List of speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Sergio Osmeña was the first and longest-serving speaker of the House (as the Philippine Assembly).

Jose de Venecia Jr. is the longest-serving speaker of the House in modern history.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is the first female speaker of the House.

Bojie Dy is the current speaker of the House.

The speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The office was established in 1907, when the Philippine Assembly was created through the 1902 Philippine Organic Act passed by the United States Congress as the lower house of the Philippine Legislature, with the appointed Philippine Commission as the upper chamber.

The House speaker serves as the administrative head of the chamber and as its main political leader, setting the House's legislative agenda. ^[1] The speaker is third in the line of succession to the presidency, following the vice president and the president of the Senate. ^[2]

When the House convenes at the opening of a new Congress, or when the position becomes vacant due to death, resignation, or removal of the incumbent by a leadership coup, the members elect a new speaker by roll call vote. A majority of the votes cast is required for the election. ^[3] If there is only a single nominee, the candidate may be chosen by acclamation.

In total, 25 representatives have served as House speaker. The incumbent speaker is Bojie Dy, who assumed office on September 17, 2025. ^[4]

List of speakers

Every speaker of the House has been a member of a political party or faction; the number affiliated with each is:

   Nacionalista – 9; ^[a]    Lakas – 4; ^[b]    Liberal – 3; ^[c]    PDP–Laban – 3;   KBL – 2;   KALIBAPI – 1;   Lakas ng Bansa/LDP – 1;   LAMMP – 1;   NPC – 1;   PFP – 1;   Independent – 1. ^[d]

Malolos Congress (1898–1899)

The National Assembly of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines and later of the First Philippine Republic, historically known as the Malolos Congress, was established in 1898. Pedro Paterno was elected as the first and only president of the Congress.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
—		Pedro Paterno Member for Ilocos Norte (1857–1911) [5]	September 15, 1898	November 13, 1899		Nonpartisan	Malolos Congress

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)

The Philippine Assembly was created in 1907 under the Philippine Organic Act as the lower house of the bicameral Philippine Legislature. Sergio Osmeña was elected the first speaker of the Philippine Assembly.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
1		Sergio Osmeña Member for Cebu–2nd (1878–1961) [6]	October 16, 1907	June 6, 1916		Nacionalista	1st Legislature
							2nd Legislature
							3rd Legislature

House of Representatives (1916–1935)

In 1916, the Philippine Assembly was renamed the House of Representatives of the Philippines, becoming the lower chamber of the Philippine Congress.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
(1)		Sergio Osmeña Member for Cebu–2nd (1878–1961) [6]	October 16, 1916	March 14, 1922 [e]		Nacionalista	4th Legislature
							5th Legislature
2		Manuel Roxas Member for Capiz–1st (1892–1948) [6]	October 27, 1922	August 23, 1933		Nacionalista Colectivista	6th Legislature
						Nacionalista Consolidado	7th Legislature
							8th Legislature
							9th Legislature
3		Quintín Paredes Member for Abra (1884–1973) [6]	August 23, 1933	November 25, 1935		Nacionalista Consolidado
						Nacionalista Democratico	10th Legislature

National Assembly (1935–1945)

The Constitutional Convention of 1934 provided for the creation of a unicameral National Assembly, abolishing the bicameral Congress. It served as the legislature during the Commonwealth period. During the Second Philippine Republic, a separate assembly was convened as established by the 1943 Constitution.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
4		Gil Montilla Member for Negros Occidental–3rd (1876–1946) [8]	November 25, 1935	August 15, 1938		Nacionalista Democratico	1st National Assembly
5		José Yulo Member for Negros Occidental–3rd (1894–1976) [8]	January 24, 1939	December 16, 1941		Nacionalista	2nd National Assembly
6		Benigno Aquino Sr. Member for Tarlac (1894–1947)	October 18, 1943	February 2, 1944		KALIBAPI	National Assembly (Second Republic)

House of Representatives (1945–1972)

Amendments to the 1935 Constitution in 1940 reestablished the House of Representatives.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
7		Jose Zulueta Member for Iloilo–1st (1889–1972)	June 9, 1945	December 20, 1945		Nacionalista	1st Commonwealth Congress
8		Eugenio Pérez Member for Pangasinan–2nd (1896–1957)	May 25, 1946	December 8, 1953		Liberal	2nd Commonwealth Congress
							1st Congress
							2nd Congress
9		Jose Laurel Jr. Member for Batangas–3rd (1912–1998)	January 25, 1954	December 10, 1957		Nacionalista	3rd Congress
10		Daniel Romualdez Member for Leyte–4th (until 1961) and Leyte–1st (from 1961) (1907–1965)	January 27, 1958	March 8, 1962		Nacionalista	4th Congress
							5th Congress
11		Cornelio Villareal Member for Capiz–2nd (1904–1992)	March 8, 1962	February 2, 1967		Liberal
							6th Congress
12		Jose Laurel Jr. Member for Batangas–3rd (1912–1998)	February 2, 1967	April 1, 1971		Nacionalista
							7th Congress
13		Cornelio Villareal Member for Capiz–2nd (1904–1992)	April 1, 1971	January 17, 1973		Liberal

Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)

In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos proclaimed martial law, effectively abolishing Congress. The unicameral Batasang Pambansa was established in 1976 under the 1973 Constitution. It was first convened as an interim assembly in 1978 and as a regular assembly in 1984.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
14		Querube Makalintal Member for Region IV (1910–2002)	July 31, 1978	June 5, 1984		KBL	Interim Batasang Pambansa
15		Nicanor Yñiguez Member for Southern Leyte (1915–2007)	July 23, 1984	March 25, 1986		KBL	Regular Batasang Pambansa

House of Representatives (1987–present)

With the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, the House of Representatives was reestablished.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
16		Ramon Mitra Jr. Member for Palawan–2nd (1928–2000) [9]	July 27, 1987	June 30, 1992		LnB (until 1988)	8th Congress
						LDP (from 1988)
17		Jose de Venecia Jr. Member for Pangasinan–4th (born 1936)	July 27, 1992	June 30, 1998		Lakas	9th Congress
							10th Congress
18		Manny Villar Member for Las Piñas (born 1949)	July 27, 1998	November 13, 2000		LAMMP (until November 3, 2000)	11th Congress
						Independent (from November 3, 2000)
19		Arnulfo Fuentebella Member for Camarines Sur–3rd (1945–2020) [10]	November 13, 2000	January 24, 2001		NPC
20		Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Member for Quezon City–4th (born 1936) [11]	January 24, 2001	June 30, 2001		Lakas
21		Jose de Venecia Jr. Member for Pangasinan–4th (born 1936) [12] [13] [14]	July 23, 2001	February 5, 2008		Lakas	12th Congress
							13th Congress
							14th Congress
22		Prospero Nograles Member for Davao City–1st (1947–2019) [15]	February 5, 2008	June 30, 2010		Lakas
23		Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Member for Quezon City–4th (born 1936) [16] [17]	July 26, 2010	June 30, 2016		Liberal	15th Congress
							16th Congress
24		Pantaleon Alvarez Member for Davao del Norte–1st (born 1958) [18]	July 25, 2016	July 23, 2018		PDP–Laban	17th Congress
25		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Member for Pampanga–2nd (born 1947) [19]	July 23, 2018	June 30, 2019		PDP–Laban
26		Alan Peter Cayetano Member for Taguig–Pateros–1st (born 1970) [20]	July 22, 2019	October 12, 2020		Nacionalista	18th Congress
27		Lord Allan Velasco Member for Marinduque (born 1977) [21]	October 12, 2020	June 30, 2022		PDP–Laban
28		Martin Romualdez Member for Leyte–1st (born 1963) [22] [23]	July 25, 2022	September 17, 2025		Lakas	19th Congress
							20th Congress
29		Bojie Dy Member for Isabela–6th (born 1961) [24]	September 17, 2025	Incumbent		PFP

Speakers per region

Region	Total
National Capital Region	4
Eastern Visayas	3
Western Visayas	3
Central Luzon	2
Davao	2
Ilocos	2
Mimaropa	2
Negros Island	2
Bicol	1
Cagayan Valley	1
Calabarzon	1
Central Visayas	1
Cordillera	1

Speakers by time in office

Rank	Name	Time in office	TE	Year(s) in which elected
1	Sergio Osmeña	14 years, 149 days	6	1907; 1908; 1910; 1912; 1916; 1919
2	Jose de Venecia Jr.	12 years, 170 days	5	1992; 1995; 2001; 2004; 2007
3	Manuel Roxas	10 years, 300 days	4	1922; 1925; 1928; 1931
4	Jose Laurel Jr.	8 years, 12 days	3	1954; 1967; 1970
5	Eugenio Pérez	7 years, 197 days	2	1946; 1949
6	Cornelio Villareal	6 years, 141 days	3	1962; 1966; 1971
7	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	6 years, 132 days	3	2001; 2010; 2013
8	Querube Makalintal	5 years, 310 days	1	1978
9	Ramon Mitra Jr.	4 years, 339 days	1	1987
10	Daniel Romualdez	4 years, 40 days	2	1958; 1962
11	Martin Romualdez	3 years, 54 days	2	2022; 2025
12	José Yulo	2 years, 326 days	1	1939
13	Gil Montilla	2 years, 263 days	1	1935
14	Prospero Nograles	2 years, 145 days	1	2008
15	Manny Villar	2 years, 109 days	1	1998
16	Quintín Paredes	2 years, 94 days	2	1933; 1934
17	Pantaleon Alvarez	1 year, 363 days	1	2016
18	Lord Allan Velasco	1 year, 261 days	1	2020
19	Nicanor Yñiguez	1 year, 245 days	1	1984
20	Alan Peter Cayetano	1 year, 82 days	1	2019
21	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	342 days	1	2018
22	Jose Zulueta	194 days	1	1945
23	Benigno Aquino Sr.	107 days	1	1943
24	Bojie Dy	79 days	1	2025
25	Arnulfo Fuentebella	72 days	1	2000

Timeline

Notes

1. Manuel Roxas served as speaker of the House from 1922 to 1925 under the Colectivista faction of the Nacionalista Party. Quintín Paredes (1934–1935) and Gil Montilla (1935–1938) later held the position under the Democratico faction.
2. Includes the tenure of Feliciano Belmonte Jr. in 2001.
3. Includes the tenure of Feliciano Belmonte Jr. from 2010 to 2016.
4. Includes the tenure of Manny Villar from November 3, 2000.
5. Sergio Osmeña resigned on December 17, 1921, with the speakership's power being given to a steering committee of the House of Representatives. ^[7]

See also

• List of Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives elections
• Floor leaders of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of current presidents of legislatures

References

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