Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

The Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, or simply Senate Majority Floor Leader, is the leader elected by the majority party of the Senate of the Philippines that becomes their official leader in the body.

Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Juan Miguel Zubiri since May 21, 2018
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Francisco Villanueva
Formation	October 16, 1916
Website	Senate of the Philippines

He also manages the business of the majority part in the Senate. By tradition, the Senate President or any Presiding Officer gives the Majority leader the job of having the floor and also, he is the traditional Chairman of the Committee on Rules.

The incumbent Majority Floor Leader of the Senate is Juan Miguel Zubiri, who was elected on May 21, 2018.

List of Majority Floor Leaders

#	Name	Party	District	Legislature	Term	Era
1	Francisco F. Villanueva	NP	7th	Fourth	1916–1919	Insular Government
2	Francisco Enage		9th	Fifth	1919–1922
				Sixth	1922–1925
none				Seventh	1925–1928
3	Jose P. Laurel	NP	5th	Eighth	1928–1931
4	Benigno Aquino, Sr.		3rd	Ninth	1931–1934
5	Claro M. Recto		5th	Tenth	1934–1935
6	Melecio Arranz		Nationwide	First	1945–1946	Commonwealth
7	Vicente Francisco			Second	1946–1946
				First	1946–1948	Third
8	Tomas Cabili	LP			1948–1949
				Second	1950–1953
9	Cipriano Primicias, Sr.	NP		Third	1954–1957
				Fourth	1958–1961
				Fifth	1962–1965
10	Arturo M. Tolentino, Sr.
11	Jose J. Roy			Sixth	1966–1969
12	Rodolfo Ganzon
(10)	Arturo M. Tolentino, Sr.
				Seventh	1970–1972
13	Orlando S. Mercado	LP		Eighth	July 27, 1987–October 31, 1989	Fifth
14	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.				July 23, 1990–July 22, 1991
15	Alberto Romulo	LDP			July 22, 1991–October 10, 1996
				Ninth
				Tenth
16	Francisco Tatad				October 10, 1996–January 26, 1998
17	Franklin Drilon	Lakas			January 26, 1998–1998
		LAMMP		Eleventh	1998–July 12, 2000
(16)	Francisco Tatad	PRP			July 12, 2000–June 30, 2001
18	Loren Legarda	Lakas		Twelfth	July 23, 2001–June 3, 2002
19	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP–Laban			June 3, 2002–July 23, 2002
(18)	Loren Legarda	Lakas			July 23, 2002–May 2004
20	Francis Pangilinan	LP			June 2004–June 30, 2004
				Thirteenth	July 1, 2004–June 30, 2007
				Fourteenth	June 30, 2007–November 17, 2008
21	Juan Miguel Zubiri	Lakas			November 17, 2008–June 30, 2010
22	Tito Sotto	NPC		Fifteenth	July 26, 2010–July 22, 2013
23	Alan Peter Cayetano	NP		Sixteenth	July 23, 2013–June 30, 2016
(22)	Tito Sotto	NPC		Seventeenth	July 25, 2016–May 21, 2018
(21)	Juan Miguel Zubiri	PDP–Laban			May 21, 2018–present
				Eighteenth

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Living former Majority Leaders of the Senate

Currently there are seven living former Majority Leaders of the Senate:

• Living Former Majority leader of the Senate
• 
  Orly Mercado (PDP–Laban), served 1987–1989
• 
  Teofisto Guingona (Lakas–NUCD), served 1990–1991
• 
  Francisco Tatad, served 1996–1998, 2000–2001
• 
  Franklin Drilon (Lakas–NUCD, LAMMP), served 1998–2000
• 
  Loren Legarda (Lakas-CMD), served 2001–2002, 2002–2004
• 
  Tito Sotto (NPC), served 2016–2018

Related pages

• Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Other websites

• Senate of the Philippines