President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
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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
Senate of the Philippines
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...

. During the absence of the Senate President
President of the Senate of the Philippines
The President of the Senate of the Philippines, or more popularly known as the Senate President, is the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of the Philippines. He/she is elected by the entire body to be their leader...

, the Senate President pro tempore
Pro tempore
Pro tempore , abbreviated pro tem or p.t., is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English. This phrase is often used to describe a person who acts as a locum tenens in the absence of a superior, such as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate.Legislative...

presides over the Senate.

The Senate President pro tempore of the Senate is Jinggoy Estrada
Jinggoy Estrada
Jose Pimentel Ejercito, Jr. , better known as Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and former film actor who has been a member of the Senate of the Philippines since 2004...

.

Philippine Legislature

Fifth Legislature
  • 1919-1922 Esperidion Guanco


Sixth Legislature
  • 1922-1925 Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...



Seventh Legislature
  • 1925-1928 Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...



Eighth Legislature
  • 1928-1931 Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...



Ninth Legislature
  • 1931-1934 Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña
    Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...



Tenth Legislature
  • 1934-1935 Jose Clarin
  • 1935 Jose Avelino
    José Avelino
    José Dira Avelino . The first President of the Senate of the First Republic of the Philippines under the presidency of Manuel Roxas. He was President Pro-tempore to President Manuel Quezon prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth.Avelino was born in a town called Calbayog in Samar to...


(Third) Republic of the Philippines

First Congress
1st Congress of the Philippines
The First Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from May 25, 1946 until December 13, 1949. The body was originally convened as the Second Congress of the Commonwealth of the...

  • 1946-1949 Melecio Arranz
    Melecio Arranz
    Melecio Arranz was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.He was an Ilocano Politician-Early Life and Carrer:He obtained his degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Sto...


Second Congress
2nd Congress of the Philippines
The Second Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from December 30, 1949 until December 8, 1953.-Sessions:**First Special Session: December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950*First...

  • 1950-1952 Quintin Paredes
    Quintín Paredes
    Quintín B. Paredes was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and statesman.He was born in Bangued, Abra, Philippines in 1884 to Juan Felix Paredes and Regine Babila.-Education and early career:...


Third Congress
3rd Congress of the Philippines
The Third Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 25, 1954 until December 10, 1957.-Sessions:*First Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1954**First Special...

  • 1954-1957 Manuel Briones

Fourth Congress
4th Congress of the Philippines
The Fourth Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 27, 1958 until December 13, 1961.-Sessions:*First Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1958**First Special...

  • 1958-1961 Fernando Lopez
    Fernando Lopez
    Fernando López,Sr. was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos for the Nacionalistas.-Early life and career:López was born on April 13,...


Fifth Congress
5th Congress of the Philippines
The Fifth Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 22, 1962 until December 17, 1965.-Sessions:*First Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1962*Second Regular...

  • 1962-1965 Fernando Lopez
    Fernando Lopez
    Fernando López,Sr. was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos for the Nacionalistas.-Early life and career:López was born on April 13,...


Sixth Congress
6th Congress of the Philippines
The Sixth Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 17, 1966 until June 17, 1969.-Sessions:**First Special Session: January 17 – January 22, 1966*First Regular...

  • 1966-1969 Lorenzo Sumulong
    Lorenzo Sumulong
    Lorenzo Sumulong was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades, and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations...


Seventh Congress
7th Congress of the Philippines
The Seventh Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from January 26, 1970 until it was effectively dissolved with the declaration of martial law on September 23, 1972 by...

  • 1970-1973 Jose Roy

(Fifth) Republic of the Philippines

Eighth Congress
8th Congress of the Philippines
The Eighth Congress of the Philippines is the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives after the ratification of the Constitution of the Philippines in 1987.-Sessions:**First Special Session: July 14...

  • 1987-1989 Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
  • 1990-1991 Sotero Laurel
    Sotero Laurel
    Sotero Cosme "Teroy" Laurel II was a Filipino politician and educator who served as a Senator from 1986 until 1992, including a period as President pro tempore from 1990 until 1991. Laurel was the son of the former President of the Philippines José P. Laurel and the older brother of former Vice...

  • 1992 Ernesto Maceda


Ninth Congress
9th Congress of the Philippines
The Ninth Congress of the Philippines is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives.-Sessions:...

  • 1992-1993 Ernesto Maceda
  • 1993 Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
  • 1993-1995 Leticia Ramos-Shahani
    Leticia Ramos-Shahani
    Leticia Ramos-Shahani is a Philippines Senator and writer. She was born on September 30, 1929 in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Her father, Narciso Ramos , was a lawyer, crusading journalist and 5-term legislator of the House of Representatives, who eventually rose to the position of Secretary of Foreign...



Tenth Congress
10th Congress of the Philippines
The Tenth Congress of the Philippines is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives.-Sessions:...

  • 1995-1996 Leticia Ramos Shahani
  • 1996-1998 Blas Ople
    Blas Ople
    Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death...



Eleventh Congress
11th Congress of the Philippines
The Eleventh Congress of the Philippines is the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives...

  • 1998-1999 Blas Ople
    Blas Ople
    Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death...

  • 1999-2000 John Henry Osmeña
    John Henry Osmeña
    John Henry Renner Osmeña , also known as Sonny Osmeña or simply John Osmeña, is a former Senator of the Philippines...

  • 2000-2001 Blas Ople
    Blas Ople
    Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death...



Twelfth Congress
12th Congress of the Philippines
The Twelfth Congress of the Philippines was the national Lower House of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines...

  • 2001-2002 Manuel Villar, Jr.
  • 2002-2004 Juan Flavier
    Juan Flavier
    Juan Martin Flavier is a former politician from the Philippines. He was a former Secretary of the Department of Health and a senator. He was born in Tondo, Manila eventually moving to Baguio City where he finished his secondary studies at the Baguio City High School...



Thirteenth Congress
13th Congress of the Philippines
The Thirteenth Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives...

  • 2006-2007 Juan Flavier
    Juan Flavier
    Juan Martin Flavier is a former politician from the Philippines. He was a former Secretary of the Department of Health and a senator. He was born in Tondo, Manila eventually moving to Baguio City where he finished his secondary studies at the Baguio City High School...



Fourteenth Congress
14th Congress of the Philippines
The Fourteenth Congress of the Philippines was the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives...

  • 2007–present Jinggoy Estrada
    Jinggoy Estrada
    Jose Pimentel Ejercito, Jr. , better known as Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and former film actor who has been a member of the Senate of the Philippines since 2004...


Living former Senate Presidents pro tempore

Currently there are six living former Senate Presidents pro tempore:

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