Philippine House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Dulce Ann Hofer (PDP–Laban) ; since 2019
Minority Leader	Arlene Brosas (GABRIELA) ; since 2019
Structure
Seats	46 members
Political groups	Majority (42) PDP–Laban (9); Party-lists (9); NUP (8); NPC (6); Nacionalista (5); Bukidnon Paglaum (1); CDP (1); Lakas (1); Liberal (1); PPP (1); Minority (4) Party-lists (3); PDP–Laban (1);
Website
	Committee on Foreign Affairs

The Philippine House Committee on Foreign Affairs, or House Foreign Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction[]

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:^[1]

Diplomatic and consular services
Other international organizations and agencies
Relations of the Philippines with other countries
United Nations and its agencies

Members, 18th Congress[]

Position		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson	Dulce Ann Hofer	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd
Vice Chairpersons	Ma. Laarni Cayetano	Nacionalista	Taguig	2nd
	Manuel Sagarbarria	NPC	Negros Oriental	2nd
	Domingo Rivera	CIBAC	Party-list
	Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso	NUP	Cagayan	2nd
	Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
	Ronnie Ong	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
Members for the Majority	Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
	Vincent Franco Frasco	Lakas	Cebu	5th
	Julienne Baronda	NUP	Iloilo City	Lone
	Juliet Marie Ferrer	NUP	Negros Occidental	4th
	Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
	Ciriaco Gato Jr.	NPC	Batanes	Lone
	Erico Aristotle Aumentado	NPC	Bohol	2nd
	Ian Paul Dy	NPC	Isabela	3rd
	Abdullah Dimaporo	NPC	Lanao del Norte	2nd
	Weslie Gatchalian	NPC	Valenzuela	1st
	Cesar Jimenez Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga City	1st
	Lucy Torres Gomez	PDP–Laban	Leyte	4th
	Estrellita Suansing	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	1st
	Kristine Alexie Besas-Tutor	Nacionalista	Bohol	3rd
	Camille Villar	Nacionalista	Las Piñas	Lone
	Sol Aragones	Nacionalista	Laguna	3rd
	Rosanna Vergara	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	3rd
	Antonio Albano	NUP	Isabela	1st
	Jocelyn Tulfo	ACT-CIS	Party-list
	Lorna Silverio	NUP	Bulacan	3rd
	Florida Robes	NUP	San Jose del Monte	Lone
	Enrico Pineda	1PACMAN	Party-list
	Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
	Alberto Pacquiao	OFWFC	Party-list
	Elizalde Co	AKO BICOL	Party-list
	Juliette Uy	NUP	Misamis Oriental	2nd
	Micaela Violago	NUP	Nueva Ecija	2nd
	Ma. Lourdes Acosta-Alba	Bukidnon Paglaum	Bukidnon	1st
	Glona Labadlabad	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Norte	2nd
	Emmarie Ouano-Dizon	PDP–Laban	Cebu	6th
	Ma. Lucille Nava	PDP–Laban	Guimaras	Lone
	Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
	Eric Yap	ACT-CIS	Party-list
	Shernee Tan	Kusug Tausug	Party-list
	Ducielle Marie Cardema	Duterte Youth	Party-list
Members for the Minority	Arlene Brosas	GABRIELA	Party-list
	Arnolfo Teves Jr.	PDP–Laban	Negros Oriental	3rd
	Sergio Dagooc	APEC	Party-list
	Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list

Historical members[]

18th Congress[]

Vice Chairperson[]

Francisco Datol Jr.^[a] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

Notes[]

^ Died on August 10, 2020.

References[]

^ "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 27. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "HOUSE COMMITTEES - FOREIGN AFFAIRS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

External links[]

House of Representatives of the Philippines

[3] Died on August 10, 2020.

[1] "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 27. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] "HOUSE COMMITTEES - FOREIGN AFFAIRS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved May 22, 2020.

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