Ernix Dionisio

Ernix Dionisio (full name: Ernesto Mijares Dionisio Jr.) is the representative of Manila’s 1st District in the House of Representatives, serving since 2022. Before being elected as congressman in 2022, he served as city councilor from 2007 to 2013. His first attempt to join Congress was during the 2016 election, where he lost and placed third out of four candidates.

He obtained a degree in marketing management from De La Salle University in 1998. He pursued graduate studies, earning a master's degree in business administration from the University of California – Berkeley in 2000, and another master's degree in development management and governance from the University of Makati in 2019.

As councilor, among the ordinances he supported and passed included those that provided additional assistance to and promoted the welfare of senior citizens. He was instrumental in the establishment of the city government’s Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office and the Manila Public Employment Service Office. In 2010, Dionisio was among the city officials investigated by the Office of the Ombudsman for the controversial sale of land where Century Park Hotel stood.

He is the son of Ernesto Dionisio Sr., who also served as city councilor from 2016 to 2022.