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The president of the Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Mataas na Kapulungan ng Pilipinas or Pangulo ng Senado ng Pilipinas), commonly referred to as the Senate president, is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines, and third highest and most powerful official in the government of the Philippines.
Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero was born on October 10, 1969, in Manila, Philippines, the second of the three children of the late Salvador "Sonny" Escudero III, who was then the director of UP Veterinary Hospital at the time of his birth and later served as the Agriculture Minister, representative of the first district of Sorsogon during the Marcos era, and Sorsogon representative until his ...
He was the 24th Senate President of the Philippines from July 25, 2022 to May 20, 2024. He is currently on his third term in the Senate , first serving from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2016 to 2022. He previously served as the Senate Majority Leader from 2008 to 2010 and 2018 to 2022, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was the representative of Bukidnon 's 3rd ...
Neptali Gonzales – elected three times as Senate president, former Minister of Justice, member of Batasang Pambansa, Vice Governor of Rizal, and dean of the College of Law of the Far Eastern University. Franklin Drilon – Senate President, former Liberal Party chairman, and tied with Lorenzo Tañada for the longest tenure as elected senator.
Under the American Military Government (1898–1901) Status: Defunct Inaugural holder: Wesley Merritt During the period when the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War were proceeding concurrently, the U.S. established a military government from August 14, 1898, in the parts of the country under control of U.S. forces [1] On June 22, 1899, the Malolos Congress promulgated the Malolos ...
In a joint session of the 18th Congress of the Philippines, overseen by Senate President Tito Sotto and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and stated by Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri and Majority Floor Leader Martin Romualdez, Marcos was proclaimed the president-elect of the Philippines on May 25, 2022, alongside his running-mate, Vice ...
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
On July 25, 2016, the opening day of the 17th Congress of the Philippines, Pimentel was elected as Senate President with 20 out of 23 senators voting in his favor. [27] He, along with his father Aquilino Pimentel Jr. , is the only father-and-son tandem being elected as Senate President in Philippine history; the elder Pimentel served as Senate ...