President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

President *pro tempore* of the Senate of the Philippines
President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines
	Incumbent; Ralph Recto; since July 22, 2013
Style	The Honorable; (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate
Inaugural holder	Esperidion Guanco
Formation	October 16, 1916
Website	Senate of the Philippines

The President Pro-Tempore of the Senate of the Philippines is the second highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines. During the absence of the Senate President, the Senate President pro tempore presides over the Senate.

The President pro tempore of the Senate is Ralph Recto.

List of Senate Presidents pro tempore

#	Name		Party	District	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Esperidion Guanco	Nacionalista	8th	5th Philippine Legislature	1919	1922	Insular Government
2	rowspan=4 bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Sergio Osmeña	Nacionalista	10th	6th Philippine Legislature	1922	1925
	7th Philippine Legislature				1925	1928
	8th Philippine Legislature				1928	1931
	9th Philippine Legislature				1931	1934
3	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Jose Clarin	Nacionalista	10th	10th Philippine Legislature	1934	1935
4	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Jose Avelino	Nacionalista	9th	10th Philippine Legislature	1935	1935
5	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Elpidio Quirino	Nacionalista	Nationwide at-large	1st Commonwealth Congress	1945	1946	Commonwealth
6	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		2nd Commonwealth Congress	1946	1946	Commonwealth
6	1st Congress	Melecio Arranz	Liberal		1946	1949	Third Republic
7	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Quintin Paredes	Liberal		2nd Congress	1950		1952
8	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Esteban Abada	Liberal			1952		1952
9	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista			1952		1953
10	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Jose Zulueta	Liberal			1953		1953
11	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista			1953		1953
11	3rd Congress	Manuel Briones (2nd time)	Nacionalista		1954	1957
12	bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Fernando Lopez	Democratic		4th Congress	1958		1961
12	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Fernando Lopez	Nacionalista		5th Congress	1962		1965
13	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista		6th Congress	1966		1969
14	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Camilo Osias	Liberal
15	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Jose Roy	Nacionalista
15	7th Congress	Jose Roy	Nacionalista		1970	1972
16	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Liberal		8th Congress	1987	1990	Fifth Republic
17	bgcolor=Template:Nacionalista Party/meta/color\|	Sotero Laurel	Nacionalista			1990	1992
18	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan/meta/color\|	Ernesto Maceda	PDP-LABAN			1990	1992
18	9th Congress	Ernesto Maceda	PDP-LABAN		1992	1993
19		bgcolor=Template:Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/meta/color\|	Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (2nd time)		Lakas	1993	1993
20		rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Lakas-NUCD-UMDP/meta/color\|	Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas	1993	1995
20	10th Congress	1995	Leticia Ramos-Shahani		Lakas	1996
21	10th Congress	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino/meta/color\|	Blas Ople		LDP	1993	1995
21	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino/meta/color\|	LAMP	Blas Ople		11th Congress	1998	1999
22	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino/meta/color\|	John Henry Osmeña	LAMP			1999	2000
23	bgcolor=Template:Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino/meta/color\|	Blas Ople (2nd time)	LAMP			2000	2001
24	bgcolor=Template:Independent/meta/color\|	Manny Villar	Independent		12th Congress	2001	2002
25	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Lakas-NUCD/meta/color\|	Juan Flavier	Lakas		12th Congress	2002	2004
25	13th Congress	Juan Flavier	Lakas		2004	2007
26	rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/meta/color\|	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		14th Congress	2007	2010
26	15th Congress	Jinggoy Estrada	PMP		2010	2013
27	bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (Philippines)/meta/color\|	Ralph Recto	Liberal		16th Congress	July 22, 2013	present

Living former Senate Presidents pro tempore

Currently there are six living former Senate Presidents pro tempore:

Living Former Senate Presidents pro tempore
Teofisto Guingona, Jr. (Lakas-CMD), served 1987-1989,1993
Ernesto Maceda (NPC), served 1992-1993
Leticia Ramos-Shahani, served 1993-1996
John Henry Osmeña (PMP), served 1999-2000
Manny Villar (Independent), served 2001-2002
Jinggoy Estrada (PMP), served 2007-2013

References

List of Senators of the Philippines

External links

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