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 political party or coalition of parties that are not part of the majority bloc in the Senate of the Philippines. He serves as their official leader in the body and fulfills 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 Floor Leader	Party		Term start	Term end	Legislature
Senate of the Philippine Islands 1916-1935
Claro M. Recto Senator for the 5th Senatorial District (1890–1960)	bgcolor="Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	1931	1935	9th Legislature 10th Legislature
No Senate (1935–1945)
Senate of the Commonwealth of the Philippines 1945-1946
Vacant (1945–1946)					1st Congress
Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971)	bgcolor="Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	1946	1946	2nd Congress
Senate of the Philippines 1946-1972
Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971)	bgcolor="Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	1946	1953	1st Congress 2nd Congress
Lorenzo Tañada (1898–1992)	bgcolor="Template:Nationalist Citizens' Party/meta/color" |	NCP	1953	1957	3rd Congress
Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	1958	1960	3rd Congress 4th Congress
Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	1960	1961	5th Congress
Estanislao Fernandez (1910–1982)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	January 22, 1962	December 30, 1965	6th Congress
Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	January 17, 1966	December 30, 1969	6th Congress
Gerardo Roxas (1924–1982)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	January 26, 1970	September 23, 1972	7th Congress
No Senate (1972–1987)
Senate of the Philippines 1987-present
Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	bgcolor="Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	July 27, 1987	January 18, 1992	8th Congress
Wigberto Tañada (born 1934)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	January 18, 1992	June 30, 1995	8th Congress 9th Congress
Edgardo Angara (1934–2018)	bgcolor="Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color" |	LDP	August 28, 1995	October 10, 1996	9th Congress
Neptali Gonzales (1923–2001)	bgcolor="Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color" |	LDP	October 10, 1996	January 26, 1998	10th Congress
Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016)	bgcolor="Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color" |	NPC	January 26, 1998	June 30, 1998	10th Congress
Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 1928)	bgcolor="Template:Lakas-CMD/meta/color" |	Lakas	July 27, 1998	February 7, 2001	11th Congress
Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (1933–2019)	bgcolor="Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color" |	PDP–Laban	July 23, 2001	June 3, 2002	12th Congress
Tito Sotto (born 1948)	bgcolor="Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color" |	LDP	June 3, 2002	July 26, 2004	12th Congress
Aquilino Pimentel Jr. (1933–2019)	bgcolor="Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color" |	PDP–Laban	July 26, 2004	June 30, 2010	13th Congress 14th Congress
Alan Peter Cayetano (born 1970)	bgcolor="Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color" |	Nacionalista	July 26, 2010	July 22, 2013	15th Congress
Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	bgcolor="Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color" |	UNA	July 22, 2013	July 28, 2014	16th Congress
Tito Sotto (acting) (born 1948)	bgcolor="Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color" |	NPC	July 28, 2014	August 24, 2015	16th Congress
Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	bgcolor="Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color" |	UNA	August 24, 2015	June 30, 2016	16th Congress
Ralph Recto (born 1964)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	July 25, 2016	February 27, 2017	17th Congress
Franklin Drilon (born 1945)	bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color" |	Liberal	February 28, 2017	Incumbent	17th Congress 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