President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Ralph Recto since July 22, 2013
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 President pro tempore of the Senate is Ralph Recto.

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	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	1935
4	Elpidio Quirino	Nacionalista	Nationwide at-large	1st Commonwealth Congress	1945	1946	Commonwealth
5	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		2nd Commonwealth Congress	1946	1946	Commonwealth
5	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		1st Congress	1946	1949	Third Republic
6	Quintin Paredes	Liberal		2nd Congress	1950	1952
7	Esteban Abada	Liberal			1952	1952
8	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista			1952	1953
9	Jose Zulueta	Liberal			1953	1953
10	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista			1953	1953
10	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista		3rd Congress	1954	1957
11	Fernando Lopez	Democratic		4th Congress	1958	1961
11	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista		5th Congress	1962	1965
12	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista		6th Congress	1966	1969
13	Camilo Osias	Liberal
14	Jose Roy	Nacionalista
14	Jose Roy	Nacionalista		7th Congress	1970	1972
15	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Liberal		8th Congress	1987	1990	Fifth Republic
16	Sotero Laurel	Nacionalista			1990	1992
17	Ernesto Maceda	PDP-LABAN			1990	1992
17	Ernesto Maceda	PDP-LABAN		9th Congress	1992	1993
18	Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2nd time)	Lakas			1993	1993
18	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas			1993	1995
18	Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas		10th Congress	1995	1996
19	Blas Ople	LDP		10th Congress	1993	1995
19	Blas Ople	LAMP		11th Congress	1998	1999
20	John Henry Osmeña	LAMP			1999	2000
21	Blas Ople (2nd time)	LAMP			2000	2001
22	Manny Villar	Independent		12th Congress	2001	2002
23	Juan Flavier	Lakas		12th Congress	2002	2004
23	Juan Flavier	Lakas		13th Congress	2004	2007
24	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		14th Congress	2007	2010
24	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		15th Congress	2010	2013
25	Ralph Recto	Liberal		16th Congress	July 22, 2013	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
Ernesto Maceda (NPC), served 1992-1993
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

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 Lopez Sumulong Roy Guingona Laurel Shahani Ople J. Osmeña Ople Villar Flavier Estrada Recto

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