Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

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Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Koko Pimentel IAEA cropped.jpg
Incumbent
Koko Pimentel
since July 25, 2022
Style The Honorable
(formal)
AppointerElected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder Claro M. Recto
Formation1931
Website Senate of the Philippines

The minority floor leader of the Senate, or simply the Senate minority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that are not part of the majority bloc in the Senate of the Philippines. He serves as their official leader in the body and fulfills the responsibilities of a floor leader. He manages the business of the minority in the Senate. He is expected to defend the minority’s parliamentary rights, to criticize the policies and programs of the majority, and to use parliamentary tactics to defeat, pass, or amend legislation.

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The incumbent minority floor leader of the Senate is Koko Pimentel.

List of minority floor leaders

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term startPartyLegislature
Took officeLeft office
1 Claro Mayo Recto.jpg Claro M. Recto
Senator for the
5th Senatorial District
(1890–1960)
July 16
1931
June 5
1934
Nacionalista 9th Legislature
Senate abolished
(1935–1945)
2 Carlos P Garcia.jpg Carlos P. Garcia
(1896–1971)
May 25
1946
December 30
1953
Nacionalista 2nd Commonwealth Congress
1st Congress
2nd Congress
3 Lorenzo Tanada portrait.jpg Lorenzo Tañada
(1898–1992)
January 25
1954
January 27
1958
NCP 3rd Congress
4 Ambrosio Padilla.jpg Ambrosio Padilla
(1910–1996)
January 27
1958
January 25
1960
Liberal 4th Congress
5 Ferdinand Marcos 1966 (cropped).jpg Ferdinand Marcos
(1917–1989)
January 25
1960
January 22
1962
Liberal
6 Seal of the Philippine Senate.svg Estanislao Fernandez
(1910–1982)
January 22
1962
December 30
1965
Liberal 5th Congress
(4) Ambrosio Padilla.jpg Ambrosio Padilla
(1910–1996)
January 17
1966
December 30
1969
Liberal 6th Congress
7 Gerry Roxas.jpg Gerardo Roxas
(1924–1982)
January 26
1970
September 23
1972
Liberal 7th Congress
Senate abolished
(1973–1987)
8 Juan Ponce Enrile (1987).png Juan Ponce Enrile
(born 1924)
July 27
1987
January 18
1992
Nacionalista 8th Congress
9 Wigberto Tanada (cropped).jpg Wigberto Tañada
(born 1934)
January 18
1992
June 30
1995
Liberal
9th Congress
10 Edgardo Angara picture.jpg Edgardo Angara
(1934–2018)
August 28
1995
October 10
1996
LDP 10th Congress
11 Neptali Gonzales.gif Neptali Gonzales
(1923–2001)
October 10
1996
January 26
1998
LDP
12 Ernesto Maceda (cropped).jpg Ernesto Maceda
(1935–2016)
January 26
1998
June 30
1998
NPC
13 Teofisto Guingona Jr. 20171013.jpg Teofisto Guingona Jr.
(born 1928)
July 27
1998
February 7
2001
Lakas 11th Congress
14 Nene Pimentel cropped (2).jpg Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
(1933–2019)
July 23
2001
June 3
2002
PDP–Laban 12th Congress
15 Sen. Pres Vicente Sotto (cropped2).jpg Tito Sotto
(born 1948)
June 3
2002
June 30
2004
LDP
(14) Nene Pimentel cropped (2).jpg Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
(1933–2019)
July 26
2004
June 30
2010
PDP–Laban 13th Congress
14th Congress
16 Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano (cropped).jpg Alan Peter Cayetano
(born 1970)
July 26
2010
July 22
2013
Nacionalista 15th Congress
(8) Juan Ponce Enrile - 2017 (cropped).jpg Juan Ponce Enrile
(born 1924)
July 22
2013
July 28
2014
UNA 16th Congress
Sen. Pres Vicente Sotto (cropped2).jpg Tito Sotto
(born 1948)
Acting
July 28
2014
August 24
2015
NPC
(8) Juan Ponce Enrile - 2017 (cropped).jpg Juan Ponce Enrile
(born 1924)
August 24
2015
June 30
2016
UNA
17 Sen Ralph Recto.jpg Ralph Recto
(born 1964)
July 25
2016
February 27
2017
Liberal 17th Congress
Antonio F. Trillanes IV.jpg Antonio Trillanes
(born 1971)
Acting
February 27
2017
February 28
2017
Nacionalista
18 JPPFL Sen. Franklin Drilon (cropped).jpg Franklin Drilon
(born 1945)
February 28
2017
June 30
2022
Liberal
18th Congress
19 Koko Pimentel IAEA cropped.jpg Koko Pimentel
(born 1964)
July 25
2022
Incumbent PDP–Laban 19th Congress

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