Carmelita Abalos

Carmelita 'Menchie' Aguilar-Abalos is a Filipina politician and the incumbent mayor of Mandaluyong since 2025. She previously served in the same position 2016 to 2022, making her the first female to hold the position, and vice mayor of the city from 2022 to 2025. She is the wife of incumbent Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos, whom she succeeded as mayor in 2016. She was also a semi-finalist at the Binibining Pilipinas 1981, representing Cavite.