Philippine Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Imee Marcos (Nacionalista) since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Structure
Political groups	Majority (11)   NPC (4)   Nacionalista (3)   Akbayan (1)   KANP (1)   Lakas (1)   Independent (1) Minority (6)   PDP (3)   Nacionalista (1)   NPC (1)   Independent (1)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, ^[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:

• Relations of the Philippines with other nations generally
• Diplomatic and consular services
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• The United Nations Organization and its agencies
• Multi-lateral organizations
• All international agreements, obligations and contracts of the Philippines
• Overseas Filipinos

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has 17 members.

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
Vice Chairpersons	Loren Legarda		NPC
	Erwin Tulfo		Lakas
Deputy Majority Leaders	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
Members for the Majority	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
	Camille Villar		Nacionalista
	Bam Aquino		KANP
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
Deputy Minority Leader	Joel Villanueva		Independent
Members for the Minority	Francis Escudero		NPC
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Bong Go		PDP
	Robin Padilla		PDP

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Panfilo Lacson
• Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri
• Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano

Committee secretary: Dir. Putli Suharni S. Candao

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairpersons	Richard Gordon		Independent
	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Manny Pacquiao		PDP–Laban
Members for the Majority	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Joel Villanueva		CIBAC
	Bong Revilla		Lakas
	Grace Poe		Independent
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	Leila de Lima		Liberal

Committee secretary: Putli Suharni C. Samanodi-Candao

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.