Professional Experience

• House of Representatives

  2010–Present House of Representatives

• Province of Ifugao

  2001–2010 Governor

• Municipality of Kiangan, Ifugao

  1995–2000 Mayor

• Municipality of Kiangan, Ifugao

  1992–1995 Municipal Councilor

• House of Representatives Committee Leadership 15th Congress: Committee on National Cultural Communities

  Chairman

• House of Representatives Committee Leadership 16th Congress: Committee Peace, Reconciliation & Unity

  Vice Chairman

• House of Representatives Committee Leadership 16th Congress: Committee on National Cultural Communities

  Vice Chairman

• "House of Representatives Committee Leadership 16th Congress: Congressional Oversight Committee on Agrarian Reform"

  Chairman

• Kaya Natin! Movement for Good Governance

  Board Member

• "Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)"

  Vice Chairman for Luzon

• Asian Forum of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (AFPPD)

  Vice Chairman

• ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)

  Board Member

• "Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD)"

  Chairperson

• Indigenous Peoples' Academy

  Trainor

Significant Works/Projects

• Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement

  2004-2007 President

  Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement is an NGO handling development programs on natural resources, indigenous knowledge, renew-able energy, organic agriculture and other programs in Ifugao

• Convenor, SOLIDARIDAD

  2005 Founding Member and Organizer

  SOLIDARIDAD is a media group that is devoted to facilitating the promotion of positive developmental news coming from the grassroots particularly NGOs, People’s Organizations, corporate foundations, LGUs, and socio-civic organizations.

• LEAD evaluation team

  2005 LGU Specialist

  Joined the mid-term evaluation and analyzed gaps in USAID’s LEAD health project on the weaknesses of the project in engaging LGUs to strengthen health financing and policymaking

• GTZ

  2005 Media Consultant

  Provided technical advice in public relations campaign for GTZ, helped prepare press releases, refines information materials, design communication plan and helped implement such including organizing media events for the GTZ Programme activities.

• House of Representatives

  2010-Present House of Representatives

  Helped legislated a significant number of laws, focusing on his public health advocacy and support for the Indigenous Peoples (IP), such as IP Day Non-Working Holiday Act and Mental Health Act.

• Culture and Indigenous Peoples (IP)

  • Strengthen values education
  • Protect and recognize Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs)
  • Establish ICCAs as no-go zones for mining
  • Community-based stewardship of mineral resources
  • Promote Original Pilipino Music
  • Institute protective measures for Filipino musicians

• Environment

  • Promote green jobs
  • Encourage switch to renewable energy sources and technologies
  • Revoke erroneous titles, permits, and other grants within critical habitats, critical watershed areas, protected areas, important biodiversity areas and key biodiversity areas
  • Formulate national forestry master plan
  • Create municipal forestry board
  • Prescribe community-based forest management strategy
  • Set minimum conditions for production sharing and joint venture agreements for forest resources
  • Eliminate single-use plastics
  • Protect and recognize ICCAs
  • Establish ICCAs as no-go zones for mining

• Justice

  • Freedom of Information law
  • Mandatory disclosure of SALN of highest public officials
  • Integrate freedom of information and good governance in school curricula
  • Complete the land acquisition and distribution component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
  • Include human rights education in school curricula
  • Provide social protection for fisherfolk such as health insurance, housing assistance and legal aid
  • Reverse export-orientation of mining

Agriculture

Infrastructure

Environment

Family and Women's Rights

Labor/Worker's Rights

Global Politics

Previous Administration

• Inquirer | Dec. 30, 2020

  Duterte’s naming lawmakers in graft probe hit as ‘diversionary tactic’

  Progressive groups and former Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Baguilat Jr. on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte was using a “diversionary tactic” when he named several alleged corrupt lawmakers to distract the public’s attention from the use of an unauthorized vaccine on some soldiers.

• ABS-CBN News | Aug. 21, 2018

  Baguilat wins graft cases after prosecution fails to file final appeals

  Ifugao Rep. Teodoro Baguilat, Jr. is finally off the hook from his two graft cases at the Sandiganbayan after government prosecutors failed to file petitions for certiorari questioning the dismissal of the cases stemming from the purchase of a government vehicle in 2003.