Editing Quezon City (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
[[File:Quezon City Hall (Quezon City; 03-20-2021).jpg|thumb|left|[[Quezon City Hall]], the seat of city government]]
Quezon City is classified as a Special City (according to its income)<ref>{{cite web |title=Income Classification Per DOF Order No. 23-08, dated July 29, 2008 |url=http://blgf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/updated-reclassification-Cities.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231151123/http://blgf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/updated-reclassification-Cities.pdf |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2016 |publisher=Bureau of Local Government Finance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Position Classification and Compensation Scheme in Local Government Units |url=http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Manual-on-PCC-Chapter-9.pdf |website=Department of Budget and Management |access-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118140818/http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Manual-on-PCC-Chapter-9.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and a [[Cities of the Philippines#classification|highly urbanized city]] (HUC). The [[Mayor of Quezon City|mayor]] is the chief executive, and is a member of the Metro Manila Council. The mayor is assisted by the vice mayor, who serves as the presiding officer of the 38-member [[Quezon City Council]]. The members of the City Council are elected as representatives of the six councilor districts within the city, and the municipal presidents of the [[Liga ng mga Barangay]] and [[Sangguniang Kabataan]].

The current mayor is [[Joy Belmonte|Maria Josefina "Joy" Belmonte]], who previously served as the city's vice mayor and is the daughter of former mayor and [[Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines|House Speaker]] [[Feliciano Belmonte Jr.]] The current vice mayor is [[Gian Sotto]], a former city councilor and the son of actors [[Tito Sotto]] (also a former [[President of the Senate of the Philippines|Senate President]] and city vice mayor) and [[Helen Gamboa]]. The mayor and the vice mayor are term-limited by up to 3 terms, with each term lasting for 3 years. The mayor serves as the executive head that leads all the city's department in executing city ordinances and improving public services. The vice mayor, who serves a concurrent position as the presiding officer of the City Council, oversees the formulation and enactment passed by the council.

From its creation in 1939 up until 1959, the [[Mayor of Quezon City|mayors]] of Quezon City were appointed by the President. Norberto S. Amoranto was the first elected mayor, and was the city's longest-serving mayor, having served that position for 22 years.<ref name="QC-FASTFACTS-RAPPLER" />

The city observes [[Public holidays in the Philippines|regular and non-working holidays]] of the Philippines. The Quezon City Day, which was celebrated annually on August 19 by both Quezon City and [[Quezon|Quezon Province]] to commemorate the birth of Manuel L. Quezon, is a special non-working holiday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Proclamation No. 137, Series of 1949 |url=https://lawphil.net/executive/proc/proc1949/proc_137_1949.html |publisher=The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc. |access-date=August 2, 2021 }}</ref>

===Elected officials===
{{main|Mayor of Quezon City|Quezon City Council|Quezon City Youth Development Council}}

===National government===
{{main|Government of the Philippines}}
[[File:Skysuites and DILG-Napolcom Center (EDSA cor. Quezon Avenue, Quezon City; 2017-02-22).jpg|thumb|left|200px|The DILG-NAPOLCOM Center (right) is the headquarters of the [[Department of the Interior and Local Government]].]]

As the former capital, the city is the home to numerous government departments, agencies and institutions. The [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] (Lower House), as well as the [[Executive departments of the Philippines|Departments]] of [[Department of Agrarian Reform|Agrarian Reform]], [[Department of Agriculture (Philippines)|Agriculture]], [[Department of Environment and Natural Resources|Environment and Natural Resources]], [[Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development|Human Settlements and Urban Development]], [[Department of Information and Communications Technology|Information and Communications Technology]], [[Department of the Interior and Local Government|Interior and Local Government]], [[Department of National Defense (Philippines)|National Defense]] and [[Department of Social Welfare and Development|Social Welfare and Development]] calls the city home. Independent constitutional bodies such as the [[Commission on Audit (Philippines)|Commission on Audit]] and the [[Ombudsman of the Philippines|Office of the Ombudsman]], as well as special courts such as the [[Court of Tax Appeals]] and the [[Sandiganbayan]] are located in the city.

[[File:Bangko Sentral Security Plant (East Avenue, Quezon City; 03-13-2021).jpg|thumb|BSP Security Plant Complex along East Avenue]]
[[File:Social Security System (East Avenue, Quezon City; 03-13-2021).jpg|thumb|Main office of the [[Social Security System (Philippines)|Social Security System]]]]
There are two National Government Centers (NGC) in the city. The first National Government Center is located at Diliman Quadrangle, which is bounded by the [[North Avenue (Quezon City)|North]], [[Timog Avenue|South]], [[East Avenue (Quezon City)|East]] and [[West Avenue (Quezon City)|West]] Avenues. The proposed Capitol Building of the Philippines is supposed to rise at the site of the [[Quezon Memorial Circle]], while the Executive Mansion was planned to be constructed at the present-day [[Veterans Memorial Medical Center]] (VMMC) and the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] was supposed to rise at the present-day [[East Avenue Medical Center]] (EAMC). This is where the main offices of the [[Executive departments of the Philippines|Departments]] of [[Department of Agrarian Reform|Agrarian Reform]], [[Department of Agriculture (Philippines)|Agriculture]], [[Department of Environment and Natural Resources|Environment and Natural Resources]], [[Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development|Human Settlements and Urban Development]] (including the [[National Housing Authority (Philippines)]]) and the [[Department of the Interior and Local Government|Interior and Local Government]] are located. Other government agencies located within the city are the [[Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)|Bureau of Internal Revenue]], [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas#Security Plant Complex|BSP Security Plant Complex]], [[Land Registration Authority (Philippines)|Land Registration Authority]], [[Land Transportation Office (Philippines)|Land Transportation Office]], [[National Power Corporation]] (NAPOCOR/NPC), [[National Transmission Corporation]] (TransCo), [[PAGASA|Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration]] (PAGASA), [[Philippine Space Agency]] (PhilSA), [[Philippine Statistics Authority]] (PSA) and the [[Social Security System (Philippines)|Social Security System]] (SSS).

The second National Government Center is located along [[Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City|Commonwealth Avenue]], [[Batasan Hills]]. It is where the [[Batasang Pambansa Complex]] is located, whose site is supposed to be the national civic center and the focal point of the 1949 Master Plan. The [[Commission on Audit (Philippines)|Commission on Audit]] (COA), Public Attorney's Office (PAO) and the [[Sandiganbayan]] are located here.