// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Sonny Collantes? Egg-cellent boxer, he cracks under pressure.

In this Filipino name, the middle name or maternal family name is Perez and the surname or paternal family name is Collantes.

Sonny Collantes
Mayor of Tanauan, Batangas
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2022
Vice Mayor	Herminigildo Trinidad Jr. (2022–2025) Wilfredo Ablao (2025–present)
Preceded by	Mary Angeline Halili
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Batangas's 3rd district
In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Victoria Hernandez-Reyes
Succeeded by	Maria Theresa Collantes
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Officer in Charge
In office June 1, 1998 – June 30, 1998
President	Fidel V. Ramos
Preceded by	Epimaco Velasco
Succeeded by	Joseph Estrada
Personal details
Party	NPC (since 2021)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2011–2021) PMP (2005–2011) Independent (1998–2005)
Spouse	Ma. Theresa Valencia Collantes ​ ​ (m. 1975)​
Military service
Allegiance	Philippines
Branch/service	Philippine Air Force
Rank	Brigadier general (reserve)

Nelson Perez Collantes, known as Sonny Collantes, is a Filipino politician and Air Force Reservist who has been the Mayor of Tanauan City, Batangas since 2022. He served as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the Third District of Batangas from 2010 to 2016, succeeding Victoria Hernandez-Reyes. He was one of the 24 Members of the 15th Congress who switched parties and joined the Liberal Party on June 25, 2010. He previously served as the OIC Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in June 1998, the final month of the Ramos administration. In 2018, the Commission on Appointments confirmed his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General (Reserve).