President of the Senate of the Philippines

The President of the Senate of the Philippines is the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of the Philippines. He is elected by the entire body to be their leader.

The current Senate President of the Senate is Manuel Villar, who has held the office of Senate President since July 24, 2006, upon the beginning of the Third Regular Session of the 13th Congress , as part of a power-sharing agreement with his predecessor Sen. Franklin Drilon.

His term will expire at the end of the 13th Congress on July 30, 2007.

The Senate President is third in line in succession for the presidency, behind the Vice President and in front of the Speaker.

1 List of Senate Presidents
2 See also
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] List of Senate Presidents

The Senate was created on 1916 with the reformation of the Philippine Commission. The Senate and the House of Representatives formed the Philippine Legislature (PL). Representation was by district; Manuel Quezon was elected Senator from the now-defunct 5th Legislative District.

All Senators from 1945 onwards were elected at-large, with the whole Philippines as one constituency.

#		Party	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	Manuel L. Quezon	NP	4th PL	1916	1919	United States Occupation
			5th PL	1919	1922
			6th PL	1922	1925
			7th PL	1925	1928
			8th PL	1928	1931
			9th PL	1931	1934
			10th PL	1934	1935
The Senate and the House of Representatives were merged into the unicameral National Assembly on 1935 at the Commonwealth period. It was replaced by the bicameral Commonwealth Congress (CC) on 1945. For leaders of the National Assembly, see Speakers of the National Assembly.					Commonwealth
2	Manuel Roxas	NP-Liberal Wing	1st CC	1945		1946
3	Jose Avelino	NP-Liberal Wing	2nd CC	1946		1946
3	Jose Avelino	LP	1st	1946	1949	Third Republic
4	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	LP	1st	1949	1949
4	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	LP	2nd	1949	1951
5	Quintin Paredes	LP		1952	1952
6	Camilo Osías	NP		1952	1952
7	Eulogio Rodriguez			1952	1953
8	Camilo Osias (2nd time)			1953	1953
9	Jose Zulueta			1953	1953
10	Eulogio Rodriguez (2nd time)			1952	1953
			3rd	1953	1957
			4th	1957	1963
			5th	1957	1963
11	Ferdinand E. Marcos	LP	5th	1963	1965
12	Arturo M. Tolentino	NP	6th	1966	1967
13	Gil Puyat		6th	1967	1969
13	Gil Puyat		7th	1969	1972
The legislative functions of Congress were absorbed by the President from 1972 to 1978 when the unicameral Batasang Pambansa was formed during the Fourth Republic. For leaders of the Batasang Pambansa, see Speakers of the Batasang Pambansa. After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, the president held legislative powers until a restored bicameral Congress can be elected into office.						Fourth Republic
14	Jovito Salonga	LP	8th	1987	1992	Fifth Republic
15	Neptali Gonzales	LDP	8th	1987	1992
15	Neptali Gonzales		9th	1992	1993
16	Edgardo Angara		9th	1993	1995
16	Edgardo Angara		10th	1995	1995
17	Neptali Gonzales (2nd time)			1995	1996
18	Ernesto Maceda	NPC		1996	1998
19	Neptali Gonzales (3rd time)	LDP		1998	1998
20	Marcelo Fernan	LDP	11th	1998	1999
21	Blas Ople	LAMMP		1999	2000
22	Franklin Drilon	LAMMP		1999	2000
23	Aquilino Pimentel	PDP-Laban		2000	2001
23	Aquilino Pimentel	PDP-Laban	12th	2001	2004
24	Franklin Drilon (2nd time)	LP	12th	2004	2004
24	Franklin Drilon (2nd time)	LP	13th	2004	2006
25	Manuel Villar	NP	13th	2006	2007
25	Manuel Villar	NP	14th	2007	Present

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Senate of the Philippines

v • d • e President of the Senate of the Philippines
Quezon • Roxas • Avelino • Cuenco • Paredes • Osías • Rodriguez • Osías • Zulueta • Rodriguez • Marcos • Tolentino • Puyat • Salonga • Gonzales • Angara • Gonzales • Maceda • Gonzales • Fernan • Ople • Drilon • Pimentel • Drilon • Villar