Marc Douglas Cagas IV

Marc Douglas Chan Cagas IV (born April 24, 1976) is a Filipino politician. A member of the Nacionalista Party, he was elected in 2007 as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the First District of Davao del Sur. He forfeited a run for re-election in 2013 in order to run for Governor of Davao del Sur. Cagas lost the election to the Liberal Party candidate, former Congressman Claude Bautista. In 2021, upon the death of his father he became governor of the province. He attended at the University of the East, College of Law from 1999 to 2004.

Cagas was charged with graft after being found to have channeled his pork barrel funds to non-government organizations (NGOs) controlled by suspected pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles between 2007 and 2009. In 2022, he entered into a plea bargain agreement that saw him admit to lesser offenses of two counts of fraud against public treasury and two counts of failure of an accountable officer to render accounts. As a result, he was sentenced to pay fines of P32,000.^[2]

On June 10, 2021, his father, Douglas Cagas, died due to complications of COVID-19. In the Philippines' order of succession, the vice governor takes over the office of the governor. Hence, he and his cousin, John Tracy, a board member, took over the offices of governor and vice-governor, respectively.

Cagas is married to Yvonne Roña, who also became governor of Davao del Sur in 2022.^[3]