Pinamahalaan ni Jojo ang Makati nang may pinakamataas na kalidad ng paglilingkod bilang Mayor. Pinagbuti niya ang gawain ayon sa prinsipyong "pangunahing karapatan ng taumbayan ang magkaroon ng isang mabuting pamahalaan."
Laki sa hirap ang batang Jejomar. Ang kanyang pamilya’y mula sa mahirap na komunidad sa Pasay at Makati. Noon pa man, malinaw na kay Jojo Binay na kailangang mangibabaw ang kapangyarihan ng taumbayan upang makaahon sa kahirapan. Pinamahalaan ni Jojo ang Makati nang may pinakamataas na kalidad ng paglilingkod bilang Mayor. Pinagbuti niya ang gawain ayon sa prinsipyong "pangunahing karapatan ng taumbayan ang magkaroon ng isang mabuting pamahalaan."
Ipinanganak si Jojo noong noong Nobyembre 11, 1942, kina Diego Binay ng Bauan, Batangas at Lourdes Cabauatan ng Cabagan, Isabela. Maagang naulila si Jojo at lumaki siya sa tiyuhin, si Ponciano.
Produkto si Jojo ng pampublikong paaralan. Bagamat kapos sa buhay, nagawa niyang magtapos ng Political Science (1962) at Law (1967) sa University of the Philippines, kung saan din naluklok siyang University Councilor ng UP Student Council. Upang mapahusay pa ang paglilingkod sa bayan at madagdagan ang kaalaman, kumuha si Jojo ng mga karagdagang pag-aaral at naging Senior Executive Fellow ng John F. Kennedy School of Government sa Harvard University.
Inihanda ni Jojo ang sarili na makiisa at mamuno sa mga martsa at barikada laban sa diktadura. Naging aktibong miyembro at lider si Jojo ng Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), ng August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) at ng Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Nationalism and Integrity (MABINI) – mga oganisasyong kinabibilangan din ng yumaong Sen. Jose Diokno, Sen. Rene Saguisag, Sen. Lorenzo Tanada, Bobbit Sanchez at Joker Arroyo.
Bukod sa hamon ng Makati, tinugunan din ni Jojo ang hamon ng Metro Manila. Hinirang siyang Governor ng Metro Manila noong 1987. Makalipas ang ilang taon, ang kanyang mga kapwa alkalde sa rehiyon ang bumoto sa kanya bilang Chairman ng Metro Manila Authority (MMA). Hinirang siyang Chairman ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na may Cabinet rank noong 1998. Siya rin ang Co-Chairman ng Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC).
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WORLD MAYOR AWARD
An internet-based search conducted by an organization of professionals based in London, organized to promote strong cities and good local government. Launched in 2004, it aimed to show what outstanding mayors can achieve and raise their profiles. December, 2006.
Higher Studies
Binay took up graduate studies at the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), the Command and General Staff College (CGSC), the Center for Research and Communication (now known as the University of Asia and the Pacific), the Joint Services Command Staff College (JSCSC), and the UP School of Urban and Regional Planning. He was senior executive fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Presidential campaign
Binay, president of the United Opposition, announced his bid for the presidency at Makati City Hall in his 67th birthday on November 11, 2008. He will run under the banner of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban). Binay’s candidacy has earned words of support from former President Joseph Estrada. However, he went down to running for Vice President as Joseph Estrada’s running mate.His 2010 election campaign advertisement contain silly reenactment of his childhood days being mocked because they were poor, and he had to feed pigs instead of playing with his peers. In another advertisement, he tries to draw support by porttaying himself to be one of the poor, a victim of fire tragedy in his childhood, his father had to sequester coins from the burned down house to start anew. His advertisements are a laughing stock to most Filipinos who are already accustomed to these kind of publicities through heavily funded TV advertisements.