Hadji Butu

Abdul Baqui
First Muslim Senator
Representing the 12th senatorial district of Mindanao and
Sulu from 1916 to 1919, and from 1922 to 1931. In the
Senate, he pushed for more appropriations for the
construction of schools, hospitals, roads, and bridges in
Mindanao and Sulu.

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 Geronima
Tomelden-Pecson
First Woman Senator
Served from 1947 to 1953. She headed the Senate
Committees of Education, Health, Public Welfare, and the
Joint Congressional Committee on Education. She was
known for her work on laws on education, such as the Free
and Compulsory Education Act and the Vocational
Education Act.

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 Rogelio de la Rosa
First Actor to Become Senator
A popular matinee idol and multi-awarded actor. De la Rosa
entered politics with a successful bid for the Senate in
1957.

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Eva Estrada Kalaw
First Filipina Senator to be Re-elected
Chaired the Senate committee on games, amusements and
tourism, and national minorities. She was senator from
1965 to 1972.

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 Manuel L. Quezon
First Senate President
He went on to become the first president of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines. He was the second
Philippine president after Emilio Aguinaldo.

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 Helena Zoila
Benitez
Oldest Living Former Senator
She was 102 years old when she died in 2016. She served
from 1967 to 1972.

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 Juan Ponce Enrile
Oldest While in Office:
He was 92 years old when his term ended in 2016.

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Benigno Aquino Sr .
Youngest Elected to Office

He was 33 years old upon his election in 1928. His son,

Benigno Aquino Jr, was also among the youngest elected
senators; he was 35 when he assumed office in 1967.

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 Lorenzo Tañada
Longest-serving Senator

Served for 4 terms from 1947 to 1971, for a total of 24

years.

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Vicente C. Sotto III
Current Senate President

Senate President since May 21, 2018. He succeeded

Aquilino "Koko" L. Pimentel III who served as Senate
President from July 2016-May 2018.

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 Santanina Tillah
Rasul
First Muslim Woman Senator

She served from June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1995. Her first
experience in government and public service, however,
was as a public school teacher in Siasi and Jolo from 1952
to 1957.

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 Of the Philippines’ 16
presidents so far, 10
were former senators

Manuel L. Quezon, Jose P. Laurel, Sergio Osmeña, Manuel

Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Carlos P. Garcia, Ferdinand E.
Marcos, Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,
and Benigno Aquino III are former senators.

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 17th Congress

The current meeting of the national legislature of the

Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate and
House of Representatives.

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