List of vice presidents of the Philippines

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This is a complete list of vice-presidents of the Philippines, who were inaugurated as Vice-President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declared the existence of the Philippines. The inclusion of Mariano Trías in the list is disputed, because Trias was chosen as vice-president at the Tejeros Convention, and again as vice-president for the short-lived Republic of Biak-na-Bato, which was dissolved after the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and Aguinaldo's exile. Neither the reassumption of power by Emilio Aguinaldo when the revolution was resumed in May 1898 nor his formal proclamation and inauguration as President under the First Philippine Republic in 1899 were regimes that provided for a vice-presidency. The vice-presidency within the context of the Philippine government was formally created by the constitution in 1935.

Vice-presidents during the Commonwealth of the Philippines were under American sovereignty, and there was no office of vice-president during the Second Republic, which was considered to be a puppet government of Imperial Japan during World War II.

When Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, the sitting vice-president, Fernando Lopez, was removed from the office. Marcos ruled without a vice-president until 1986. The 1973 constitution initially did not provide for a vice-president, but subsequent amendments restored the office. A vice-president was able to sit after the 1986 election when Marcos and Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed as winners by the Batasang Pambansa.

Three vice-presidents succeeded to the presidency due to the death of presidents: Sergio Osmeña (1944), Elpidio Quirino (1948), and Carlos P. Garcia (1957). They did not nominate a new vice-president, since there was no mention of such a process in the 1935 constitution; a new vice-president would sit after the results of the next election was known. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president after the Supreme Court ruled that President Joseph Estrada resigned. A few days after she ascended to power, Arroyo appointed Teofisto Guingona as vice-president. The 1987 constitution mandated the President to nominate a vice-president from a member of the Congress of the Philippines, in which both houses vote separately for confirmation via a majority vote.

Fernando Lopez is the longest-serving vice-president, who served for a combined total of almost 11 years. Elpidio Quirino served the shortest time as vice-president for 1 year 10 months and 20 days. Noli de Castro was the first vice-president who was never a member of any political party, but was affiliated with the political coalition led by Lakas-CMD.

Vice presidents

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each individual.

Key

Party		English name	Abbreviation
style="background:Template:Kalibapi/meta/color;" width=10px |	Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas	Association for Service to the New Philippines	KALIBAPI
style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color;" width=10px |	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan	New Society Movement	KBL
style="background:Template:Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/meta/color;" width=10px |	Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino	Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses	LAMMP
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Lakas-NUCD/meta/color;" width=10px |	Lakas ng Tao–Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino–Christian Muslim Democrats	People Power–Partner of the Free Filipino–Christian Muslim Democrats	Lakas–KAMPI–CMD
Lakas ng Tao–National Union of Christian Democrats	People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats	Lakas–NUCD
style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color;" width=10px |	Liberal Party		Liberal
style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color;" width=10px |	Nacionalista Party	Nationalist Party	Nacionalista
style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color;" width=10px |	Nationalist People's Coalition		NPC
style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color;" width=10px |	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan	Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power	PDP–Laban
style="background:Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color;" width=10px |	United Nationalist Alliance		UNA
style="background:Template:United Nationalist Democratic Organization/meta/color;" width=10px |	United Nationalist Democratic Organization		UNIDO
style="background:Template:Independent/meta/color;" width=10px |	Non-partisan	—

No.	Vice president (Birth–Death)			Previous office	Term of office			Political party	President		Era
					Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|		Sergio Osmeña (9 September 1878 – 19 October 1961) (Lived: 83 years)	Senator from the Tenth Senatorial District (1922–1935)	November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944	8 years, 260 days	Nacionalista	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|	Manuel L. Quezon	Commonwealth
Vacant August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946										Jose P. Laurel	Second Republic
									style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|	Sergio Osmeña	Commonwealth
2	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|		Elpidio Quirino (16 November 1890 – 29 February 1956) (Lived: 65 years)	Senator from the First Senatorial District (1925–1935) Ilocos Sur (1945–1946)	May 28, 1946	April 17, 1948	1 year, 325 days	Liberal	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|	Manuel Roxas
	Third Republic
Vacant April 15, 1948 – December 30, 1949									rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|	Elpidio Quirino
3	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|		Fernando Lopez (13 April 1904 – 26 May 1993) (Lived: 89 years)	Senator (1947–1949)	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	4 years, 0 days	Liberal
4	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|		Carlos P. Garcia (4 November 1896 – 14 June 1971) (Lived: 74 years)	Senator (1946–1953)	December 30, 1953	March 18, 1957	3 years, 78 days	Nacionalista	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|	Ramon Magsaysay
Vacant March 18, 1957 – December 30, 1957									rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|	Carlos P. Garcia
5	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|		Diosdado Macapagal 28 September 1910 – 21 April 1997) (Lived: 86 years)	Representative from Pampanga's 1st District (1949–1957)	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4 years, 0 days	Liberal
6	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|		Emmanuel Pelaez (30 November 1915 – 27 July 2003) (Lived: 87 years)	Senator (1953–1959)	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	4 years, 0 days	Liberal	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|	Diosdado Macapagal
7	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|		Fernando Lopez (13 April 1904 – 26 May 1993) (Lived: 89 years)	3rd Vice President of the Philippines (1949–1953)	December 30, 1965	September 23, 1972	6 years, 268 days	Nacionalista	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|	Ferdinand Marcos
Abolished September 23, 1972 – January 23, 1984									Martial law
									rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color"|		Fourth Republic
Vacant January 23, 1984 – February 25, 1986
8			Salvador Laurel (18 November 1928 – 27 January 2004) (Lived: 75 years)	Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from Region IV-A (1978–1984)	February 25, 1986	June 30, 1992	6 years, 126 days	UNIDO	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:United Nationalist Democratic Organization/meta/color"|	Corazon Aquino
									Fifth Republic
	style="background:Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color"|							Nacionalista
9	style="background:Template:Nationalist People's Coalition/meta/color"|		Joseph Estrada (born 19 April 1937) (87 years)	Senator (1987–1992)	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	6 years, 0 days	NPC		style="background:Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color"|	Fidel Ramos
10	style="background:Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color"|		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 5 April 1947) (77 years)	Senator (1992–1998)	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001	2 years, 204 days	Lakas / KAMPI		style="background:Template:Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/meta/color"|	Joseph Estrada
Vacant January 20, 2001 – February 7, 2001										rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color"|	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
11	style="background:Template:Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats/meta/color"|		Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 4 July 1928) (96 years)	Senator (1987–1993 & 1998–2001)	February 7, 2001	June 30, 2004	3 years, 144 days	Lakas
12	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|		Noli de Castro (born 6 July 1949) (75 years)	Senator (2001–2004)	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2010	6 years, 0 days	Independent
13	style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color"|		Jejomar Binay (born 11 November 1942) (81 years)	Mayor of Makati (2001–2010)	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	6 years, 0 days	PDP-Laban		rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|	Benigno Aquino III
	style="background:Template:United Nationalist Alliance/meta/color"|							UNA
14	style="background:Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color"|		Leni Robredo (born 23 April 1965) (59 years)	Representative from Camarines Sur's 3rd District (2013–2016)	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 127 days	Liberal		style="background:Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color"|	Rodrigo Duterte

Timeline

This is a graphical timeline of the lifespans of Vice-Presidents of the Philippines. The vice-presidents are listed in order of office.

Timeline of living vice-presidents

This is a list of all of the living people who have served as Vice President of the Philippines at each moment in Philippine history. Currently there are six living vice-presidents, including the incumbent, Leni Robredo.

Number of vice-presidents alive at each moment in Philippine history  

01  Order of service (linked)            + Increases (inaugurations)            − Decreases (deaths)
Starting and ending events				Living vice-presidents	Time span
From: To:	Nov. 15, 1935 May 28, 1946	1st VP inauguration of Sergio Osmeña VP Inauguration of Elpidio Quirino	+  01  +  02	1  01	10 years, 194 days
From: To:	May 28, 1946 Dec. 30, 1949	VP Inauguration of Elpidio Quirino 1st VP inauguration of Fernando Lopez	+  02  +  03	2  02  01	3 years, 216 days
From: To:	Dec. 30, 1949 Dec. 30, 1953	1st VP inauguration of Fernando Lopez VP inauguration of Carlos P. Garcia	+  03  +  04	3  03  02  01	4 years, 0 days
From: To:	Dec. 30, 1953 Feb. 29, 1956	VP inauguration of Carlos P. Garcia Death of Elpidio Quirino	+  04  −  02	4  04  03  02  01	2 years, 61 days
From: To:	Feb. 29, 1956 Dec. 30, 1957	Death of Elpidio Quirino VP inauguration of Diosdado Macapagal	−  02  +  05	3  04  03  01	1 year, 305 days
From: To:	Dec. 30, 1957 Oct. 19, 1961	VP inauguration of Diosdado Macapagal Death of Sergio Osmeña	+  05  −  01	4  05  04  03  01	3 years, 293 days
From: To:	Oct. 19, 1961 Dec. 30, 1961	Death of Sergio Osmeña VP inauguration of Emmanuel Pelaez	−  01  +  06	3  05  04  03	72 days
From: To:	Dec. 30, 1961 Jun. 14, 1971	VP inauguration of Emmanuel Pelaez Death of Carlos P. Garcia	+  06  −  04	4  06  05  04  03	9 years, 166 days
From: To:	Jun. 14, 1971 Feb. 25, 1986	Death of Carlos P. Garcia VP inauguration of Salvador Laurel	−  04  +  08	3  06  05  03	14 years, 256 days
From: To:	Feb. 25, 1986 Jun. 30, 1992	VP inauguration of Salvador Laurel VP inauguration of Joseph Estrada	+  08  +  09	4  08  06  05  03	6 years, 126 days
From: To:	Jun. 30, 1992 May 26, 1993	VP inauguration of Joseph Estrada Death of Fernando Lopez	+  09  −  03	5  09  08  06  05  03	330 days
From: To:	May 26, 1993 Apr. 21, 1997	Death of Fernando Lopez Death of Diosdado Macapagal	−  03  −  05	4  09  08  06  05	3 years, 330 days
From: To:	Apr. 21, 1997 Jun. 30, 1998	Death of Diosdado Macapagal VP inauguration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	−  05  +  10	3  09  08  06	1 year, 70 days
From: To:	Jun. 30, 1998 Feb. 7, 2001	VP inauguration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Confirmation of Teofisto Guingona Jr. as VP	+  10  +  11	4  10  09  08  06	2 years, 222 days
From: To:	Feb. 7, 2001 Jul. 27, 2003	Confirmation of Teofisto Guingona Jr. as VP Death of Emmanuel Pelaez	+  11  −  06	5  11  10  09  08  06	2 years, 170 days
From: To:	Jul. 27, 2003 Jan. 27, 2004	Death of Emmanuel Pelaez Death of Salvador Laurel	−  06  −  08	4  11  10  09  08	184 days
From: To:	Jan. 27, 2004 Jun. 30, 2004	Death of Salvador Laurel VP inauguration of Noli de Castro	−  08  +  12	3  11  10  09	155 days
From: To:	Jun. 30, 2004 Jun. 30, 2010	VP inauguration of Noli de Castro VP inauguration of Jejomar Binay	+  12  +  13	4  12  11  10  09	6 years, 0 days
From: To:	Jun. 30, 2010 Jun. 30, 2016	VP inauguration of Jejomar Binay VP inauguration of Leni Robredo	+  13  +  14	5  13  12  11  10  09	6 years, 0 days
From: To:	Jun. 30, 2016 (present)	VP inauguration of Leni Robredo	+  14	6  14  13  12  11  10  09	8 years, 127 days
Starting and ending events				Living vice-presidents	Time span
01  Order of service (linked)            + Increases (inaugurations)            − Decreases (deaths)  03  indicates Fernando Lopez, who was both the 3rd and 7th vice-president.

Unofficial vice presidents

Historians and other figures have identified the following people as having held the vice-presidency of a government intended to represent the Philippines, but their terms of office are not counted by the Philippine government as part of the presidential succession.

There is no office of the Vice President formed under the 1899 Malolos Constitution promulgated by President Emilio Aguinaldo. All previous national governments prior to 1899 are provisional or temporary in nature. Mariano Trias was elected as Vice President of the Tejeros Republic and Republic of Biak-na-Bato but was not included in the official roster of Philippine Vice Presidents.

Vice president (Birth–Death)			Took office	Left office	Party	President		Government
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|		Mariano Trias (12 October 1868 – 2 February 1914) (Lived: 45 years)	March 22, 1897	December 14, 1897	None	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy	Tejeros Convention
Republic of Biak-na-Bato
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|		Francisco Carreón (5 October 1868 – 1939/41) (Lived: c. 71 or 73 years)	May 6, 1902	July 14, 1906	None	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Macario Sakay y de León	Tagalog Republic
style="background:Template:Kalibapi/meta/color"|		Benigno Aquino Sr. (3 September 1894 – 20 December 1947) (Lived: 53 years)	October 14, 1943	August 17, 1945	KALIBAPI	style="background:Template:Kalibapi/meta/color"|	José P. Laurel	Second Republic
style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color"|		Arturo Tolentino (19 September 1910 – 2 August 2004) (Lived: 93 years)	February 16, 1986	February 25, 1986	KBL	style="background:Template:Kilusang Bagong Lipunan/meta/color"|	Ferdinand E. Marcos	Fourth Republic

See also

• President of the Philippines
  • List of presidents of the Philippines
• Vice President of the Philippines
• Prime Minister of the Philippines (presently defunct)

Notes

• "1973 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Philippine Constitutions. Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
• "1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines – Article VII". Philippine Constitutions. Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 2006-10-26.

References