Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent Rodolfo Fariñas since July 25, 2016
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the majority bloc of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Manuel L. Quezon
Website	House of Representatives of the Philippines

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The Majority leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (also called as the House of Representatives Majority Floor Leader) is the leader elected by the majority bloc of the House of Representatives of the Philippines that serves as their official leader in the body. He also manages the business of the majority part in the House of Representatives. By tradition, the Speaker or any Presiding Officer gives the Majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and also, he is the traditional Chairman of the Committee on Rules.

The Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives for the 17th Congress of the Philippines is Rodolfo Fariñas, who was elected on July 25, 2016.^[1]

List of Majority Floor Leaders

Nacionalista

Liberal

KALIBAPI

KBL

LDP

Lakas/Lakas-Kampi

NPC

LAMP

PDP-Laban

#		Party	District	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1	Manuel L. Quezon	Nacionalista	Tayabas–1st	1st Philippine Legislature	1907	1909	Insular Government
1	Manuel L. Quezon	Nacionalista	Tayabas–1st	2nd Philippine Legislature	1909	1910
2	Alberto Barreto	Nacionalista	Zambales	2nd Philippine Legislature	1910	1912
3	Macario Adriatico	Nacionalista	Mindoro	3rd Philippine Legislature	1912	1914
4	Galiciano Apacible	Nacionalista	Batangas–1st	3rd Philippine Legislature	1914	1916
5	Rafael Alunan	Nacionalista	Negros Occidental–3rd	4th Philippine Legislature	1916	1919
5	Rafael Alunan	Nacionalista	Negros Occidental–3rd	5th Philippine Legislature	1919	1922
6	Benigno Aquino, Sr.	Nacionalista	Tarlac–2nd	6th Philippine Legislature	1922	1925
6	Benigno Aquino, Sr.	Nacionalista	Tarlac–2nd	7th Philippine Legislature	1925	1928
7	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista	Cebu–1st	8th Philippine Legislature	1928	1931
7	Manuel Briones	Nacionalista	Cebu–1st	9th Philippine Legislature	1931	1933
8	Pedro Sabido	Nacionalista	Albay–3rd		1933	1933
9	Francisco Varona	Nacionalista	Manila–1st		1934	1934
10	Jose E. Romero	Nacionalista	Negros Occidental–3rd		1934	1934
				10th Philippine Legislature	1934	1935
				1st National Assembly	1935	1938	Commonwealth
				2nd National Assembly	1938	1941
11	Quintin Paredes	Nacionalista	Abra	2nd National Assembly	1938	1941
12	Francisco Zulueta	KALIBAPI	Bacolod	National Assembly	1943	1944	Second Republic
13	Eugenio Perez	Nacionalista (Liberal wing)	Pangsinan–2nd	1st Commonwealth Congress	1945	1946	Commonwealth (restored)
14	Raúl Leuterio	Liberal	Mindoro	2nd Commonwealth Congress	1946	1946	Commonwealth (restored)
				1st Congress	1946	1949	Third Republic
				2nd Congress	1950	1953
15	Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	Manila–3rd	3rd Congress	1954	1957
16	Jose Aldeguer	Nacionalista	Iloilo–5th	4th Congress	1958	1961
17	Francisco Ortega	Nacionalista	La Union–1st	5th Congress	1962	1962
18	Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista	Cavite	5th Congress	1962	1965
18	Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista	Cavite	6th Congress	1966	1967
19	Marcelino Veloso	Nacionalista	Leyte–3rd	6th Congress	1967	1969
19	Marcelino Veloso	Nacionalista	Leyte–3rd	7th Congress	1970	1972
20	Jose Roño, Jr.	KBL	Region XIII	Interim Batasang Pambansa	1978	1984	Fourth Republic
20	Jose Roño, Jr.	KBL	Samar	Regular Batasang Pambansa	1984	1986	Fourth Republic
21	Francisco Sumulong	LDP	Rizal–1st	8th Congress	1988	1992	Fifth Republic
22	Ronaldo Zamora	Lakas	San Juan/Mandaluyong	9th Congress	1992	1994
23	Rodolfo Albano	NPC	Isabela–1st	9th Congress	1994	1995
23	Rodolfo Albano	Lakas	Isabela–1st	10th Congress	1995	1998
24	Mar Roxas	Liberal	Capiz–1st	11th Congress	1998	2000
25	Eduardo Gullas	LAMP	Cebu–1st		2000	2000
26	Bellaflor Angara-Castillo	LDP	Aurora		2000	2001
27	Sergio Apostol	Lakas	Leyte–2nd		2001	2001
28	Neptali Gonzales II	Lakas	Mandaluyong	12th Congress	2001	2004
29	Prospero Nograles	Lakas	Davao City–1st	13th Congress	2004	2007
30	Arthur Defensor	Lakas Lakas-Kampi	Iloilo–3rd	14th Congress	2007	2010
31	Neptali Gonzales II (2nd time)	Liberal	Mandaluyong	15th Congress	2010	2013
31	Neptali Gonzales II (2nd time)	Liberal	Mandaluyong	16th Congress	2013	2016
30	Rodolfo Fariñas	PDP-Laban	Ilocos Norte–1st	17th Congress	2016	present

External links

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References

↑ Ramirez, Robertzon (May 27, 2016). "Incoming speaker picks Fariñas as majority leader". Philippine Star. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

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Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

List of Majority Floor Leaders

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