at Bryant University (2000), BA Honours Degree/DipHE Business and operations management second class and second division degree at Oxford Brookes University (2003), master's degree at London Metropolitan University, and took an executive course on legislation at UP-NCPAG.

Weslie "Wes" Ting Gatchalian (born August 11, 1980) is a Filipino politician who has served as the 27th mayor of Valenzuela since 2022. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition, Gatchalian was first elected to public office in 2013, as the party-list representative of Alay Buhay Partylist, serving until 2016, where he was elected as the district representative for Valenzuela's 1st district. As a representative, Gatchalian served as House Deputy Speaker from 2020 to 2022.

Wes Gatchalian was born on August 11, 1980 to industrialist William Gatchalian and Dee Hua Ting. He is the youngest of four siblings, namely Sherwin, Kenneth, and Rexlon. The Gatchalian family identifies as Christian with Dee Hua being a pastor and chairman at their own church called Jesus our Life Ministries in Barangay Maysan, Valenzuela.