9th Congress of the Philippines

9th Congress of the Philippines

July 27, 1992 – June 9, 1995
President	Fidel Ramos
Vice President	Joseph Estrada
Senate
Senate President	Neptali Gonzales (1992–1993) Edgardo Angara (1993–1995)
Senate President pro tempore	Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Majority leader	Alberto Romulo
Minority leader	Wigberto Tañada
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Jose C. de Venecia, Jr.
◀ 8th (1987) 10th (1995) ▶

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The Ninth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikasiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives. The convening of the 9th Congress follows the 1992 national elections, where, under the transitory provisions of the Constitution, the first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a six-year term while the next 12 senators would have a three-year term and the entire membership of the House of Representatives was replaced.

Sessions[]

• First Regular Session: July 27, 1992 – June 4, 1993
  • First Special Session: January 4 – February 26, 1993
  • Second Special Session: March 8 – April 16, 1993
• Second Regular Session: July 26, 1993 – June 10, 1994
  • Third Special Session: January 3 – April 1, 1994
• Third Regular Session: July 25, 1994 – June 9, 1995
  • Fourth Special Session: January 2 – February 24, 1995
  • Fifth Special Session: February 27 – March 24, 1995
  • Sixth Special Session: March 27 – April 7, 1995
  • Seventh Special Session: April 10 – May 5, 1995

Legislation[]

Laws passed by the 9th Congress:

Leadership[]

Senate[]

• President of the Senate

Neptali A. Gonzales (LDP)

Edgardo J. Angara (LDP)

• Senate President Pro-Tempore

Leticia R. Shahani (Lakas-NUCD)

• Majority Floor Leader

Alberto Romulo (LDP)

• Minority Floor Leader

Wigberto E. Tañada (Liberal)

House of Representatives[]

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-CMD, 4th District Pangasinan)

• Speaker Pro Tempore

Raul A. Daza (Liberal, 1st District Northern Samar)

• Majority Floor Leader
• Minority Floor Leader

Members[]

Composition[]

	Party	Senate	House of Representatives
	KBL	0	3
	LDP	16	86
	Lakas	2	41
	Liberal	1	11
	Nacionalista	0	7
	NPC	5	30
	Independent	0	6
	Sectoral representatives	NA	16
	Others and coalition	0	16
	Total	24	216

Senate[]

Senator		Party	Term	Term Start	Term End
	1.Heherson T. Alvarez	LDP	2	1992	1998
	2.Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	2	1992	1998
	3.Agapito A. Aquino	LDP	2	1992	1995
	4.Rodolfo G. Biazon	LDP	1	1992	1995
	5.Anna Dominique M. Coseteng	NPC	1	1992	1995
	6.Neptali A. Gonzales	LDP	2	1992	1998
	7.Teofisto P. Guingona	LDP	2	1992	1995
	8.Ernesto F. Herrera	LDP	2	1992	1998
	9.Jose D. Lina, Jr.	LDP	2	1992	1995
	10.Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	LDP	1	1992	1995
	11.Ernesto M. Maceda	NPC	2	1992	1998
	12.Orlando S. Mercado	LDP	2	1992	1998
	13.Blas F. Ople	LDP	1	1992	1998
	14.John Henry R. Osmeña	NPC	2	1992	1995
	15.Santanina T. Rasul	Lakas-NUCD	2	1992	1995
	16.Ramon B. Revilla, Sr.	LDP	1	1992	1998
	17.Raul S. Roco	LDP	1	1992	1995
	18.Alberto G. Romulo	LDP	2	1992	1998
	19.Leticia R. Shahani	Lakas-NUCD	2	1992	1998
	20.Vicente C. Sotto III	LDP	1	1992	1998
	21.Wigberto E. Tañada	Liberal	2	1992	1995
	22.Francisco S. Tatad	NPC	1	1992	1995
	23.Arturo M. Tolentino	NPC	1	1992	1995
	24.Freddie N. Webb	LDP	1	1992	1998

House of Representatives[]

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative		Party	Term
Abra	Lone		Jeremias Z. Zapata	Lakas-NUCD	1
Agusan del Norte	1st		Charito B. Plaza		2
	2nd		Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.	Nacionalista	2
Agusan del Sur	Lone		Ceferino S. Paredes, Jr.	NPC	1
Aklan	Lone		Allen S. Quimpo	Lakas-NUCD	1
Albay	1st		Edcel C. Lagman	LDP	2
	2nd		Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	1
	3rd		Al Francis C. Bichara	Nacionalista	1
Antique	Lone			Lakas-NUCD	2
Aurora	Lone		Benedicto G. Miran	LDP	2
Bacolod	Lone		Romeo G. Guanzon	Lakas-NUCD	2
Basilan	Lone		Elnorita P. Tugung		1
Bataan	1st		Felicito C. Payumo	Liberal	2
	2nd		Dominador N. Venegas		1
Batanes	Lone		Enrique C. Lizardo	LDP	1
Batangas	1st		Eduardo R. Ermita	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd		Hernando B. Perez	Lakas-NUCD	2
	3rd		Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	Nacionalista	2
	4th		Ralph G. Recto	LDP	1
Benguet	1st		Bernardo M. Vergara	NPC	1
	2nd		Samuel M. Dangwa	LDP	2
Bohol	1st		Venice Borja-Agana	Lakas NUCD	2
	2nd		Erico B. Aumentado	Lakas NUCD	1
	3rd		Isidro C. Zarraga	Lakas NUCD	2
Bukidnon	1st		Socorro O. Acosta	Liberal	2
	2nd		Reginaldo N. Tilanduca	NPC	1
	3rd		Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.	NPC	2
Bulacan	1st		Teodulo C. Natividad	LDP	1
	2nd		Pedro M. Pancho	Lakas NUCD	1
	3rd		Ricardo C. Silverio	Lakas NUCD	1
	4th		Angelito M. Sarmiento	Lakas NUCD	1
Cagayan	1st		Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista	1
	2nd		Edgar R. Lara	NPC	1
	3rd		Francisco K. Mamba	Lakas-NUCD	1
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone		Erasmo B. Damasing	Lakas NUCD	1
Caloocan	1st		Aurora A. Henson		1
	2nd		Luis A. Asistio	NPC	1
Camarines Norte	Lone		Emmanuel B. Pimentel	LDP	1
Camarines Sur	1st		Rolando R. Andaya	Lakas NUCD	2
	2nd		Celso O. Baguio		1
	3rd		Arnulfo P. Fuentebella	NPC	1
	4th		Ciriaco R. Alfelor	Lakas NUCD	2
Camiguin	Lone		Pedro P. Romualdo	Lakas NUCD	2
Capiz	1st		Gerardo A. Roxas, Jr.1	Liberal	2
			Manuel A. Roxas II2	Liberal	1
	2nd		Vicente J. Andaya, Jr.	Lakas NUCD	1
Catanduanes	Lone		Leandro B. Verceles, Jr.	LDP	1
Cavite	1st		Dominador G. Nazareno, Jr.	NPC	1
	2nd		Renato P. Dragon	LDP/MAGDALO	2
	3rd		Telesforo A. Unas	LDP	1
Cebu	1st		Eduardo R. Gullas	LDP	1
	2nd		Crisologo Abines	NPC	2
	3rd		Pablo P. Garcia	LDP	2
	4th		Celestino E. Martinez, Jr.	Lakas NUCD	2
	5th		Ramon D. Durano III	NPC	2
	6th		Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	LDP	1
Cebu City	1st		Raul V. Del Mar		2
	2nd		Antonio V. Cuenco		2
Cotabato (North)	1st		Anthony P. Dequiña		1
	2nd		Gregorio A. Andolana		2
Davao City	1st		Jesus G. Dureza		2
	2nd		Manuel M. Garcia		1
	3rd		Elias B. Lopez		1
Davao del Norte	1st		Rogelio M. Sarmiento		1
	2nd		Baltazar A. Sator		2
	3rd		Rodolfo P. Del Rosario		2
Davao del Sur	1st		Alejandro D. Almendras, Sr.		1
	2nd		Benjamin V. Bautista, Sr.		2
Davao Oriental	1st		Ma. Elena T. Palma-Gil		1
	2nd		Thelma Z. Almario		2
Eastern Samar	Lone		Jose T. Ramirez		2
Ifugao	Lone		Benjamin B. Cappleman	LDP	1
Ilocos Norte	1st		Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	KBL	2
	2nd		Ferdinand R. Marcos II	KBL	1
Ilocos Sur	1st		Mariano M. Tajon	LDP	1
	2nd		Eric D. Singson	LDP	2
Iloilo	1st		Oscar G. Garin		2
	2nd		Alberto J. Lopez		2
	3rd		Licurgo P. Tirador		2
	4th		Nicetas P. Panes		1
	5th		Neil D. Tupas		2
Iloilo City	Lone		Rafael J. Lopez-Vito		2
Isabela	1st		Rodolfo B. Albano	NPC	2
	2nd		Faustino S. Dy, Jr.	NPC	1
	3rd		Santiago P. Respicio	NPC	2
	4th		Antonio M. Abaya	NPC	2
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone		Elias K. Bulut	LDP	1
La Union	1st		Victor F. Ortega	NPC	2
	2nd		Jose D. Aspiras	NPC	2
Laguna	1st		Roy M. Almoro		1
	2nd		Rodolfo R. Tingzon		1
	3rd		Florante L. Aquino		2
	4th		Magdaleno M. Palacol		2
Lanao del Norte	1st		Mariano Ll. Badelles, Sr.		2
	2nd		Mario E. Hisuler		1
Lanao del Sur	1st		Mamintal M. Adiong	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd		Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo	NPC	2
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone		Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
Leyte	1st		Cirilo Roy C. Montejo		2
	2nd		Sergio Antonio F. Apostol		1
	3rd		Alberto S. Veloso		2
	4th		Carmelo J. Locsin		2
	5th		Eriberto V. Loreto		2
Maguindanao	1st		Michael O. Mastura		2
	2nd		Simeon A. Datumanong	Lakas-NUCD	2
Makati	Lone		Joker P. Arroyo		1
Malabon-Navotas	Lone		Teresa Aquino-Oreta		2
Manila	1st		Martin B. Isidro		2
	2nd		Jaime C. Lopez		2
	3rd		Leonardo B. Fugoso		2
	4th		Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr.		2
	5th		Amado S. Bagatsing		2
	6th		Rosenda Ann M. Ocampo		1
Marikina	Lone		Romeo D. Candazo		1
Marinduque	Lone		Carmencita O. Reyes		2
Masbate	1st		Tito R. Espinosa3		2
	2nd		Luz Cleta R. Bakunawa		2
	3rd		Antonio T. Kho		1
Misamis Occidental	1st		Percival B. Catane		1
	2nd		Hilarion J. Ramiro, Jr.		1
Misamis Oriental	1st		Homobono T. Cesar		1
	2nd		Victorico L. Chavez		1
Mountain Province	Lone		Victor S. Dominguez	Lakas-NUCD	2
Negros Occidental	1st		Tranquilino B. Carmona		1
	2nd		Manuel H. Puey		2
	3rd		Jose Carlos V. Lacson		2
	4th		Edward M. Matti		2
	5th		Mariano M. Yulo		2
	6th		Hortensia L. Starke		2
Negros Oriental	1st		Jerome V. Paras		2
	2nd		Miguel L. Romero		2
	3rd		Margarito B. Teves		2
Northern Samar	1st		Raul A. Daza	Liberal	2
	2nd		Wilmar P. Lucero	Liberal	1
Nueva Ecija	1st		Renato V. Diaz		1
	2nd		Eleuterio R. Violago		1
	3rd		Pacifico M. Fajardo		1
	4th		Victorio A. Lorenzo		1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone		Leonardo B. Perez	NPC	1
Occidental Mindoro	Lone		Jose T. Villarosa		1
Oriental Mindoro	1st		J. Renato V. Leviste		1
	2nd		Jesus M. Punzalan		2
Palawan	1st		David A. Ponce De Leon		2
	2nd		Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.		1
Pampanga	1st		Carmelo F. Lazatin		2
	2nd		Emigdio L. Lingad		2
	3rd		Andrea D. Domingo		1
	4th		Emilio Bondoc		1
Pangasinan	1st		Oscar M. Orbos	independent	2
	2nd		Chris F. Mendoza	Lakas-NUCD	2
	3rd		Eric Galo P. Acuña	NPC	1
	4th		Jose C. De Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2
	5th		Amadeo R. Perez, Jr.	LDP	1
	6th		Conrado M. Estrella III	NPC	2
Parañaque	Lone		Roilo J. Golez		1
Pasay	Lone		Jovito O. Claudio		1
Pasig	Lone		Rufino S. Javier		2
Pateros-Taguig	Lone		Dante O. Tinga		2
Quezon	1st		Wilfrido L. Enverga		2
	2nd		Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr.		1
	3rd		Danilo E. Suarez		1
	4th		Manolet O. Lavides		1
Quezon City	1st		Renato A. Yap		1
	2nd		Dante V. Liban		1
	3rd		Dennis Y. Roldan		1
	4th		Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
Quirino	Lone		Junie E. Cua		2
Rizal	1st		Manuel Sanchez4	Lakas NUCD	1
			Gilberto Duavit5	NPC	1
	2nd		Emigdio S. Tanjuatco, Jr.		2
Romblon	Lone		Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona		1
Samar (Western)	1st		Rodolfo T. Tuazon		1
	2nd		Catalino V. Figueroa		1
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone		Ronaldo B. Zamora		2
Siquijor	Lone		Orlando B. Fua		1
Sorsogon	1st		Salvador H. Escudero III		2
	2nd		Bonifacio H. Gillego		2
South Cotabato	1st		Luwalhati R. Antonino		1
	2nd		Daisy P. Avance-Fuentes		1
	3rd		James L. Chiongbian		2
Southern Leyte	Lone		Roger G. Mercado		2
Sultan Kudarat	Lone		Estanislao V. Valdez		2
Sulu	1st		Bensaudi O. Tulawie		1
	2nd		Asani S. Tammang		1
Surigao del Norte	1st		Glenda B. Ecleo		2
	2nd		Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas NUCD	1
Surigao del Sur	1st		Mario S. Ty		2
	2nd		Ernesto T. Estrella		2
Tarlac	1st		Jose S. Cojuangco, Jr.		2
	2nd		Jose V. Yap		2
	3rd		Herminio S. Aquino		2
Tawi-Tawi	Lone		Nur G. Jaafar		1
Valenzuela	Lone		Antonio M. Serapio		2
Zambales	1st		Katherine H. Gordon		2
	2nd		Antonio M. Diaz		1
Zamboanga City	Lone		Maria Clara Lobregat	LDP	2
Zamboanga del Norte	1st		Artemio A. Adasa, Jr.		2
	2nd		Ernesto S. Amatong		2
	3rd		Angel M. Carloto		2
Zamboanga del Sur	1st		Alejandro S. Urro		1
	2nd		Antonio H. Cerilles		2
	3rd		Belma A. Cabilao		1

Sectoral Representatives
Sector	Representative	Term
Cultural community	Joseph G. Sibug6	1
Labor	Temistocles S. Dejon, Sr.	1
	Zoilo V. Dela Cruz, Jr.	1
	Andres L. Dinglasan, Jr.	1
	Ramon J. Jabar	1
	Paterno D. Menzon	1
	Ernesto C. Verceles	1
	Alejandro C. Villaviza	1
Overseas Filipino Workers	Tomas F. Concepcion	1
Peasant	Leonardo Q. Montemayor	1
	Vicente V. Tagle	1
Urban Poor	Ariel Zartiga	1
Women	Minerva G. Laudico	1
	Leonor I. Luciano	1
Youth	Edgar M. Avila	1
	Cesar Chavez	1

See also[]

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1992 Philippine general election

References[]

External links[]

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
• "The LAWPHi'L Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

Further reading[]

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.