Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

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Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Senatorfrancistolentino (cropped).jpg
since May 20, 2024
Style The Honorable
(Diplomatic)
AppointerElected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holderFrancisco Villanueva
FormationOctober 16, 1916
Website Senate of the Philippines

The majority floor leader of the Senate of the Philippines, or simply the Senate majority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that holds the majority in the Senate of the Philippines.

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By tradition, the Senate president or any presiding officer gives the majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and is also the traditional chairman of the Committee on Rules. The majority leader also manages the business of the majority bloc in the Senate.

The incumbent Senate majority floor leader is Francis Tolentino.

List of majority floor leaders

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term startPartyLegislature
Took officeLeft office
1 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Francisco Felipe Viillanueva
Senator for the
7th Senatorial District
(1867–1923)
October 16
1916
June 3
1919
Nacionalista 4th Legislature
2 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Francisco Enage
Senator for the
9th Senatorial District
(1878–1958)
July 21
1919
June 2
1925
Nacionalista
(until 1922)
5th Legislature
Nacionalista
Colectivista
(from 1922)
6th Legislature
3 Jose Laurel 1922 (cropped).JPG Jose P. Laurel
Senator for the
5th Senatorial District
(1891–1959)
June 2
1925
June 2
1931
Nacionalista 7th Legislature
8th Legislature
4 Hon Benigno Aquino Sr.jpg Benigno Aquino Sr.
Senator for the
3rd Senatorial District
(1894–1947)
July 16
1931
June 5
1934
Nacionalista 9th Legislature
5 Claro Mayo Recto.jpg Claro M. Recto
Senator for the
5th Senatorial District
(1890–1960)
July 16
1934
November 15
1935
Nacionalista
Democratico
10th Legislature
Senate abolished
(1935–1945)
6 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Melecio Arranz
(1888–1966)
June 9
1945
May 25
1946
Nacionalista 1st Commonwealth Congress
7 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Vicente Francisco
(1891–1974)
May 25
1946
February 21
1949
Nacionalista 2nd Commonwealth Congress
1st Congress
8 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Tomas Cabili
(1903–1957)
February 21
1949
January 25
1954
Liberal
2nd Congress
9 Sen Primicias.jpg Cipriano Primicias Sr.
(1901–1965)
January 25
1954
January 22
1962
Nacionalista 3rd Congress
4th Congress
10 Arturo Tolentino.jpg Arturo Tolentino
(1910–2004)
January 22
1962
January 17
1966
Nacionalista 5th Congress
11 Sen. Jose J. Roy.jpg Jose Roy
(1904–1986)
January 17
1966
January 26
1967
Nacionalista 6th Congress
12 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Rodolfo Ganzon
(1922–2003)
January 26
1967
December 30
1969
Nacionalista
(10) Arturo Tolentino.jpg Arturo Tolentino
(1910–2004)
January 26
1970
September 23
1972
Nacionalista 7th Congress
Senate abolished
(1973–1987)
13 Defense Secretary Orly Mercado.jpg Orlando S. Mercado
(born 1946)
July 27
1987
October 31
1989
Liberal 8th Congress
14 Teofisto Guingona Jr. 20171013.jpg Teofisto Guingona Jr.
(born 1928)
July 23
1990
July 22
1991
Liberal
15 IAEA Alberto Romulo and Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg Alberto Romulo
(born 1933)
July 22
1991
October 10
1996
LDP
9th Congress
16 Senator Francisco Tatad.jpg Francisco Tatad
(born 1939)
October 10
1996
January 26
1998
LDP
10th Congress
17 JPPFL Sen. Franklin Drilon (cropped).jpg Franklin Drilon
(born 1945)
January 26
1998
July 12
2000
Lakas
LAMMP 11th Congress
(16) Senator Francisco Tatad.jpg Francisco Tatad
(born 1939)
July 12
2000
June 30
2001
PRP
18 Loren Legarda - 2013 (cropped).jpg Loren Legarda
(born 1960)
July 23
2001
June 3
2002
Lakas 12th Congress
19 Nene Pimentel cropped (2).jpg Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
(1933–2019)
June 3
2002
July 23
2002
PDP–Laban
(18) Loren Legarda - 2013 (cropped).jpg Loren Legarda
(born 1960)
July 23
2002
January 12
2004
Lakas
20 Senkikopangilinan.jpg Francis Pangilinan
(born 1963)
January 12
2004
November 17
2008
Liberal
13th Congress
14th Congress
21 Miguel Zubiri Senate 2018 (cropped).jpg Migz Zubiri
(born 1969)
November 17
2008
June 30
2010
Lakas
22 Tito Sotto.jpg Tito Sotto
(born 1948)
July 26
2010
July 22
2013
NPC 15th Congress
23 Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano 2018.jpg Alan Peter Cayetano
(born 1970)
July 23
2013
June 30
2016
Nacionalista 16th Congress
(22) Tito Sotto III (cropped).jpg Tito Sotto
(born 1948)
July 25
2016
May 21
2018
NPC 17th Congress
(21) Migz Zubiri - 2021.jpg Migz Zubiri
(born 1969)
May 21
2018
June 29
2022
Independent
18th Congress
24 Joel Villanueva portrait (cropped).jpg Joel Villanueva
(born 1975)
July 25
2022
May 20
2024
Independent 19th Congress
25 Senatorfrancistolentino (cropped).jpg Francis Tolentino
(born 1960)
May 20
2024
Incumbent PDP
Independent

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