Floor leaders of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Floor leaders

Majority Leader
Martin Romualdez (Lakas NUCD)

Minority Leader
Joseph Stephen Paduano
(Abang Lingkod)

Current floor leaders of the Philippine House of Representatives

The House of Representatives Majority and Minority Leaders (also called House of Representatives Floor Leaders) are the two members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders. They serve as the chief spokesmen of their party with regard to their business in the Senate.

Current floor leaders[]

The current majority floor leader is Martin Romualdez, of Lakas–CMD. The current minority leader is Joseph Stephen Paduano of the Abang Lingkod party-list.

History[]

The positions of Majority and Minority leaders of the House of Representatives of the Philippines are similarly alike to the United States House of Representatives's party leaders.

Majority floor leader[]

The majority floor leader is elected among the members of the majority bloc, or those who voted for the Speaker. The majority floor leader asks as the spokesman of the majority bloc and directs deliberation on the plenary. He is also the chairman of the Committee on Rules.^[1]

Minority floor leader[]

The minority floor leader is elected among the members of the minority bloc. Traditionally, the losing candidate in a two-way speakership election becomes the minority leader, but this was changed in the 17th Congress. The minority floor leader is the spokesman of the minority bloc, and is an ex officio member of all committees.^[2]

List[]


Congress	Term	Majority leader
1st Congress	1946–49	Raul Leuterio	Eugenio Pérez	Cipriano Primcias Sr.
2nd Congress	1949–53	Raul Leuterio	Eugenio Pérez	José Laurel Jr.
3rd Congress	1953–57	Arturo Tolentino	José Laurel Jr.	Eugenio Pérez
4th Congress	1957–61	Jose Aldeguer	Daniel Z. Romuladez	Cornelio Villarreal
5th Congress	1961–65	Justiniano Montano	Daniel Z. Romuladez	Cornelio Villarreal
5th Congress	1961–65		Cornelio Villarreal	Daniel Z. Romuladez
6th Congress	1965–69		Cornelio Villarreal	Daniel Z. Romuladez
6th Congress	1965–69	Marcelino Veloso	José Laurel Jr.	Cornelio Villarreal
7th Congress	1969–72		José Laurel Jr.	Justiniano Montano
			Cornelio Villarreal	Justiniano Montano
				Ramon Mitra Jr.
				Ramon Felipe
Interim Batasang Pambansa	1978–84	Jose Roño Jr.	Querebe Makalintal	Hilario Davide Jr.
Regular Batasang Pambansa	1984–86	Jose Roño Jr.	Nicanor Yñiguez	José Laurel Jr.
8th Congress	1987–92	Francisco Sumulong	Ramon Mitra Jr.	Rodolfo Albano
				Mohammed Ali Dimaporo
				Salvador Escudero
				Victor Ortega
9th Congress	1992–95	Ronaldo Zamora	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Hernando Perez
10th Congress	1995–98	Rodolfo Albano	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Ronaldo Zamora
11th Congress	1998–2001	Eduardo Gullas	Manuel Villar	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
			Arnulfo Fuentebella	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
			Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	Arnulfo Fuentebella
12th Congress	2001–04	Florencio Abad	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Carlos Padilla
13th Congress	2004–07	Prospero Nograles		Francis Escudero
14th Congress	2007–10	Arthur Defensor Sr.		Ronaldo Zamora
14th Congress	2007–10	Arthur Defensor Sr.	Prospero Nograles	Ronaldo Zamora
15th Congress	2010–13	Neptali Gonzales II	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	Edcel Lagman
15th Congress	2010–13			Danilo Suarez
16th Congress	2013–16			Ronaldo Zamora
17th Congress	2016–19	Rodolfo Fariñas	Pantaleon Alvarez	Danilo Suarez
		Rolando Andaya Jr.	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
		Fredenil Castro	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
18th Congress	2019–present	Martin Romualdez	Alan Peter Cayetano	Benny Abante
			Lord Allan Jay Velasco	Benny Abante
			Lord Allan Jay Velasco	Joseph Stephen Paduano

References[]

^ "House of Representatives". www.congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
^ "House of Representatives". www.congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

[1] "House of Representatives". www.congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

[2] "House of Representatives". www.congress.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-06-05.

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