Minority Floor Leader of the 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 be their official leader in the body.

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 current Minority Floor Leader of the Senate is Franklin Drilon who was elected on February 28, 2017.

List of Minority Floor Leaders

#	Minority Leader	Party	Legislature	Term	Era
1	Claro M. Recto	NP	Ninth	1931–1934	Insular Government
			Tenth	1934–1935
None			First	1945–1946	Commonwealth
2	Carlos P. Garcia	NP	Second	1946–1953
			First		Third Republic
			Second	1950–1953
3	Lorenzo M. Tañada, Sr.	NCP	Third	1954–1957
4	Ambrosio B. Padilla	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.	Nacionalista	8th Congress	July 27, 1987–January 18, 1992	Fifth Republic
9	Wiberto E. Tañada	Liberal	9th Congress	January 18, 1992–June 30, 1995
10	Edgardo J. Angara	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.	NPC		January 26, 1998–June 30, 1998
13	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Lakas	11th Congress	July 27, 1998–February 7, 2001
14	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP–Laban	12th Congress	July 23, 2001–June 3, 2002
15	Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III	LDP		June 3, 2002–July 26, 2004
(14)	Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.	PDP–Laban	13th Congress	July 26, 2004–July 23, 2007
			14th Congress	July 23, 2007–June 30, 2010
16	Alan Peter S. Cayetano	Nacionalista	15th Congress	July 26, 2010–July 22, 2013
(8)	Juan Ponce Enrile, Sr.	UNA	16th Congress	July 22, 2013–June 30, 2016
–	Vicente C. Sotto III (Acting)	NPC		July 28, 2014–August 2015
		UNA
17	Ralph G. Recto	Liberal	17th Congress	July 25, 2016–February 27, 2017
18	Franklin M. Drilon			February 28, 2017–present
			18th Congress

Related pages

• Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

References

• List of Senators of the Philippines

Other websites

• Senate of the Philippines