Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives

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The Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives.

The current Speaker is Jose de Venecia, a representative from Pangasinan.

In the line of succession for the presidency, the Speaker is third and last in the line, after the Vice President of the Philippines and the President of the Senate of the Philippines.

When the office of the Speaker is vacant (usually at the beginning of a new Congress), the Secretary-General of the House sits as the Speaker until a person is elected.

Contents 1 List of Presiding Officers 2 List of Speakers of the House of Representatives 3 List of Speakers of the Batasang Pambansa 4 List of Speakers of the House of Representatives (restored) 5 See also

[edit] List of Presiding Officers

Speaker		Party	Province	Period	Start of service	End of service	Era
	Sergio Osmeña	NP	Cebu	Philippine Assembly	1907	1916	United States Occupation
				House of Representatives	1916	1922
	Manuel Roxas		Capiz		1922	1933
	Quintin Paredes		Abra		1933	1935
	Gil Montilla		Negros Occidental	National Assembly of the Commonwealth of the Philippines	1935	1938	Commonwealth
	Jose Yulo		Capiz		1938	1941
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the Commonwealth went into exile in the United States and the National Assembly was dissolved. It was replaced by the unrelated National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic.
	Benigno Q. Aquino, Sr.	KALIBAPI	Tarlac	National Assembly of the Second Republic	1943	1944	Second Republic
After the restoration of the Commonwealth, new elections were held to elect new members of the House of Representatives.
	Jose Casten Zulueta	NP-Liberal Wing	Iloilo	House of Representatives	1945	1945	Commonwealth (Restored)
	Eugenio Perez		Pangasinan		1946	1946

[edit] List of Speakers of the House of Representatives

#	Speaker of the House		Party	District	Congress	Start of service	End of service	Era
1		Eugenio Perez	LP	Pangasinan-2nd	1st	1946	1949	Third Republic
					2nd	1949	1953
2		Jose B. Laurel, Jr.	NP	Batangas-3rd	3rd	1953	1957
3		Daniel Z. Romualdez		Leyte-4th	4th	1957	1961
				Leyte-1st	5th	1961	1962
4		Cornelio Villareal	LP	Capiz-2nd		1962	1965
					6th	1965	1967
5		Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (2nd time)	NP	Batangas-3rd		1967	1971
					7th	1971	1971
6		Cornelio T. Villareal (2nd time)	LP	Capiz-2nd		1971	1972

[edit] List of Speakers of the Batasang Pambansa

Speaker of the Batasan		Party	Region (IBP) Province/City (RBP)	Batasan	Start of service	End of service	Era
	Querube C. Makalintal	KBL	NCR	Interim Batasang Pambansa	1978	1984	Second Dictatorship Fourth Republic
	Nicanor E. Yñiguez		Southern Leyte	Regular Batasang Pambansa	1984	1986	Fourth Republic

After the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, the bicameral setup was restored.

[edit] List of Speakers of the House of Representatives (restored)

#	Speaker of the House		Party	District	Congress	Start of service	End of service	Era
7		Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.	LDP	Palawan-2nd	8th	1987	1992	Fifth Republic
8		Jose C. de Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP	Pangasinan-4th	9th	1992	1995
					10th	1995	1998
9		Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	PMP	Las Piñas City	11th	1998	2000
10		Arnulfo T. Fuentabella	NPC	Camarines Sur-3rd		2000	2001
11		Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.	Lakas-CMD	Quezon City-4th		2001	2001
12		Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (2nd time)		Pangasinan-4th	12th	2001	2004
					13th	2004	2007
					14th	2007	Present

[edit] See also

v • d • e Speakers of the Philippine House of Representatives
Osmeña • Roxas • Paredes • Montilla • Yulo • Aquino • Zulueta • Perez • Laurel • Romualdez • Villareal • Laurel • Villareal • Makalintal • Yñiguez • Mitra • de Venecia • Villar • Fuentebella • Belmonte • de Venecia