Crisostomo Sanchez Garcia

Crisostomo Sanchez Garcia holds the position of Punong Barangay in Barangay Encanto, a barangay in the municipality of Angat, serving the 2023 - 2026 term. As Punong Barangay, Crisostomo leads the elected Sangguniang Barangay and represents the community's local government unit.

As the head of the smallest tier of Philippine local government, the Punong Barangay is responsible for everything from maintaining peace and order within the barangay to supervising the Barangay Development Plan, enforcing national and local laws within the barangay boundaries, and representing residents in the wider city or municipal government. The position is held for a four-year term under Republic Act No. 12232.

Barangay Encanto is one of 16 barangays in the municipality of Angat, in the province of Bulacan, in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Barangay Encanto had a population of 5,116 residents — the constituency that Crisostomo serves as Punong Barangay. Bulacan is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance.

Elected through the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Crisostomo Sanchez Garcia is serving the current four-year term established under Republic Act No. 12232, which extended the barangay official's term from three years to four. The next BSKE will be held on Monday, November 2, 2026, following COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.

The Sangguniang Barangay — which Crisostomo Sanchez Garcia leads — is the legislative body of a Philippine barangay. It passes barangay ordinances and resolutions, approves the annual barangay budget, and exercises oversight over the barangay's programmes and projects. Its composition includes the Punong Barangay, seven kagawads, the SK Chairperson, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all accountable directly to residents.