President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines explained

Post:President pro tempore
Body:the Senate of the Philippines
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Official seal
Incumbent:Jinggoy Estrada
Incumbentsince:May 20, 2024
Style:
Appointer:Elected by the Senate
Formation:October 16, 1916
Inaugural:Esperidion Guanco
Website:Senate of the Philippines

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 president of the Senate, the Senate president pro tempore presides over the Senate.

In the 19th Congress, the incumbent president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines is Jinggoy Estrada.

List of Senate presidents pro tempore

No.PortraitName
Term of officePartyLegislature
1Espiridion Guanco
Senator for the
8th Senatorial District

(1874–1925)
July 21
1919
October 27
1922
Nacionalista5th Legislature
2Sergio Osmeña
Senator for the
10th Senatorial District

(1878–1961)
October 27
1922
July 16
1934
Nacionalista
Unipersonalista
6th Legislature
Nacionalista7th Legislature
8th Legislature
9th Legislature
3José Clarín
Senator for the
11th Senatorial District

(1879–1935)
July 16
1934
June 2
1935
Nacionalista
Democratico
10th Legislature
4José Avelino
Senator for the
9th Senatorial District

(1890–1986)
June 2
1935
November 15
1935
Nacionalista
Democratico
Senate abolished
(1935–1941)
5Elpidio Quirino
(1890–1956)
July 9
1945
May 25
1946
Liberal1st Commonwealth Congress
6Melecio Arranz
(1888–1966)
May 25
1946
December 30
1949
Liberal2nd Commonwealth Congress
1st Congress
7Quintín Paredes
(1884–1973)
January 31
1950
March 2
1952
Liberal2nd Congress
8Esteban Abada
(1896–1957)
March 2
1952
May 7
1952
Liberal
9Manuel Briones
(1896–1954)
May 7
1952
April 17
1953
Nacionalista
10José Zulueta
(1889–1972)
April 17
1953
April 30
1953
Liberal
(9)Manuel Briones
(1896–1954)
April 30
1953
December 10
1957
Nacionalista
3rd Congress
11Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
January 27
1958
December 17
1965
Nacionalista4th Congress
5th Congress
12Lorenzo Sumulong
(1905–1997)
January 17
1966
January 26
1967
Nacionalista6th Congress
13Jose Roy
(1904–1986)
January 26
1967
September 23
1972
Nacionalista
7th Congress
Senate abolished
(1973–1987)
14Teofisto Guingona Jr.
(born 1928)
July 27
1987
July 23
1990
Liberal8th Congress
15Sotero Laurel
(1918–2009)
July 23
1990
January 18
1992
Nacionalista
16Ernesto Maceda
(1935–2016)
January 18
1992
January 18
1993
PDP–Laban
9th Congress
(14)Teofisto Guingona Jr.
(born 1928)
January 18
1993
July 6
1993
Lakas
17Leticia Ramos-Shahani
(1929–2017)
July 6
1993
October 10
1996
Lakas
10th Congress
18Blas Ople
(1927–2003)
October 10
1996
June 29
1999
LDP
(until 1997)
LAMMP
(from 1997)
11th Congress
19John Henry Osmeña
(1935–2021)
June 29
1999
July 12
2000
LAMMP
(18)Blas Ople
(1927–2003)
July 12
2000
June 30
2001
LAMMP
20Manny Villar
(born 1949)
July 23
2001
August 12
2002
Independent12th Congress
21Juan Flavier
(1935–2014)
August 12
2002
June 30
2007
Lakas
13th Congress
22Jinggoy Estrada
(born 1963)
July 23
2007
June 30
2013
PMP14th Congress
15th Congress
23Ralph Recto
(born 1964)
July 22
2013
June 30
2016
Liberal16th Congress
24Franklin Drilon
(born 1945)
July 25
2016
February 27
2017
Liberal17th Congress
(23)Ralph Recto
(born 1964)
February 27
2017
June 29
2022
Liberal
(until 2018)
Nacionalista
(from 2018)
18th Congress
25Migz Zubiri
(born 1969)
June 29
2022
July 25
2022
Independent
26Loren Legarda
(born 1960)
July 25
2022
May 20
2024
NPC19th Congress
(22)Jinggoy Estrada
(born 1963)
May 20
2024
Incumbent PMP

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