Eighty-five annual State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) have been delivered since 1935 by fifteen presidents of the Philippines.
Eighty-five annual State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) have been delivered since 1935 by fifteen presidents of the Philippines.
Prior to the introduction of the SONA, Emilio Aguinaldo, officially recognized as the first president of the Philippines, held a State of the Revolutionary Nation Address on September 15, 1898, after opening the Malolos Congress entitled Mensaje Leido por el Presidente del Govierno Revolucionario para el Congreso. On June 16, 1936, Manuel L. Quezon held a State of the Commonwealth Government Affairs at the inaugural session of the National Assembly. [1]
The first SONA was made by Manuel L. Quezon in 1935 before the National Assembly. Among those who made a SONA, Ferdinand Marcos made twenty SONAs - the largest number made by a single president. Sergio Osmeña in contrast made just one. Among the officially recognized presidents two presidents did not make a single SONA - Emilio Aguinaldo and José P. Laurel. Marcos was the only one who did not deliver a SONA before the Congress (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977). Elpidio Quirino's 1950 speech was delivered through radio broadcast when he was confined at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. [2]
The SONA is traditionally held annually. The presidential speech has been delivered in English until 2009 when it was last delivered in the said language.[ citation needed ] Benigno Aquino III was the first president to deliver the presidential speech in Filipino. He used Filipino in all of his six speeches from 2010 to 2015.
The longest speech was made by Ferdinand Marcos in 1969, with a total of 29,335 words. In contrast, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's speech made in 2005 was the shortest, with only 1,551 words. [2]
| No. | President | Date | Title | Venue | Legislature | Session | Language | Duration hours and minutes | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Manuel L. Quezon | November 25, 1935 | Message to the First Assembly on National Defense | Legislative Building, Manila | 1st National Assembly | 1st | English | ||
| 2 | June 16, 1936 | On the Country’s Conditions and Problems | |||||||
| 3 | October 18, 1937 | Improvement of Philippine Conditions, Philippine Independence, and Relations with American High Commissioner | 2nd | ||||||
| 4 | January 24, 1938 | Revision of the System of Taxation | 3rd | ||||||
| 5 | January 24, 1939 | The State of the Nation and Important Economic Problems | 2nd National Assembly | 1st | |||||
| 6 | January 22, 1940 | The State of the Nation | 2nd | ||||||
| 7 | January 31, 1941 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 8 |  Sergio Osmeña | June 9, 1945 | Message to the First Congress of the Commonwealth of Philippines | Lepanto Street, Manila | 1st Congress of the Commonwealth | — | English | ||
| 9 |  Manuel Roxas | June 3, 1946 | The State of the Nation | 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth | English | ||||
| 10 | January 27, 1947 | Message on the State of the Nation | 1st Congress | 1st | |||||
| 11 | January 26, 1948 | The Nation on the Road to Prosperity | 2nd | ||||||
| 12 |  Elpidio Quirino | January 24, 1949 | The Most Urgent Aim of the Administration | Legislative Building, Manila | 3rd | English | |||
| 13 | January 23, 1950 | Address on the State of the Nation | Baltimore, Maryland United States | 2nd Congress | 1st | Quirino delivered his address via radio broadcast while he was confined at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland in the United States. | |||
| 14 | January 23, 1951 | The State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 2nd | |||||
| 15 | January 28, 1952 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 16 | January 26, 1953 | The State of the Nation | 4th | ||||||
| 17 |  Ramon Magsaysay | January 25, 1954 | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 3rd Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 18 | January 24, 1955 | Address on the State of the Nation | 2nd | ||||||
| 19 | January 23, 1956 | Address on the State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 20 | January 28, 1957 | Address on the State of the Nation | 4th | ||||||
| 21 |  Carlos P. Garcia | January 27, 1958 | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 4th Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 22 | January 26, 1959 | Address on the State of the Nation | 2nd | ||||||
| 23 | January 25, 1960 | Address on the State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 24 | January 23, 1961 | Address on the State of the Nation | 4th | ||||||
| 25 |  Diosdado Macapagal | January 22, 1962 | Five-Year Integrated Socio-Economic Program for the Philippines | Legislative Building, Manila | 5th Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 26 | January 28, 1963 | The State of the Nation 1963 | 2nd | ||||||
| 27 | January 27, 1964 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 28 | January 25, 1965 | The Philippines after Three Years (1962–1965) | 4th | ||||||
| 29 |  Ferdinand Marcos | January 24, 1966 | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 6th Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 30 | January 23, 1967 | The Epic of Nation-Building | 2nd | ||||||
| 31 | January 22, 1968 | A Nation of Achievers | 3rd | ||||||
| 32 | January 27, 1969 | New Filipinism: The Turning Point | 4th | 5-8:30~ | |||||
| 33 | January 26, 1970 | National Discipline: The Key to Our Future | 7th Congress | 1st | |||||
| 34 | January 25, 1971 | The Democratic Revolution | 2nd | ||||||
| 35 | January 24, 1972 | Strength through Crisis, Growth in Freedom | 3rd | ||||||
| 36 | September 21, 1973 | Report to the Nation after One Year of Martial Law | Malacañan Palace, Manila | — | |||||
| 37 | September 21, 1974 | The Barangay and the Imperative of National Unity | Maharlika Hall Malacañan Palace, Manila | ||||||
| 38 | September 19, 1975 | The President’s Report to the Nation | Quirino Grandstand, Manila | ||||||
| 39 | September 21, 1976 | We Stand Proud as a Nation Today | Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay | Batasang Bayan | — | ||||
| 40 | September 21, 1977 | The Years of Crisis Government: Review and Preview | Luneta Park, Manila | — | |||||
| 41 | June 12, 1978 | A Bold Experiment | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | Interim Batasang Pambansa | — | ||||
| 42 | July 23, 1979 | The State of the Nation | |||||||
| 43 | July 28, 1980 | A Time of Challenge to the Nation | |||||||
| 44 | July 27, 1981 | State-of-the-Nation Address | |||||||
| 45 | July 26, 1982 | State-of-the-Nation Address | |||||||
| 46 | January 17, 1983 | State-of-the-Nation Address | |||||||
| 47 | July 23, 1984 | State-of-the-Nation Address | Regular Pambansang Pambansa | ||||||
| 48 | July 22, 1985 | A Turning Point for the Nation | |||||||
| 49 |  Corazon Aquino | July 27, 1987 | State of the Nation | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 8th Congress | 1st | English | 0:38 | |
| 50 | July 25, 1988 | State of the Nation | 2nd | ||||||
| 51 | July 24, 1989 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | ||||||
| 52 | July 23, 1990 | The State of the Nation | 4th | ||||||
| 53 | July 22, 1991 | The State of the Nation | 5th | ||||||
| 54 |  Fidel V. Ramos | July 27, 1992 | Reform, Change, and Growth | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 9th Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 55 | July 26, 1993 | Let’s Seize the Moment! | 2nd | ||||||
| 56 | July 25, 1994 | From Growth to Modernization | 3rd | ||||||
| 57 | July 24, 1995 | The Best Is Soon to Come | 10th Congress | 1st | |||||
| 58 | July 22, 1996 | Uniting for Peace and Development | 2nd | ||||||
| 59 | July 28, 1997 | The Challenges Still Ahead | 3rd | ||||||
| 60 |  Joseph Estrada | July 27, 1998 | The State of the Nation | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 11th Congress | 1st | English | ||
| 61 | July 26, 1999 | A Poverty-Free Philippines | 2nd | ||||||
| 62 | July 24, 2000 | Toward New Beginnings | 3rd | ||||||
| 63 |  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | July 23, 2001 | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 12th Congress | 1st | English | 1:06 [1] | |
| 64 | July 22, 2002 | State of the Nation Address | 2nd | ||||||
| 65 | July 28, 2003 | State of the Nation Address | 3rd | ||||||
| 66 | July 26, 2004 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 13th Congress | 1st | |||||
| 67 | July 25, 2005 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 0:23 [3] | |||||
| 68 | July 24, 2006 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | ||||||
| 69 | July 23, 2007 | Seventh State of the Nation Address | 14th Congress | 1st | |||||
| 70 | July 28, 2008 | Eighth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | ||||||
| 71 | July 27, 2009 | Ninth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | ||||||
| 72 |  Benigno Aquino III | July 26, 2010 | State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 15th Congress | 1st | Filipino | 0:36 [4] | Aquino was the first president to use Filipino and a language other than English at the SONA. [5] |
| 73 | July 25, 2011 | State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 0:53 [4] | |||||
| 74 | July 23, 2012 | Third State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 1:27 [4] | |||||
| 75 | July 22, 2013 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 16th Congress | 1st | 1:44 [6] | ||||
| 76 | July 28, 2014 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:31 [7] | |||||
| 77 | July 27, 2015 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 2:13 | |||||
| 78 |  Rodrigo Duterte | July 25, 2016 | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 17th Congress | 1st | English | 1:33 | |
| 79 | July 24, 2017 | Second State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 2:00 | |||||
| 80 | July 23, 2018 | Third State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 0:48 | |||||
| 81 | July 22, 2019 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 18th Congress | 1st | 1:33 | ||||
| 82 | July 27, 2020 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:40 | |||||
| 83 | July 26, 2021 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 2:39 | |||||
| 84 |  Bongbong Marcos | July 25, 2022 | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 19th Congress | 1st | English | 1:14 | |
| 85 | July 24, 2023 | Second State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:10 | |||||
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