President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines

The **President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines** is the second highest-ranking official of the Senate of the Philippines. When the Senate President cannot do his job in the Senate, the Senate President _pro tempore_ presides over the Senate.

## List of Senate presidents pro tempore

|President pro tempore|colspan="2"|Party|Term start|Term end|Legislature|Senate President|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Esperidion Guanco**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|1919|1922|5th Legislature|Manuel L. Quezon||||||
|**Sergio Osmeña**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|1922|1934|6th Legislature 7th Legislature 8th Legislature 9th Legislature|Manuel L. Quezon||||||
|**Jose Clarin**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|1934|1935|9th Legislature|Manuel L. Quezon||||||
|**Jose Avelino**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|1935|1935|10th Legislature|Manuel L. Quezon||||||
|colspan="7"|No Senate||||||||||||
|**Elpidio Quirino**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|July 9, 1945|May 25, 1946|1st Congress|Manuel Roxas||||||
|**Melecio Arranz**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|May 25, 1946|July 4, 1946|2nd Congress|José Avelino||||||
|**Melecio Arranz**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|July 4, 1946|December 30, 1949|1st Congress|José Avelino Mariano Jesús Cuenco||||||
|**Quintin Paredes**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|January 31, 1950|March 5, 1952|2nd Congress|Mariano Jesús Cuenco||||||
|**Esteban Abada**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|March 5, 1952|May 7, 1952|2nd Congress|Quintín Paredes Camilo Osías Eulogio Rodriguez||||||
|**Manuel Briones**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|May 7, 1952|April 17, 1953|2nd Congress|Eulogio Rodriguez||||||
|**Jose Zulueta**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|April 17, 1953|April 30, 1953|2nd Congress|Camilo Osías||||||
|**Manuel Briones**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|April 30, 1953|December 10, 1957|2nd Congress 3rd Congress|José Zulueta||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Fernando Lopez**|bgcolor=""||Democratic|rowspan="2"|January 27, 1958|rowspan="2"|December 17, 1965|rowspan="2"|4th Congress 5th Congress|rowspan="2"|Eulogio Rodriguez Ferdinand Marcos|
|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|||||||||||
|**Lorenzo Sumulong**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|January 17, 1966|December 30, 1966|6th Congress|Arturo Tolentino Gil Puyat||||||
|**Jose J. Roy**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|January 26, 1967|September 23, 1972|7th Congress|Gil Puyat||||||
|colspan="7"|No Senate||||||||||||
|**Teofisto Guingona Jr.**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|July 27, 1987|July 23, 1990|8th Congress|Jovito Salonga||||||
|**Sotero Laurel**|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|July 23, 1990|January 18, 1992|8th Congress|Jovito Salonga Neptali Gonzales||||||
|**Ernesto Maceda**|bgcolor=""||PDP–Laban|January 18, 1992|January 18, 1993|8th Congress 9th Congress|Neptali Gonzales||||||
|**Teofisto Guingona Jr.**|bgcolor=""||Lakas|January 18, 1993|July 6, 1993|9th Congress|Edgardo Angara||||||
|**Leticia Ramos-Shahani**|bgcolor=""||Lakas|July 6, 1993|October 10, 1996|9th Congress 10th Congress|Edgardo Angara Neptali Gonzales||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Blas Ople**|bgcolor=""||LDP|rowspan="2"|October 10, 1996|rowspan="2"|June 29, 1999|rowspan="2"|10th Congress 11th Congress|rowspan="2"|Ernesto Maceda Neptali Gonzales Marcelo Fernan|
|bgcolor=""||LAMMP|||||||||||
|**John Henry Osmeña**|bgcolor=""||LAMMP|June 29, 1999|July 12, 2000|11th Congress|Blas Ople||||||
|**Blas Ople**|bgcolor=""||LAMMP|July 12, 2000|June 30, 2001|11th Congress|Franklin Drilon Aquilino Pimentel Jr.||||||
|**Manuel Villar**|bgcolor=""||Independent|July 23, 2001|August 12, 2002|12th Congress|Franklin Drilon||||||
|**Juan Flavier**|bgcolor=""||Lakas|August 12, 2002|June 30, 2007|12th Congress 13th Congress|Franklin Drilon Manuel Villar||||||
|**Jinggoy Estrada**|bgcolor=""||PMP|July 23, 2007|June 30, 2013|14th Congress 15th Congress|Manuel Villar Juan Ponce Enrile||||||
|**Ralph Recto**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|July 22, 2013|June 30, 2016|16th Congress|Franklin Drilon||||||
|**Franklin Drilon**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|July 25, 2016|February 27, 2017|17th Congress|Koko Pimentel||||||
|rowspan="2"|**Ralph Recto**|bgcolor=""||Liberal|rowspan="2"|February 27, 2017|rowspan="2"|June 2, 2022|rowspan="2"|17th Congress 18th Congress|rowspan="2"|Koko Pimentel Tito Sotto|
|bgcolor=""||Nacionalista|||||||||||
|**Juan Miguel Zubiri** Acting|bgcolor=""||Independent|June 2, 2022|July 25, 2022|18th Congress|Tito Sotto||||||
|Loren Legarda|||July 25, 2022|May 20, 2024|19th Congress|Juan Miguel Zubiri|||||||
|Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada|||May 20, 2024|Present|19th Congress|Francis Escudero|||||||

## Living former Senate Presidents pro tempore

Currently there are five living former Senate Presidents pro tempore:

## References

- List of Senators of the Philippines

## Other websites

- Senate of the Philippines

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President pro tempore
- **body**: the Senate of the Philippines
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Official seal
- **incumbent**: Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada
- **incumbentsince**: May 20, 2024
- **style**: The Honorable
<small>(formal)</small>
- **appointer**: Elected by the Senate
- **formation**: October 16, 1916
- **inaugural**: Esperidion Guanco
- **website**: https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen19th.asp