Mary Mitzi Cajayon | |
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 Official portrait, 19th Congress | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Caloocan's 2nd District | |
| In office June 30, 2022 –June 30, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Edgar Erice |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Erice |
| In office June 30,2007 –June 30,2013 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Asistio |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Erice |
| Executive Director of the Council for the Welfare of Children | |
| In office July 25,2017 –October 5,2021 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Member of the Caloocan City Council from the 2nd District | |
| In office June 30,2004 –June 30,2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 6,1978 Santa Cruz,Manila,Philippines [1] |
| Party | Lakas (2008–2011;2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PDP–Laban (2021–2023) NPC (2015–2021) NUP (2011–2015) Lakas (I) (2003–2008) |
| Website | Official website |
Mary Mitzi "Mitch" Lim Cajayon-Uy (born May 6,1978) is a Filipino politician and former beauty queen who represented the 2nd district of Caloocan,Metro Manila,in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 to 2013 and from 2022 to 2025. She also served as the executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children,an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development from 2017 to 2021,and had served as a city councilor of Caloocan from 2004 to 2007.
Contents
- Pageantry
- Political career
- Councilor of Caloocan (2004–2007)
- House of Representatives (2007–2013;2022–2025)
- Controversies
- References
- External links
She was appointed the executive director of the Council for the Welfare of Children,having been appointed to the post by President Rodrigo Duterte in July 2017. She resigned from the position to run once again for representative at the 2nd district of Caloocan in 2022; [2] [3] she later won the race. [4] In 2025,she lost re-election to her seat in the House of Representatives.
Prior to joining politics,Cajayon was named as Miss Caloocan in 2000.
In November 2021,the Sandiganbayan acquitted Cajayon-Uy of graft and malversation charges linked to the alleged misuse of ₱10 million in PDAF funds. In September 2025,she was named in a Senate probe as an alleged recipient of ₱16.5 million in kickbacks from flood control projects.