President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent
Ralph Recto
since February 27, 2017
Style The Honorable
(Diplomatic)
Appointer Elected by the Senate
Inaugural holder Esperidion Guanco
Formation October 16, 1916
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The President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines is the second highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines. During the absence of the Senate President, the Senate President pro tempore presides over the Senate.

In the current 17th Congress, two senators became Senate President pro tempore and they are Franklin Drilon and Ralph Recto who is the incumbent.

List of Senate Presidents pro tempore

#NamePartyDistrictLegislatureStart of serviceEnd of serviceEra
1 Esperidion GuancoNacionalista8th5th Philippine Legislature19191922Insular Government
2 Sergio Osmeña, Sr.Nacionalista10th6th Philippine Legislature19221925
7th Philippine Legislature19251928
8th Philippine Legislature19281931
9th Philippine Legislature19311934
3 Jose ClarinNacionalista10th10th Philippine Legislature19341935
4 Jose AvelinoNacionalista9th1935November 15, 1935
5 Elpidio QuirinoNacionalistaNationwide
at-large		1st Commonwealth CongressJuly 9, 1945May 25, 1946Commonwealth
6 Melecio ArranzLiberal2nd Commonwealth CongressMay 25, 1946July 4, 1946
1st CongressMay 25, 1946December 30, 1949Third Republic
7 Quintin ParedesLiberal2nd CongressJanuary 31, 1950March 5, 1952
8 Esteban AbadaLiberalMarch 5, 1952May 7, 1952
9 Manuel BrionesNacionalistaMay 7, 1952April 17, 1953
10 Jose ZuluetaLiberalApril 17, 1953April 30, 1953
11 Manuel Briones (2nd time)NacionalistaApril 30, 1953December 8, 1953
3rd CongressJanuary 25, 1954December 10, 1957
12 Fernando LopezDemocratic4th CongressJanuary 27, 1958December 13, 1961
Nacionalista5th CongressJanuary 22, 1962December 17, 1965
13 Lorenzo SumulongNacionalista6th CongressJanuary 17, 1966December 30, 1969
14 Jose RoyNacionalista
7th CongressJanuary 26, 1970September 23, 1972
15 Teofisto Guingona, Jr.Liberal8th CongressJuly 27, 1987July 23, 1990Fifth Republic
16 Sotero LaurelNacionalistaJuly 23, 1990January 18, 1992
17 Ernesto Maceda, Sr.PDP–LabanJanuary 18, 1992July 27, 1992
9th CongressJuly 27, 1992January 18, 1993
18 Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2nd time)LakasJanuary 18, 1993July 6, 1993
19 Leticia Ramos-ShahaniLakasJuly 6, 1993June 30, 1995
10th CongressJuly 24, 1995October 10, 1996
20 Blas OpleLDPOctober 10, 1996June 30, 1998
LAMP11th CongressJuly 27, 1998June 29, 1999
21 John Henry OsmeñaLAMPJune 29, 1999July 12, 2000
22 Blas Ople (2nd time)LAMPJuly 12, 2000June 30, 2001
23 Manuel VillarIndependent12th CongressJuly 23, 2001August 12, 2002
24 Juan FlavierLakasAugust 12, 2002June 30, 2004
13th CongressJune 30, 2004June 30, 2007
25 Jinggoy EstradaPMP14th CongressJuly 23, 2007June 30, 2010
15th CongressJuly 26, 2010June 30, 2013
26 Ralph RectoLiberal16th CongressJuly 22, 2013June 30, 2016
27 Franklin DrilonLiberal17th CongressJuly 25, 2016February 27, 2017
28 Ralph Recto (2nd time)LiberalFebruary 27, 2017present

Living former Senate Presidents pro tempore

Currently there are five living former Senate Presidents pro tempore:

References

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