Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Official seal
Incumbent Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. since July 26, 2010
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic) Mr. Speaker (Within the House)
Appointer	Elected by the Philippine House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Sergio Osmeña
Formation	October 16, 1907
Website	Speaker of the House

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives.

The Speaker is the third and last in line in succession for the presidency, after the President of the Senate of the Philippines, and Vice 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. A speaker is usually elected via majority vote via roll call of the representatives, after nomination at the start of each new Congress. Usually, despite the current multi-party system used, only two representatives are nominated, with nominations being agreed upon before each Congress during caucuses between the administration and opposition coalitions. The two competing candidates by tradition vote for each other; those who voted for the speaker-elect assigned as the "majority" coalition while those who didn't are the minority coalition, with the losing candidate usually being named as Minority Leader.

A speaker may be removed from office by death or resignation. In some cases a Speaker may be compelled to resign at the middle of a Congress' session after he has lost support of the majority of congressmen; in that case, an election for a new speaker is held.

Despite being a partisan official, the speaker (or whoever is presiding) doesn't vote unless in breaking ties.

List of Speakers

Philippines

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Philippines

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  No party affiliation

  Nacionalista

  Liberal

  Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

  United Nationalists Democratic Organizations

  Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

  Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/Lakas-CMD/Lakas-Kampi-CMD

  Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino

  Nationalist People's Coalition

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		Sergio Osmeña	NP	Cebu	1st Legislature - 5th Legislature	1907	1922	United States Occupation
2		Manuel Roxas		Capiz	6th Legislature - 9th Legislature	1922	1933
3		Quintin Paredes		Abra	10th Legislature	1933	1935
4		Gil Montilla		Negros Occidental	1st Assembly	November 25, 1935	December 30, 1938	Commonwealth
5		Jose Yulo		Negros Occidental	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.								Second Republic
6		Benigno S. Aquino, Sr.	KALIBAPI	Tarlac At-Large	National Assembly	October 17, 1943	February 2, 1944
After the liberation, the winners of the 1941 elections were finally able to assume their positions.								Commonwealth (Restored)
7		Jose C. Zulueta	NP-Liberal Wing	Iloilo-1st	1st CC	June 9, 1945	December 20, 1945
After the restoration of the Commonwealth, new elections were held to elect new members of the House of Representatives.
8		Eugenio Perez	LP	Pangasinan-2nd	2nd CC	May 25, 1946	July 4, 1946
					1st	July 5, 1946	December 30, 1949	Third Republic
					2nd	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953
9		Jose B. Laurel, Jr.	NP	Batangas-3rd	3rd	January 25, 1954	December 30, 1957
10		Daniel Z. Romualdez		Leyte-4th	4th	January 27, 1958	December 30, 1961
				Leyte-1st	5th	January 22, 1962	March 9, 1962
11		Cornelio Villareal	LP	Capiz-2nd		March 9, 1962	December 30, 1965
					6th	January 17, 1966	February 2, 1967
12		Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (2nd time)	NP	Batangas-3rd		February 2, 1967	December 30, 1969
					7th	January 26, 1970	April 1, 1971
13		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
14		Querube C. Makalintal	KBL	NCR	IBP	June 12, 1978	June 30, 1984
								Fourth Republic
15		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.
16		Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.	LDP	Palawan-2nd	8th	July 27, 1987	June 30, 1992	Fifth Republic
17		Jose C. de Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD- UMDP	Pangasinan-4th	9th	July 27, 1992	June 30, 1995
					10th	July 24, 1995	June 30, 1998
18		Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	LAMMP	Las Piñas	11th	July 27, 1998	November 13, 2000
19		Arnulfo T. Fuentabella	NPC	Camarines Sur-3rd		November 13, 2000	January 24, 2001
20		Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD- UMDP	Quezon City-4th		January 24, 2001	June 30, 2001
21		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
22		Prospero C. Nograles		Davao City-1st		February 5, 2008	June 30, 2010
			Lakas-Kampi-CMD
23		Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (2nd time)	LP	Quezon City-4th	15th	July 26, 2010	Incumbent

Speakers per region

Region	Total
Metro Manila	3
Ilocos Region	2
Eastern Visayas	2
Western Visayas	5
CALABARZON	1
MIMAROPA	1
Davao Region	1
Bicol Region	1

List of speakers per party

Party	Total	Terms
Nacionalista Party	2	5
Liberal Party	2	4
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	2	2
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats	1	5
Lakas-Kampi-CMD	1	1
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino	1	1
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	1	1
Nationalist People's Coalition	1	1

Timeline

Living Former Speakers of the House

Currently there are four living former Speakers of the House:

• Living Former Speakers of the House
• 

  Jose de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-CMD), served 1992-1998, 2001-2008

• 

  Manny Villar (LAMMP), served 1998-2000

• 

  Arnulfo Fuentebella (NPC), served 2000-2001

• 

  Prospero Nograles (Lakas Kampi CMD), served 2008-2010

See also

• Politics of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• Floor leaders of the Senate of the Philippines
• President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
• Majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines
• Minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines
• Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines