Philippine House Committee on Rural Development

Committee on Rural Development
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
Website
Committee on Rural Development

The Philippine House Committee on Rural Development, or House Rural Development Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the development of rural areas and islands through policies, programs, support services and other interventions which includes the following: ^[1]

• Access to rural projects funding and financing
• Area development planning
• Community mobilization and development
• Livelihood and enterprise development
• Microfinancing

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members [2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Elisa Kho	PDP–Laban	Masbate	1st
Vice Chairpersons		Alfred Delos Santos	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
		Ronnie Ong	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
		Fernando Cabredo	PDP–Laban	Albay	3rd
Members for the Majority		Leonardo Babasa Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	2nd
		Divina Grace Yu	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Sur	1st
		Antonino Calixto	PDP–Laban	Pasay	Lone
		Carl Nicolas Cari	PFP	Leyte	5th
		Lorenz Defensor	PDP–Laban	Iloilo	3rd
		Alan Dujali	PDP–Laban	Davao del Norte	2nd
		Alan Ecleo	PDP–Laban	Dinagat Islands	Lone
		Gerardo Espina Jr.	Lakas	Biliran	Lone
		Ciriaco Gato Jr.	NPC	Batanes	Lone
		Allen Jesse Mangaoang	Nacionalista	Kalinga	Lone
		Maximo Dalog Jr.	Nacionalista	Mountain Province	Lone
		Rudys Caesar Fariñas I	Probinsyano Ako	Party-list
		Juliette Uy	NUP	Misamis Oriental	2nd
		Romeo Jalosjos Jr.	Nacionalista	Zamboanga del Norte	1st
		Narciso Bravo Jr.	NUP	Masbate	1st
		Edgar Mary Sarmiento	NUP	Samar	1st
Members for the Minority		Sergio Dagooc	APEC	Party-list
		Eufemia Cullamat	Bayan Muna	Party-list
		Godofredo Guya	RECOBODA	Party-list

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 33. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - RURAL DEVELOPMENT". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved June 9, 2020.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines