Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Franklin Drilon since February 28, 2017
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Claro M. Recto
Formation	1931
Website	Senate of the Philippines

The Minority Floor Leader of the Senate, or simply the Senate Minority Floor Leader, is the leader elected by the minority political grouping of the Senate of the Philippines to serve as their official leader in the body and fulfill the responsibilities of a Floor Leader. He manages the business of the minority in the Senate. He is expected to defend the minority’s parliamentary rights, to criticize the policies and programs of the majority, and to use parliamentary tactics to defeat, pass, or amend legislation.

The incumbent Minority Floor Leader of the Senate is Franklin Drilon who was elected on February 28, 2017 following his ouster and replacement by Ralph Recto as Senate President pro tempore on February 27, 2017.

List of Minority Floor Leaders

#	Minority Leader	Party	Legislature	Term	Era
1	Claro M. Recto	rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color| NP	Ninth	1931–1934	Insular Government
		Tenth	1934–1935
None			First	1945–1946	Commonwealth
2	Carlos P. Garcia	rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color|NP	Second	1946–1953
		First	Third Republic
		Second		1950–1953
3	Lorenzo M. Tañada, Sr.	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist Citizens' Party/meta/color|NCP		Third	1954–1957
4	Ambrosio B. Padilla	rowspan=5 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color|LP		Fourth	1958–1960
5	Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.	1960–1961
6	Estanislao A. Fernandez, Jr.	Fifth		January 22, 1962–December 30, 1965
(4)	Ambrosio B. Padilla	6th Congress		January 17, 1966–December 30, 1969
7	Gerardo Manuel L. Roxas, Sr.	7th Congress		January 26, 1970–September 23, 1972
8	Juan Ponce Enrile, Sr.	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color|Nacionalista	8th Congress	July 27, 1987–January 18, 1992	Fifth Republic
9	Wiberto E. Tañada	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color|Liberal	9th Congress	January 18, 1992–June 30, 1995
10	Edgardo J. Angara	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color|LDP	10th Congress	August 28, 1995–October 10, 1996
11	Neptali A. Gonzales I	October 10, 1996–January 26, 1998
12	Ernestto M. Maceda, Sr.	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color|NPC		January 26, 1998–June 30, 1998
13	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	bgcolor=Template:Lakas-NUCD/meta/color|Lakas	11th Congress	July 27, 1998–February 7, 2001
14	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color|PDP–Laban	12th Congress	July 23, 2001–June 3, 2002
15	Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color|LDP		June 3, 2002–July 26, 2004
(14)	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color|PDP–Laban	13th Congress	July 26, 2004–July 23, 2007
		14th Congress	July 23, 2007–June 30, 2010
16	Alan Peter S. Cayetano	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color|Nacionalista	15th Congress	July 26, 2010–July 22, 2013
(8)	Juan Ponce Enrile, Sr.	bgcolor=Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color|UNA	16th Congress	July 22, 2013–June 30, 2016
–	Vicente C. Sotto III (Acting)	bgcolor=Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color|NPC		July 28, 2014–August 2015
		bgcolor=Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color|UNA
17	Ralph G. Recto	rowspan=3 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color|Liberal	17th Congress	July 25, 2016–February 27, 2017
18	Franklin M. Drilon	February 28, 2017–present
			18th Congress

See also

• Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

References

• List of Senators of the Philippines

External links

• Senate of the Philippines