Floor leaders of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Floor leaders

Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe (Lakas)

Speaker Martin Romualdez (Lakas)

Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (4Ps Partylist)

Current floor leaders of the Philippine House of Representatives

The House of Representatives Majority and Minority Leaders (also called House of Representatives Floor Leaders) are the two members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines who are elected by their respective parties or coalitions as their official leaders. They serve as the chief spokesmen of their party with regard to their business in the Senate.

Current floor leaders

The current majority floor leader is Manuel Jose Dalipe, of Lakas–CMD. The current minority leader is Marcelino Libanan of the 4Ps party-list.

History

The positions of Majority and Minority leaders of the House of Representatives of the Philippines are similarly alike to the United States House of Representatives's party leaders.

Majority floor leader

Main article: Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

The majority floor leader is elected among the members of the majority bloc, or those who voted for the Speaker. The majority floor leader asks as the spokesman of the majority bloc and directs deliberation on the plenary. He is also the chairman of the Committee on Rules.

Minority floor leader

Main article: Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

The minority floor leader is elected among the members of the minority bloc. Traditionally, the losing candidate in a two-way speakership election becomes the minority leader, but this was changed in the 17th Congress. The minority floor leader is the spokesman of the minority bloc, and is an ex officio member of all committees.

List

Congress	Term	Majority leader		Speaker			Minority leader
1st Congress	1946–49	Raul Leuterio			Eugenio Pérez			Cipriano Primcias Sr.
2nd Congress	1949–53							José Laurel Jr.
3rd Congress	1953–57	Arturo Tolentino			José Laurel Jr.			Eugenio Pérez
4th Congress	1957–61	Jose Aldeguer			Daniel Z. Romuladez			Cornelio Villarreal
5th Congress	1961–65	Justiniano Montano
					Cornelio Villarreal			Daniel Z. Romuladez
6th Congress	1965–69
		Marcelino Veloso			José Laurel Jr.			Cornelio Villarreal
7th Congress	1969–72							Justiniano Montano
					Cornelio Villarreal
								Ramon Mitra Jr.
								Ramon Felipe
Interim Batasang Pambansa	1978–84	Jose Roño Jr.			Querebe Makalintal			Hilario Davide Jr.
Regular Batasang Pambansa	1984–86				Nicanor Yñiguez			José Laurel Jr.
8th Congress	1987–92	Francisco Sumulong			Ramon Mitra Jr.			Rodolfo Albano
								Mohammed Ali Dimaporo
								Salvador Escudero
								Victor Ortega
9th Congress	1992–95	Ronaldo Zamora			Jose de Venecia Jr.			Hernando Perez
10th Congress	1995–98	Rodolfo Albano						Ronaldo Zamora
11th Congress	1998–2001	Eduardo Gullas			Manuel Villar			Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
					Arnulfo Fuentebella
					Feliciano Belmonte Jr.			Arnulfo Fuentebella
12th Congress	2001–04	Florencio Abad			Jose de Venecia Jr.			Carlos Padilla
13th Congress	2004–07	Prospero Nograles						Francis Escudero
14th Congress	2007–10	Arthur Defensor Sr.						Ronaldo Zamora
					Prospero Nograles
15th Congress	2010–13	Neptali Gonzales II			Feliciano Belmonte Jr.			Edcel Lagman
								Danilo Suarez
16th Congress	2013–16							Ronaldo Zamora
17th Congress	2016–19	Rodolfo Fariñas			Pantaleon Alvarez			Danilo Suarez
		Rolando Andaya Jr.			Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
		Fredenil Castro
18th Congress	2019–22	Martin Romualdez			Alan Peter Cayetano			Benny Abante
					Lord Allan Jay Velasco
								Joseph Stephen Paduano
19th Congress	2022–present	Manuel Jose Dalipe			Martin Romualdez			Marcelino Libanan

See also

• Floor leaders of the Senate of the Philippines