86 annual State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) have been delivered since 1935 by fifteen presidents of the Philippines.
Prior to the introduction of the SONA, Emilio Aguinaldo, officially recognized as the first president of the Philippines, held a State of the Revolutionary Nation Address on September 15, 1898, after opening the Malolos Congress entitled Mensaje Leido por el Presidente del Govierno Revolucionario para el Congreso. On June 16, 1936, Manuel L. Quezon held a State of the Commonwealth Government Affairs at the inaugural session of the National Assembly.[1]
The first SONA was made by Manuel L. Quezon in 1935 before the National Assembly. Among those who made a SONA, Ferdinand Marcos made twenty SONAs - the largest number made by a single president. Sergio Osmeña in contrast made just one. Among the officially recognized presidents two presidents did not make a single SONA - Emilio Aguinaldo and José P. Laurel. Marcos was the only one who did not deliver a SONA before the Congress (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977). Elpidio Quirino's 1950 speech was delivered through radio broadcast when he was confined at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.[2]
The SONA is traditionally held annually. The presidential speech has been delivered in English until 2009 when it was last delivered in the said language. Benigno Aquino III was the first president to deliver the presidential speech in Filipino. He used Filipino in all of his six speeches from 2010 to 2015.
The longest speech was made by Ferdinand Marcos in 1969, with a total of 29,335 words. In contrast, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's speech made in 2005 was the shortest, with only 1,551 words.[2]
| No. | President | Date | Title | Venue | Legislature | Session | Language | Duration hours and minutes | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel L. Quezon | Message to the First Assembly on National Defense | Legislative Building, Manila | 1st National Assembly | 1st | English | |||||
| 2 | On the Country’s Conditions and Problems | ||||||||||
| 3 | Improvement of Philippine Conditions, Philippine Independence, and Relations with American High Commissioner | 2nd | |||||||||
| 4 | Revision of the System of Taxation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 5 | The State of the Nation and Important Economic Problems | 2nd National Assembly | 1st | ||||||||
| 6 | The State of the Nation | 2nd | |||||||||
| 7 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 8 | valign=top | Sergio Osmeña | Message to the First Congress of the Commonwealth of Philippines | Lepanto Street, Manila | 1st Congress of the Commonwealth | English | |||||
| 9 | Manuel Roxas | The State of the Nation | 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth | English | |||||||
| 10 | Message on the State of the Nation | 1st Congress | 1st | ||||||||
| 11 | The Nation on the Road to Prosperity | 2nd | |||||||||
| 12 | Elpidio Quirino | The Most Urgent Aim of the Administration | Legislative Building, Manila | 3rd | English | ||||||
| 13 | Address on the State of the Nation | Baltimore, Maryland United States | 2nd Congress | 1st | Quirino delivered his address via radio broadcast while he was confined at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland in the United States. | ||||||
| 14 | The State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 2nd | ||||||||
| 15 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 16 | The State of the Nation | 4th | |||||||||
| 17 | Ramon Magsaysay | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 3rd Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 18 | Address on the State of the Nation | 2nd | |||||||||
| 19 | Address on the State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 20 | Address on the State of the Nation | 4th | |||||||||
| 21 | Carlos P. Garcia | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 4th Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 22 | Address on the State of the Nation | 2nd | |||||||||
| 23 | Address on the State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 24 | Address on the State of the Nation | 4th | |||||||||
| 25 | Diosdado Macapagal | Five-Year Integrated Socio-Economic Program for the Philippines | Legislative Building, Manila | 5th Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 26 | The State of the Nation 1963 | 2nd | |||||||||
| 27 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 28 | The Philippines after Three Years (1962–1965) | 4th | |||||||||
| 29 | Ferdinand Marcos | Address on the State of the Nation | Legislative Building, Manila | 6th Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 30 | The Epic of Nation-Building | 2nd | |||||||||
| 31 | A Nation of Achievers | 3rd | |||||||||
| 32 | New Filipinism: The Turning Point | 4th | 5-8:30~ | ||||||||
| 33 | National Discipline: The Key to Our Future | 7th Congress | 1st | ||||||||
| 34 | The Democratic Revolution | 2nd | |||||||||
| 35 | Strength through Crisis, Growth in Freedom | 3rd | |||||||||
| 36 | Report to the Nation after One Year of Martial Law | Malacañan Palace, Manila | |||||||||
| 37 | The Barangay and the Imperative of National Unity | Maharlika Hall Malacañan Palace, Manila | |||||||||
| 38 | The President’s Report to the Nation | Quirino Grandstand, Manila | |||||||||
| 39 | We Stand Proud as a Nation Today | Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay | Batasang Bayan | ||||||||
| 40 | The Years of Crisis Government: Review and Preview | Luneta Park, Manila | |||||||||
| 41 | A Bold Experiment | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | Interim Batasang Pambansa | ||||||||
| 42 | The State of the Nation | ||||||||||
| 43 | A Time of Challenge to the Nation | ||||||||||
| 44 | State-of-the-Nation Address | ||||||||||
| 45 | State-of-the-Nation Address | ||||||||||
| 46 | State-of-the-Nation Address | ||||||||||
| 47 | State-of-the-Nation Address | Regular Pambansang Pambansa | |||||||||
| 48 | A Turning Point for the Nation | ||||||||||
| 49 | Corazon Aquino | State of the Nation | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 8th Congress | 1st | English | 0:38 | ||||
| 50 | State of the Nation | 2nd | |||||||||
| 51 | The State of the Nation | 3rd | |||||||||
| 52 | The State of the Nation | 4th | |||||||||
| 53 | The State of the Nation | 5th | |||||||||
| 54 | Fidel V. Ramos | Reform, Change, and Growth | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 9th Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 55 | Let’s Seize the Moment! | 2nd | |||||||||
| 56 | From Growth to Modernization | 3rd | |||||||||
| 57 | The Best Is Soon to Come | 10th Congress | 1st | ||||||||
| 58 | Uniting for Peace and Development | 2nd | |||||||||
| 59 | The Challenges Still Ahead | 3rd | |||||||||
| 60 | Joseph Estrada | The State of the Nation | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 11th Congress | 1st | English | |||||
| 61 | A Poverty-Free Philippines | 2nd | |||||||||
| 62 | Toward New Beginnings | 3rd | |||||||||
| 63 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 12th Congress | 1st | English | 1:06 | ||||
| 64 | State of the Nation Address | 2nd | |||||||||
| 65 | State of the Nation Address | 3rd | |||||||||
| 66 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 13th Congress | 1st | ||||||||
| 67 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 0:23[3] | ||||||||
| 68 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | |||||||||
| 69 | Seventh State of the Nation Address | 14th Congress | 1st | ||||||||
| 70 | Eighth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | |||||||||
| 71 | Ninth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | |||||||||
| 72 | Benigno Aquino III | State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 15th Congress | 1st | Filipino | 0:40[4] | Aquino was the first president to use Filipino and a language other than English at the SONA.[5] | |||
| 73 | State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 0:53 | ||||||||
| 74 | Third State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 1:27 | ||||||||
| 75 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 16th Congress | 1st | 1:44[6] | |||||||
| 76 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:31[7] | ||||||||
| 77 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 2:13 | ||||||||
| 2016 DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS (Philippines) | 78 | Rodrigo Duterte | Droga Droga Droga (Philippines) | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 17th Congress | 1st | English | 1:33 | ||
| 79 | Second State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 2:00 | ||||||||
| 80 | Third State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 0:48 | ||||||||
| 81 | Fourth State of the Nation Address | 18th Congress | 1st | 1:33 | |||||||
| 82 | Fifth State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:41 | ||||||||
| 83 | Sixth State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 2:39 | ||||||||
| 84 | Bongbong Marcos | First State of the Nation Address | Batasang Pambansa, Quezon City | 19th Congress | 1st | English, Filipino | 1:14 | ||||
| 85 | Second State of the Nation Address | 2nd | 1:11 | ||||||||
| 86 | Third State of the Nation Address | 3rd | 1:22 |