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Manases Reyes Carpio is a Filipino lawyer who is currently holding the role of Second Gentleman of the Philippines for being the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte. They have three children, Sharky Duterte, Marko Digong D. Carpio, and Mateo Lucas D. Carpio.

Early life and education
Manases Reyes Carpio was born to Lucas Carpio Jr. a lawyer, and former Court of Appeals Justice Agnes Carpio who retired in 2016. His father's sister is the former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales and his father's cousin is the former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who is also widely known as a critic of his father-in-law and President Rodrigo Duterte's administration.

He graduated from the De La Salle University where he took his undergraduate degree in Political Science. Being born in a family of lawyers, he also followed in the footsteps of his lineage obtaining his Bachelor of Laws degree at the San Sebastian College – Recoletos, the same university where he met his wife, Sara Duterte.

Lawyering career
While his wife has been busy serving Davao City where she was first elected as Vice Mayor in 2007, Carpio busied himself with private practice, establishing and managing his own law firm the "Carpio & Duterte Lawyers" together with his wife Sara, who also spent time with the firm after the latter declined to run for public office in 2013. Their law firm specializes in business, commercial, and labor litigation and serves both civil and criminal cases. Among their clients was Mighty Corporation, one of the largest cigarette manufacturers in the Philippines.

Personal life
Mans and Sara have given birth to their three sons, Sharky, Marko, and Mateo, who were also known for having a nickname after aquatic animals. Both he and his sons are distancing themselves in the eyes of the public even though his wife is a prominent politician. Most notably, they were not present during the proclamation of his wife as the duly elected Vice President of the Philippines at the House of Representatives but they did attend the inauguration of his wife on June 19, 2022 at Davao City. However, he still actively attended and campaigned at some of the campaign sorties of his wife where he proxied and gave speeches to his wife's supporters.

Controversy
Carpio was named and involved before by former Senator Antonio Trillanes in the alleged smuggling at the Bureau of Customs for visiting the office of the Bureau of Customs numerous times and having been allegedly meeting with the former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. His father-in-law, former President Rodrigo Duterte defended him saying that it is his job to visit and defend his clients as a lawyer would normally do. Carpio dismissed the allegations of Trillanes, calling the latter as a "desperate rumormonger".