President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Franklin Drilon since July 25, 2016
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate
Inaugural holder	Esperidion Guanco
Formation	October 16, 1916
Website	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. During the absence of the Senate President, the Senate President pro tempore presides over the Senate.

The Senate President pro tempore of the 17th Congress is Franklin Drilon.

List of Senate Presidents pro tempore

#		Party	District	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	Esperidion Guanco	Nacionalista	8th	5th Philippine Legislature	1919	1922	Insular Government
2	Sergio Osmeña, Sr.	Nacionalista	10th	6th Philippine Legislature	1922	1925
				7th Philippine Legislature	1925	1928
				8th Philippine Legislature	1928	1931
				9th Philippine Legislature	1931	1934
3	Jose Clarin	Nacionalista	10th	10th Philippine Legislature	1934	1935
4	Jose Avelino	Nacionalista	9th	10th Philippine Legislature	1935	November 15, 1935
5	Elpidio Quirino	Nacionalista	Nationwide at-large	1st Commonwealth Congress	July 9, 1945	May 25, 1946	Commonwealth
6	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		2nd Commonwealth Congress	May 25, 1946	July 4, 1946	Commonwealth
6	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		1st Congress	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1949	Third Republic
7	Quintin Paredes	Liberal		2nd Congress	January 31, 1950	March 5, 1952
8	Esteban Abada	Liberal			March 5, 1952	May 7, 1952
9	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista			May 7, 1952	April 17, 1953
10	Jose Zulueta	Liberal			April 17, 1953	April 30, 1953
11	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista			April 30, 1953	December 8, 1953
11	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista		3rd Congress	January 25, 1954	December 10, 1957
12	Fernando Lopez	Democratic		4th Congress	January 27, 1958	December 13, 1961
12	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista		5th Congress	January 22, 1962	December 17, 1965
13	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista		6th Congress	January 17, 1966	December 30, 1969
14	Jose Roy	Nacionalista
14	Jose Roy	Nacionalista		7th Congress	January 26, 1970	September 23, 1972
15	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Liberal		8th Congress	July 27, 1987	July 23, 1990	Fifth Republic
16	Sotero Laurel	Nacionalista			July 23, 1990	January 18, 1992
17	Ernesto Maceda, Sr.	PDP-LABAN			January 18, 1992	July 27, 1992
17	Ernesto Maceda, Sr.	PDP-LABAN		9th Congress	July 27, 1992	January 18, 1993
18	Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2nd time)	Lakas			January 18, 1993	July 6, 1993
19	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas			July 6, 1993	June 30, 1995
19	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas		10th Congress	July 24, 1995	October 10, 1996
20	Blas Ople	LDP		10th Congress	October 10, 1996	June 30, 1998
20	Blas Ople	LAMP		11th Congress	July 27, 1998	June 29, 1999
21	John Henry Osmeña	LAMP			June 29, 1999	July 12, 2000
22	Blas Ople (2nd time)	LAMP			July 12, 2000	June 30, 2001
23	Manny Villar	Independent		12th Congress	July 23, 2001	August 12, 2002
24	Juan Flavier	Lakas		12th Congress	August 12, 2002	June 30, 2004
24	Juan Flavier	Lakas		13th Congress	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2007
25	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		14th Congress	July 23, 2007	June 30, 2010
25	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		15th Congress	July 26, 2010	June 30, 2013
26	Ralph Recto	Liberal		16th Congress	July 22, 2013	June 30, 2016
27	Franklin Drilon	Liberal		17th Congress	July 25, 2016	present

Living former Senate Presidents pro tempore

Currently there are six living former Senate Presidents pro tempore:

Living Former Senate Presidents pro tempore
Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (Lakas-CMD), served 1987-1989,1993
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, served 1993-1996
John Henry Osmeña (PMP), served 1999-2000
Manny Villar (Independent), served 2001-2002
Jinggoy Estrada (PMP), served 2007-2013
Ralph Recto (Liberal), served 2013-2016

References

List of Senators of the Philippines

External links

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Presidents pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

Guanco S. Osmeña Clarin Avelino Quirino Arranz Paredes Briones López Sumulong Roy Guingona Laurel Shahani Ople J. Osmeña Ople Villar Flavier Estrada Recto Drilon

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