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Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines | |
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Style | The Honorable (formal) |
Appointer | Elected by the Senate of the Philippines |
Inaugural holder | Claro M. Recto |
Formation | 1931 |
Website | Senate of the Philippines |
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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.
The incumbent minority floor leader of the Senate is Koko Pimentel.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term start | Party | Legislature | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||||
1 | 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 (1896–1971) | May 25 1946 | December 30 1953 | Nacionalista | 2nd Commonwealth Congress | ||
1st Congress | |||||||
2nd Congress | |||||||
3 | Lorenzo Tañada (1898–1992) | January 25 1954 | January 27 1958 | NCP | 3rd Congress | ||
4 | Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996) | January 27 1958 | January 25 1960 | Liberal | 4th Congress | ||
5 | Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989) | January 25 1960 | January 22 1962 | Liberal | |||
6 | Estanislao Fernandez (1910–1982) | January 22 1962 | December 30 1965 | Liberal | 5th Congress | ||
(4) | Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996) | January 17 1966 | December 30 1969 | Liberal | 6th Congress | ||
7 | Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982) | January 26 1970 | September 23 1972 | Liberal | 7th Congress | ||
Senate abolished (1973–1987) | |||||||
8 | Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924) | July 27 1987 | January 18 1992 | Nacionalista | 8th Congress | ||
9 | Wigberto Tañada (born 1934) | January 18 1992 | June 30 1995 | Liberal | |||
9th Congress | |||||||
10 | Edgardo Angara (1934–2018) | August 28 1995 | October 10 1996 | LDP | 10th Congress | ||
11 | Neptali Gonzales (1923–2001) | October 10 1996 | January 26 1998 | LDP | |||
12 | Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016) | January 26 1998 | June 30 1998 | NPC | |||
13 | Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 1928) | July 27 1998 | February 7 2001 | Lakas | 11th Congress | ||
14 | Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (1933–2019) | July 23 2001 | June 3 2002 | PDP–Laban | 12th Congress | ||
15 | Tito Sotto (born 1948) | June 3 2002 | June 30 2004 | LDP | |||
(14) | Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (1933–2019) | July 26 2004 | June 30 2010 | PDP–Laban | 13th Congress | ||
14th Congress | |||||||
16 | Alan Peter Cayetano (born 1970) | July 26 2010 | July 22 2013 | Nacionalista | 15th Congress | ||
(8) | Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924) | July 22 2013 | July 28 2014 | UNA | 16th Congress | ||
– | Tito Sotto (born 1948) Acting | July 28 2014 | August 24 2015 | NPC | |||
(8) | Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924) | August 24 2015 | June 30 2016 | UNA | |||
17 | Ralph Recto (born 1964) | July 25 2016 | February 27 2017 | Liberal | 17th Congress | ||
– | Antonio Trillanes (born 1971) Acting | February 27 2017 | February 28 2017 | Nacionalista | |||
18 | Franklin Drilon (born 1945) | February 28 2017 | June 30 2022 | Liberal | |||
18th Congress | |||||||
19 | Koko Pimentel (born 1964) | July 25 2022 | Incumbent | PDP–Laban | 19th Congress |
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