Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines explained

Post:	Minority Floor Leader
Body:	the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent:	Marcelino Libanan
Incumbentsince:	July 26, 2022
Style:	The Honorable
Appointer:	Affirmed by the House of Representatives
Formation:	1907
Inaugural:	Vicente Singson Encarnacion
Website:	House of Representatives of the Philippines

The minority floor leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, or simply the House Minority floor leader, is the leader elected by the minority bloc of the House of Representatives of the Philippines that serves as their official leader in the body. He also manages the business of the minority party in the Senate. He is expected to be vigilant in the defense of the minority's rights. It is his function and duty to criticize constructively the policies and programs of the majority, and to this end employ parliamentary tactics and give close attention to all proposed legislation.

Traditionally, the defeated contender in the speakership election becomes the minority leader, but the rules were amended for the 17th Congress and now the minority bloc elects their minority leader among themselves.

List of minority floor leaders

Philippine Assembly
No.	Portrait	Name	Term start		Party		Legislature
1		Vicente Singson Encarnacion	1907	1909		Progresista	1st Legislature
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippine
No.	Portrait	Name	Term start		Party		Legislature
2		Eugenio Perez	June 9 1945	December 20 1945		Nacionalista	1st Congress
3		Cipriano P. Primicias Sr.	May 25 1946	July 4 1946		Nacionalista	2nd Congress
House of Representatives of the Philippines
No.	Portrait	Name	Term start		Party		Legislature
(3)		Cipriano P. Primicias Sr.	July 4 1946	December 30 1949		Nacionalista	1st Congress
4		Jose Laurel Jr.	December 30 1949	December 30 1953		Nacionalista	2nd Congress
(2)		Eugenio Perez	January 25 1954	August 4 1957		Liberal	3rd Congress
5		Cornelio Villareal	January 27 1958	December 30 1961		Liberal	4th Congress
			January 22 1962	March 9 1962			5th Congress
6		Daniel Z. Romualdez	March 9 1962	March 22 1965		Nacionalista
(4)		Jose Laurel Jr.	January 17 1966	February 2 1967		Nacionalista	6th Congress
(5)		Cornelio Villareal	February 2 1967	January 26 1970		Liberal
7		Justiniano Montano	January 26 1970	June 12 1971		Liberal	7th Congress
8		Ramon Mitra Jr.	June 12 1971	December 30 1971		Liberal
9		Ramon Felipe Jr.	January 24 1972	September 23 1972		Liberal
Batasang Pambansa
No.	Portrait	Name	Term start		Party		Legislature
10		Hilario Davide Jr.	June 12 1978	June 30 1984		Pusyon Bisaya	Interim Batasang Pambansa
(4)		Jose Laurel Jr.	July 23 1984	March 25 1986		UNIDO	Regular Batasang Pambansa
House of Representatives of the Philippines
No.	Portrait	Name	Term start		Party		Legislature
11		Rodolfo Albano	July 27 1987	October 20 1989		NPC	8th Congress
12		Mohammad Ali Dimaporo	October 20 1989	June 1 1990		KBL
13		Salvador Escudero	June 1 1990	July 22 1991		Nacionalista
14		Victor Ortega	July 22 1991	June 30 1992		Nacionalista
15		Hernando Perez	July 27 1992	June 30 1995		LDP	9th Congress
16		Ronaldo Zamora	July 24 1995	June 30 1998		NPC	10th Congress
17		Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	July 27 1998	January 24 2001		Lakas	11th Congress
18		Arnulfo Fuentebella	January 24 2001	June 30 2001		NPC
19		Carlos Padilla	July 23 2001	June 30 2004		LDP	12th Congress
20		Francis Escudero	July 26 2004	June 30 2007		NPC	13th Congress
(16)		Ronaldo Zamora	July 23 2007	June 30 2010		NPC	14th Congress
21		Edcel Lagman	July 26 2010	January 20 2012		Lakas	15th Congress
22		Danilo Suarez	January 20 2012	June 30 2013		Lakas
(16)		Ronaldo Zamora	July 22 2013	June 30 2016		Nacionalista	16th Congress
(22)		Danilo Suarez	July 25 2016	June 30 2019		Lakas	17th Congress
23		Benny Abante^[1]	July 22 2019	October 16 2020		Asenso Manileño	18th Congress
24		Joseph Stephen Paduano	October 16 2020	June 30 2022		Abang Lingkod
25		Marcelino Libanan	July 26 2022	Incumbent		4Ps	19th Congress

See also

• Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines

References

• Book: Pobre , Cesar P. . Philippine Legislature 100 Years . 2000 . 971-92245-0-9 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cepeda . Mara . October 16, 2020 . House Minority Leader Abante Steps Down, Joins Velasco-Led Majority . October 17, 2020 . Rappler.