Andrew Julian Romualdez

Andrew Julian Kittilstvedt Romualdez (born February 21, 2000) is a Filipino politician and businessman who has served as the representative for the Tingog Partylist since 2025. He is the first nominee of the Tingog Partylist for the 2025 House of Representatives elections.

Romualdez was born on February 21, 2000 in Makati, Metro Manila. He is the eldest child of lawyer Martin Romualdez and former Binibining Pilipinas International 1996 Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt. He attended the prestigious Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, often referred to as the most expensive school in the world.^[1] During his time at Le Rosey, he was "exposed to the French language" and co-founded the Le Rosey Polo Team, competing in amateur and professional leagues in Morocco, Switzerland, and the Philippines.^[1] He graduated from Cornell University in 2022 with a degree in International Agriculture and Rural Development.^[2]

In July 2022, at the age of 21, Romualdez was appointed to the board of directors of Marcventures Holdings, his family's nickel mining firm. He replaced veteran investment banker Isidro Alcantara Jr., who had retired as director in June of that year and as president in October 2020.^[2] The following month, on August 2, 2022, he was named as a director of Bright Kindle Resources & Investments (BKR), another Romualdez-controlled company. He replaced lawyer Jesse Hermogenes Andres, who had resigned on June 30 to enter government service.^[3] Prior to joining the boards of these companies, Romualdez had worked as an intern at Lucciole Farm Hand, where he oversaw management and harvesting of crops, composting, and overall quality control. He had also gained experience through previous stints at MARC and Lucky Securities.^[2]

On February 8, 2025, Romualdez was formally introduced as the first nominee of Tingog party-list during its national summit at Leyte Academic Center in Palo, Leyte. He replaced his mother, Yedda Romualdez, as the party-list group's first nominee. According to Jude Acidre, Yedda decided to yield to her son because she wanted to rest.^[4] Neither Romualdez nor his mother attended the three-day Tingog summit, which was attended by more than 500 organizers and staff from across the country.^[4] At 24 years old, Romualdez is the second son of House Speaker Martin Romualdez to enter the political scene.^[4]

Romualdez comes from a prominent political family in the Philippines. His father, Martin Romualdez, is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives and a cousin of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. His mother, Yedda Romualdez is a former Binibining Pilipinas International 1996 and outgoing Representative of the Tingog Partylist. His younger brother, Ferdinand Martin "Marty" Romualdez Jr., is a councilor-elect of Tacloban.^[4]