Baguilat, Teodoro Jr. "Teddy"

Teodoro “Teddy” Brawner Baguilat Jr. (born on July 30, 1966, in Manila) is a politician, journalist, activist, and advocate of indigenous people’s rights. He served as a representative of the lone district of Ifugao from 2010 to 2019.

Prior to his stint in Congress, he was Ifugao governor from 2001 to 2004, and from 2007 to 2010 in his second term. He was mayor of Kiangan town from 1995 until 2001.

Baguilat was elected as president of the Global Consortium for Indigenous Conserved Communities Areas (ICCA Consortium), an advisory body to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in 2018.