Ferdinand Topacio

Ferdinand Sumague Topacio (born November 9, 1965) is a Filipino lawyer. Topacio was born on November 9, 1965, in Cavite City, the younger son of former Cavite Senior Provincial Board Member and three-term City Councilor Atty. Arturo M. Topacio, Jr. of Imus and Cavite City and of former City Treasury Administrative Officer Belen Sumague-Topacio of Tanauan, Batangas. He was named after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who was elected for his first term, on the day Topacio was born. He graduated with Honors with a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Sebastian College-Cavite in 1987. He then enrolled in Ateneo Law School but he finished his Bachelor of Laws (Honorable Mention) at the University of the East in 1992. He passed the Philippine Bar Examination the same year. on May 14, 1993.

He married Dinnah Cureg Aguila of Batangas and Isabela, on July 14, 1997. His wife is a Judge of the Regional Trial Court in Manila, Branch 42.

He is reported to be an admirer of Adolf Hitler, whom he regards as a "great leader". He displays a portrait of Hitler on his office wall, and denies Hitler's role in the Holocaust, but he has clarified however, in a New York Times interview that he does not idolize the late dictator.He was a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ), an influential religious organization in the Philippines. He was born and raised Aglipayan before converting to Iglesia ni Cristo.