The
Speaker of the Philippine House of
Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower
house of
Congress, the
House of
Representatives.
The
current Speaker is Prospero
Nograles, a representative from Davao City
.
The Speaker is the third and last in line in succession for the
presidency, after the
President of the
Senate of the Philippines,
Vice President of the
Philippines, and
President of the
Philippines.
When the office of the Speaker is vacant (usually at the beginning
of a new Congress), the Secretary-General of the House sits as the
Speaker until a person is elected.
List of Presiding Officers
| Speaker |
Party |
Province |
Legislature |
Start of service |
End of service |
Era |
|
Sergio
Osmeña |
NP |
Cebu |
1st Legislature |
1907 |
1909 |
United States Occupation |
| 2nd Legislature |
1909 |
1912 |
| 3rd Legislature |
1912 |
1916 |
| 4th Legislature |
1916 |
1919 |
| 5th Legislature |
1919 |
1922 |
|
Manuel Roxas |
Capiz |
6th Legislature |
1922 |
1925 |
| 7th Legislature |
1925 |
1928 |
| 8th Legislature |
1928 |
1931 |
| 9th
Legislature |
1931 |
1933 |
|
Quintin
Paredes |
Abra |
1933 |
1934 |
| 10th
Legislature |
1934 |
1935 |
|
Gil Montilla |
Negros
Occidental-3rd |
1st
Assembly |
November 25, 1935 |
December 30, 1938 |
Commonwealth |
|
Jose Yulo |
Negros
Occidental-3rd |
2nd
Assembly |
January 24, 1939 |
December 30, 1941 |
| During the Japanese invasion of the
Philippines, the Commonwealth went into exile in the United States
and the National Assembly was dissolved. It was replaced
by the unrelated National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second
Republic. |
|
Benigno Q. Aquino, Sr. |
KALIBAPI |
Tarlac
At-Large |
National
Assembly |
October 17, 1943 |
February 2, 1944 |
Second
Republic |
| After the liberation, the winners of the
1941 elections
were finally able to assume their positions. |
|
Jose C. Zulueta |
NP-Liberal Wing |
Iloilo-1st |
1st Congress |
June 9, 1945 |
December 20, 1945 |
Commonwealth
(Restored)
|
| After the restoration of the Commonwealth, new
elections were
held to elect new members of the House of
Representatives. |
|
Eugenio P. Perez |
Liberal Party |
Pangasinan-2nd |
2nd
Congress |
May 25, 1946 |
July 4, 1946 |
List of Speakers
In some lists that count only the Speakers of the
House of
Representatives, the Speakers of the
Batasang Pambansa are excluded; in that
case, subtract 2 from every number from Mitra onwards.
| # |
Speaker |
Party |
District |
Legislature |
Start of service |
End of service |
Era |
| 1 |
|
Eugenio Perez |
LP |
Pangasinan-2nd |
1st |
July 5, 1946 |
December 30, 1949 |
Third Republic |
| 2nd |
December 30, 1949 |
December 30, 1953 |
| 2 |
|
Jose B. Laurel, Jr. |
NP |
Batangas-3rd |
3rd |
January 25, 1954 |
December 30, 1957 |
| 3 |
|
Daniel Z. Romualdez |
Leyte-4th |
4th |
January 27, 1958 |
December 30, 1961 |
| Leyte-1st |
5th |
January 22, 1962 |
March 9, 1962 |
| 4 |
|
Cornelio
Villareal |
LP |
Capiz-2nd |
March 9, 1962 |
December 30, 1965 |
| 6th |
January 17, 1966 |
February 2, 1967 |
| 5 |
|
Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (2nd time) |
NP |
Batangas-3rd |
February 2, 1967 |
December 30, 1969 |
| 7th |
January 26, 1970 |
April 1, 1971 |
| 6 |
|
Cornelio T. Villareal (2nd time) |
LP |
Capiz-2nd |
April 1, 1971 |
September 23, 1972 |
| Following the declaration of martial law, the
sitting president, Ferdinand Marcos
ruled by decree and possessed legislative power until the election
of the Interim Batasang
Pambansa in 1978. The Interim Batasang Pambansa was
replaced the Regular Batasang
Pambansa in 1984. |
Second
Dictatorship |
| 7 |
|
Querube C.
Makalintal |
KBL |
NCR |
IBP |
June 12, 1978 |
June 30, 1984 |
| Fourth Republic |
| 8 |
|
Nicanor E. Yñiguez |
Southern
Leyte |
RBP |
July 23, 1984 |
March 25, 1986 |
| After the People Power Revolution where Marcos
was overthrown, president Corazon
Aquino abolished the Regular Batasang Pambansa and ruled by
decree (executive order and proclamations only), possessing
legislative powers until after the ratification of
the 1987 Constitution, where the
bicameral Congress was restored. |
| 9 |
|
Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. |
LDP |
Palawan-2nd |
8th |
July 27, 1987 |
June 30, 1992 |
Fifth
Republic |
| 10 |
|
Jose C. de Venecia,
Jr. |
Lakas-NUCD-
UMDP |
Pangasinan-4th |
9th |
July 27, 1992 |
June 30, 1995 |
| 10th |
July 24, 1995 |
June 30, 1998 |
| 11 |
|
Manuel B. Villar, Jr. |
PMP |
Las
Piñas |
11th |
July 27, 1998 |
November 13, 2000 |
| 12 |
|
Arnulfo T. Fuentabella |
NPC |
Camarines
Sur-3rd |
November 13, 2000 |
January 24, 2001 |
| 13 |
|
Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. |
Lakas-NUCD-
UMDP |
Quezon
City-4th |
January 24, 2001 |
June 30, 2001 |
| 14 |
|
Jose C. de Venecia,
Jr. (2nd time) |
Pangasinan-4th |
12th |
July 23, 2001 |
June 30, 2004 |
| Lakas-CMD |
13th |
July 26, 2004 |
June 30, 2007 |
| 14th |
July 23, 2007 |
February 5, 2008 |
| 15 |
|
Prospero C. Nograles |
Lakas-Kampi-CMD |
Davao
City-1st |
February 5, 2008 |
Present |
Speakers per region
List of speakers per party
Timeline
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from:11/25/1935 till:12/30/1938 text:"Gil Montilla" color:NP
from:01/24/1939 till:12/30/1941 text:"Jose Yulo" color:NP
from:10/17/1943 till:02/03/1944 text:"Benigno Aquino, Sr." color:None
from:06/09/1945 till:12/30/1945 text:"Jose Zulueta" color:NP
from:05/25/1946 till:12/30/1953 text:"Eugenio Perez" color:LP
from:01/25/1954 till:12/30/1957 text:"Jose Laurel, Jr." color:NP
from:01/27/1958 till:03/09/1962 text:"Daniel Romualdez" color:NP
from:03/09/1962 till:02/02/1967 text:"Cornelio Villareal" color:LP
from:02/02/1967 till:01/01/1971 text:"Jose Laurel, Jr." color:NP
from:01/01/1971 till:09/21/1972 text:"Cornelio Villareal" color:LP
from:09/21/1972 till:06/12/1978 text:"Abolished" color:abolished
from:06/12/1978 till:06/30/1984 text:"Querebe Macalintal" color:KBL
from:07/23/1984 till:03/25/1986 text:"Nicanor Yniguez" color:KBL
from:07/27/1987 till:06/30/1992 text:"Ramon Mitra" color:UNIDO
from:07/27/1992 till:06/30/1998 text:"Jose de Venecia" color:Lakas
from:07/27/1998 till:11/13/2000 text:"Manny Villar" color:PMP
from:11/13/2000 till:01/24/2001 text:"Arnulfo Fuentebella" color:NPC
from:01/24/2001 till:06/30/2001 text:"Feliciano Belmonte" color:Lakas
from:07/23/2001 till:02/05/2008 text:"Jose de Venecia" color:Lakas
from:02/05/2008 till:05/06/2008 text:"Prospero Nograles" color:Lakas
See also
See also