Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Tito Sotto since July 28, 2025
Style	The Honorable (formal)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Claro M. Recto
Formation	1931
Deputy	Deputy Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Website	Senate of the Philippines

Deputy Minority Floor Leaders of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Migz Zubiri and Risa Hontiveros since July 30, 2025
Style	The Honorables (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Designated by the Minority Floor Leader

The minority floor leader of the Senate, or simply the Senate minority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that are not part of the majority bloc in the Senate of the Philippines. He serves as their official leader in the body and fulfills 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 Tito Sotto.

The deputy minority leader assists the minority leader in his duties and assumes the latter's responsibilities when the minority leader is absent. Risa Hontiveros and Migz Zubiri are the current deputy minority leaders of the 20th Congress.

List of minority floor leaders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
1		Claro M. Recto Senator for the 5th District (1890–1960)	1931	1934		Nacionalista	9th Legislature
None (1934–1935)							10th Legislature
Senate abolished (1935–1945)
None (1945–1946)							1st Commonwealth Congress
2		Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971)	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1953		Nacionalista	2nd Commonwealth Congress
							1st Congress
							2nd Congress
3		Lorenzo Tañada (1898–1992)	January 25, 1954	December 30, 1957		Citizens	3rd Congress
4		Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996)	January 27, 1958	January 25, 1960		Liberal	4th Congress
5		Ferdinand Marcos (1917–1989)	January 25, 1960	December 30, 1961		Liberal
6		Estanislao Fernandez (1910–1982)	January 22, 1962	December 30, 1965		Liberal	5th Congress
(4)		Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996)	January 17, 1966	December 30, 1969		Liberal	6th Congress
7		Gerry Roxas (1924–1982)	January 26, 1970	January 17, 1973		Liberal	7th Congress
Senate abolished (1973–1987)
8		Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	July 27, 1987	January 18, 1992		Nacionalista	8th Congress
9		Wigberto Tañada (born 1934)	January 18, 1992	June 30, 1995		Liberal
							9th Congress
10		Edgardo Angara (1934–2018)	August 28, 1995	October 10, 1996		LDP	10th Congress
11		Neptali Gonzales (1923–2001)	October 10, 1996	January 26, 1998		LDP
12		Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016)	January 26, 1998	June 30, 1998		NPC
13		Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 1928)	July 27, 1998	February 7, 2001		Lakas	11th Congress
14		Nene Pimentel (1933–2019)	July 23, 2001	June 3, 2002		PDP–Laban	12th Congress
15		Tito Sotto (born 1948)	June 3, 2002	June 30, 2004		LDP
(14)		Nene Pimentel (1933–2019)	July 26, 2004	June 30, 2010		PDP–Laban	13th Congress
							14th Congress
16		Alan Peter Cayetano (born 1970)	July 26, 2010	June 30, 2013		Nacionalista	15th Congress
(8)		Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	July 22, 2013	July 28, 2014		UNA	16th Congress
–		Tito Sotto (born 1948) Acting	July 28, 2014	August 24, 2015		NPC
(8)		Juan Ponce Enrile (born 1924)	August 24, 2015	June 30, 2016		UNA
17		Ralph Recto (born 1964)	July 25, 2016	February 27, 2017		Liberal	17th Congress
18		Franklin Drilon (born 1945)	February 28, 2017	June 30, 2022		Liberal
							18th Congress
19		Koko Pimentel (born 1964)	July 25, 2022	June 30, 2025		PDP–Laban (until 2024)	19th Congress
						Nacionalista (from 2024)
(15)		Tito Sotto (born 1948)	July 28, 2025	Incumbent		NPC	20th Congress

List of deputy minority floor leaders

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
		Took office	Left office
	Bam Aquino (born 1977)	February 27, 2017	June 30, 2019		Liberal	17th Congress
	Risa Hontiveros (born 1966)	August 3, 2022	Incumbent		Akbayan	19th Congress
						20th Congress
	Migz Zubiri (born 1969)	July 30, 2025	Incumbent		Independent

See also

• Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

References

• List of Senators of the Philippines

External links

• Senate of the Philippines