Maximo Rodriguez Jr.

Maximo Rodriguez Jr.
Portrait of Abante Mindanao Partylist representative Maximo Rodriguez Jr.
Official portrait, 2025
Member of Philippine House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 30, 2025
In office
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
ConstituencyParty-list
(Abante Mindanao)
In office
June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byRufus Rodriguez
Succeeded byRufus Rodriguez
ConstituencyCagayan de Oro's 2nd district
House positions
Chair of the House East ASEAN Growth Area Special Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 6, 2025
Preceded byRihan Sakaluran
Chair of the House Mindanao Affairs Committee
In office
August 9, 2016 – June 30, 2019
Preceded byArnulfo Go
Succeeded byMohamad Khalid Dimaporo
Personal details
BornMaximo Bautista Rodriguez Jr.
(1958-01-09) January 9, 1958 (age 68)
Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
PartyAbante Mindanao (party-list; 2010–present)
Other political
affiliations
PDP–Laban (2016–2019)
Independent (2015–2016)
RelationsRufus Rodriguez (brother)
NicknameMaxie

Maximo Bautista Rodriguez Jr. (born January 9, 1958) is a Filipino politician serving as the representative for the Abante Mindanao party-list in the Philippine House of Representatives since 2025, having previously held the same position from 2010 to 2016. He also represented Cagayan de Oro's 2nd congressional district from 2016 to 2019.

Early life

Rodriguez was born on January 9, 1958, in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, to Maximo G. Rodriguez Sr. and Martha Bautista.

Political career

House of Representatives

Party-list representative (2010–2016)

The Abante Mindanao party-list was registered with the Commission on Elections in the 2010 House elections, with Rodriguez as its first nominee. The party-list won one seat. He served another term in 2013 elections after Abante Mindanao with him as first nominee gained again one seat.

Cagayan de Oro's 2nd district representative (2016–2019)

Maximo Rodriguez Jr. (leftmost) chairs a hearing of the House Mindanao Affairs Committee on July 24, 2018.

In 2016, Rodriguez's elder brother, Rufus, the incumbent representative of Cagayan de Oro's 2nd congressional district, was term-limited and ran for the city's mayoralty. Rodriguez successfully ran for the district seat as an independent candidate and joined the ruling party PDP–Laban at the start of the 17th Congress. He was elected chairperson of the House Committee on Mindanao Affairs on August 9, 2016.

Party-list representative (2025–present)

After Abante Mindanao failed to win a seat in 2019 and was delisted in the 2022 elections, the party-list once again gained representation in the House in 2025, placing 37th and winning a single seat. Rodriguez, as the party's first nominee, was elected to serve a fourth term in Congress. He currently serves as chairperson of the House Special Committee on the East ASEAN Growth Area, to which he was elected on August 6, 2025. He has frequently co-authored bills with his brother Rufus.

During the 20th Congress, Rodriguez refiled his 2018 House Bill No. 681 as House Bill No. 4772, seeking to create a trust fund for child stars by requiring movie and television producers to deposit their talent fees and earnings into it.

Rodriguez voted in favor of Vice President Sara Duterte's second impeachment on May 11, 2026.

Personal life

Rodriguez is married to Mary Grace Rodriguez. He is the younger brother of representative Rufus Rodriguez.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Maximo Rodriguez Jr.
Year Office Party Votes received Result
Total % P. Swing
2010 Representative (Party-list) Abante Mindanao 378,345 1.26% 19th N/a Won
2013 466,114 1.68% 16th +0.42 Won
2025 320,349 0.81% 37th -0.87 Won
2016 Representative (Cagayan de Oro–2nd) Independent 46,363 40.05% 1st N/a Won

References

  1. ↑ "List of Political Parties/Sectoral Organizations/Coalitions, Participating in the Party List System for the May 10, 2010 Elections With Their Respective Nominees" (PDF). Commission on Elections. 2010. p. 6. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  2. ↑ "More winning party-list groups proclaimed". SunStar. 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  3. ↑ Bueza, Michael (2013-06-14). "Sectoral? Party list votes come from reg'l bailiwicks". Rappler. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  4. ↑ Pedroza, Stephen J. (2016-05-13). "Liberal Party bets dominate Cagayan de Oro polls". Rappler. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  5. ↑ Cabacungan, Gil C.; Dizon, Nikko (2016-05-25). "More political bigwigs join Duterte party". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  6. ↑ "Tuesday, August 9, 2016" (PDF). Journal of the House of Representatives (Seventeenth Congress, First Regular Session, 2016 - 2017) (8). House of Representatives of the Philippines: 30. 2016-08-09.
  7. ↑ Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (2021-02-08). "Comelec: 39 party list groups to be delisted". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  8. ↑ "Wednesday, August 6, 2025" (PDF). Journal of the House of Representatives (20th Congress, First Regular Session) (5). House of Representatives of the Philippines: 19. 2025-08-06.
  9. ↑ "CDO Rep. Rodriguez bill for child stars' trust fund hurdles committee level". Politiko (Mindanao). 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  10. ↑ House Bill No. 4722 (September 23, 2025), An Act Requiring Movie, Television, and Radio Producers, Including Promotion and Advertising Agencies, and Other Like Entities, Employing Unemancipated Minors to Deposit Their Talent Fees or Income in a Trust Fund, Imposing Penalties for Violation Thereof and for Other Purposes (PDF)
  11. ↑ Arguillas, Carolyn O. (2026-05-13). ""Solid South" no more: only 8 of 61 Mindanao district reps voted against VP Sara's impeachment". MindaNews. Retrieved 2026-07-23.
  12. ↑ "Rodriguez: Younger brother to run for Congress". SunStar. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2026-07-23.