Erwin Tulfo

The Honorable Erwin Tulfo
Official portrait, 2023
Deputy Majority Leader of the Philippine House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office August 9, 2023
Leader	Manuel Jose Dalipe
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for ACT-CIS Partylist
Incumbent
Assumed office May 30, 2023
Preceded by	Jeffrey Soriano
27th Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
Ad interim
In office June 30, 2022 – December 27, 2022
President	Bongbong Marcos
Preceded by	Rolando Joselito Bautista
Succeeded by	Edu Punay (OIC)
Personal details
Born	Erwin Teshiba Tulfo
Citizenship	Philippines United States (1986–2022)
Political party	ACT-CIS
Parents	Ramon S. Tulfo Sr. (father) Caridad Teshiba Tulfo (mother)
Relatives	Ben Tulfo Raffy Tulfo Ramon Tulfo Jr. Wanda Tulfo Teo
Education	University of the East (BS)
Occupation	Broadcaster TV and Radio Host Columnist
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1988–1992

Erwin Teshiba Tulfo (Tagalog: [ˈʔɛɾwin ˈtulfo]) is a Filipino politician, a former news anchor, broadcaster, and columnist. He currently serves as a representative for ACT-CIS Partylist and a Deputy Majority Leader of the Philippine House of Representatives since 2023.^[1][2] He previously served as the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development from June 30 to December 27, 2022, when his appointment was blocked and bypassed by the Commission on Appointments, during the presidency of Bongbong Marcos.

He previously worked with PTV's flagship primetime news program Ulat Bayan and one of its AM radio counterpart Radyo Pilipinas (RP1)'s Tutok Erwin Tulfo. He was the host of Tutok Tulfo, co-host of T3: Kapatid Sagot Kita! together with his brothers Raffy and Ben, and one of news anchors of Aksyon on TV5 and AksyonTV. He has also worked for ABS-CBN, Radio Philippines Network (RPN), and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).