Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Juan Ponce Enrile since July 22, 2013
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Claro M. Recto
Formation	1931
Website	Senate of the Philippines

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The Minority leader of the Senate, also called as the Senate Minority Floor Leader, is the leader elected by the minority political grouping of the Senate of the Philippines to serve as their official leader in the body and fulfill the responsibilities of a Floor Leader. He manages the business of the minority in the Senate. He is expected to defend the minority’s parliamentary rights, to criticize the policies and programs of the majority, and to use parliamentary tactics to defeat, pass, or amend legislation.

The current Minority Floor Leader of the Senate is Juan Ponce Enrile,

List of Minority Floor Leaders

#		Party	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	Claro M. Recto	Nacionalista	9th Philippine Legislature	1931	1934	Insular Government
			10th Philippine Legislature	1934	1935	Insular Government
			1st Commonwealth Congress	1945	1946	Commonwealth
			2nd Commonwealth Congress	1946	1946	Commonwealth
2	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista	1st Congress	1946	1949	Third Republic
2	Carlos P. Garcia	Nacionalista	2nd Congress	1950	1953
3	Lorenzo Tañada	NCP	3rd Congress	1954	1957
4	Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	4th Congress	1958	1960
5	Ferdinand Marcos	Liberal	4th Congress	1960	1961
6	Estanislao Fernandez	Liberal	5th Congress	1962	1965
7	Ambrosio Padilla (2nd time)	Liberal	6th Congress	1966	1969
8	Gerardo Roxas	Liberal	7th Congress	1970	1972
9	Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista	8th Congress	1987	1991	Fifth Republic
10	Wigberto Tañada	Liberal	8th Congress	1991	1992
			9th Congress	1992	1995
			10th Congress	1995	1995
11	Edgardo Angara	LDP		1995	1996
12	Neptali Gonzales	LDP		1996	1998
13	Ernesto Maceda	NPC		1998	1998
14	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	Lakas	11th Congress	1998	2001
15	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.	PDP-LABAN	12th Congress	2001	2002
16	Tito Sotto	LDP	12th Congress	2002	2004
17	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (2nd time)	PDP-LABAN	13th Congress	2004	2007
17	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. (2nd time)	PDP-LABAN	14th Congress	2007	2010
18	Alan Peter Cayetano	Nacionalista	15th Congress	2010	2013
19	Juan Ponce Enrile (2nd time)	UNA	16th Congress	July 22, 2013	present
—	Vicente Sotto III (Acting)	NPC/UNA	16th Congress	July 28, 2014	August 24, 2015

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Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Recto Garcia Padilla Fernandez Padilla Roxas Ponce Enrile Tañada Angara Gonzales Maceda Guingona Pimentel Sotto Pimentel Cayetano Ponce Enrile Sotto (Acting)

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