Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Vicente Sotto III since July 25, 2016
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Francisco Villanueva
Formation	October 16, 1916
Website	Senate of the Philippines

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The Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines (also called as the Senate Majority Floor Leader) is the leader elected by the majority party of the Senate of the Philippines that serves as their official leader in the body.

He also manages the business of the majority part in the Senate. By tradition, the Senate President or any Presiding Officer gives the Majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and also, he is the traditional Chairman of the Committee on Rules.

The current Majority Floor Leader of the Senate is Tito Sotto, elected on the first day of the first regular session of 17th Congress on July 25, 2016.

List of Majority Floor Leaders

#		Party	District	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	Francisco F. Villanueva	Nacionalista	7th	4th Philippine Legislature	1916	1919	Insular Government
2	Francisco Enage	Nacionalista	9th	5th Philippine Legislature	1919	1922
2	Francisco Enage	Nacionalista	9th	6th Philippine Legislature	1922	1925
				7th Philippine Legislature	1925	1928
3	Jose P. Laurel	Nacionalista	5th	8th Philippine Legislature	1928	1931
4	Benigno Aquino, Sr.	Nacionalista	3rd	9th Philippine Legislature	1931	1934
5	Claro M. Recto	Nacionalista	5th	10th Philippine Legislature	1934	1935
6	Melecio Arranz	Nacionalista	Nationwide at-large	1st Commonwealth Congress	1945	1946	Commonwealth
7	Vicente Francisco	Nacionalista		2nd Commonwealth Congress	1946	1946	Commonwealth
7	Vicente Francisco	Nacionalista		1st Congress	1946	1948	Third Republic
8	Tomas Cabili	Liberal		1st Congress	1948	1949
8	Tomas Cabili	Liberal		2nd Congress	1950	1953
9	Cipriano Primicias, Sr.	Nacionalista		3rd Congress	1954	1957
				4th Congress	1958	1961
				5th Congress	1962	1965
10	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista		5th Congress	1962	1965
11	Jose Roy	Nacionalista		6th Congress	1966	1969
12	Rodolfo Ganzon	Nacionalista
13	Arturo Tolentino (2nd time)	Nacionalista
13	Arturo Tolentino (2nd time)	Nacionalista		7th Congress	1970	1972
14	Orlando S. Mercado	Liberal		8th Congress	1987	1989	Fifth Republic
15	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Liberal			1990	1991
16	Alberto Romulo	LDP			1991	1992
				9th Congress	1992	1995
				10th Congress	1995	1996
17	Francisco Tatad	LDP			1996	1998
18	Franklin Drilon	Lakas			1998	1998
18	Franklin Drilon	LAMP		11th Congress	1998	2000
19	Francisco Tatad (2nd time)	PRP		11th Congress	2000	2001
20	Loren Legarda	Lakas		12th Congress	2001	2002
21	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-LABAN			2002	2002
22	Loren Legarda (2nd time)	Lakas			2002	2004
23	Francis Pangilinan	Liberal			2004	2004
				13th Congress	2004	2007
				14th Congress	2007	2008
24	Juan Miguel Zubiri	Lakas		14th Congress	2008	2010
25	Tito Sotto	NPC		15th Congress	2010	2013
26	Alan Peter Cayetano	Nacionalista		16th Congress	2013	2016
27	Tito Sotto (2nd time)	NPC		17th Congress	2016	present

Living former Majority Leaders of the Senate

Currently there are eight living former Majority Leader of the Senate:

Living Former Majority leader of the Senate
Orly Mercado (PDP-Laban), served 1987-1989
Teofisto Guingona (Lakas NUCD), served 1990-1991
Alberto Romulo (Independent), served 1991-1996
Francisco Tatad, served 1996-1998,2000-2001
Franklin Drilon (Lakas-NUCD, LAMMP), served 1998-2000
Loren Legarda (Lakas-CMD), served 2001-2002, 2002-2004
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban), served 2002
Francis Pangilinan (Liberal), served 2004-2008
Juan Miguel Zubiri (Lakas-CMD), served 2008-2010

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References

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Villanueva Engage Laurel Aquino Recto Arranz Francisco Cabili Primicias Roy Tolentino Mercado Guingona Romulo Tatad Drilon Tatad Legarda Pimentel Legarda Pangilinan Zubiri Sotto Cayetano Sotto

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Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

List of Majority Floor Leaders

Living former Majority Leaders of the Senate

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