Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

The Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives of the Philippines are the second highest-ranking officials of the Philippine House of Representatives. During the absence of the House Speaker, one of the House Deputy Speakers will preside over the House of Representatives.

The current Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives are the following:

• Dina Abad (Liberal, Batanes)
• Giorgidi Aggabao (NPC, Isabela-4th)
• Sergio Apostol (Liberal, Leyte-2nd)
• Pangalian Balindong (Liberal, Lanao del Sur-2nd)
• Carlos M. Padilla (Nacionalista, Nueva Vizcaya)
• Roberto Puno (NUP, Antipolo-1st)

Duties and powers

The duties and powers of the House Deputy Speakers, as contained in the House Rules, are the following:

• to assume the duties and powers of the Speaker when so chosen by a majority vote or by lot among themselves, as the case may be, when the Speaker is absent or temporarily incapacitated, until such time that the Speaker returns to the performance of his/her duties; and, in case of resignation, removal, permanent incapacity or death of the Speaker, until such time that a new Speaker is elected and qualified;

• to preside over the session when, even if present, the Speaker does not preside, or has not designated any other member as temporary presiding officer as provided in Section 14(h) of Rule IV;

• to monitor, coordinate and facilitate action on measures filed, requests, and other concerns of members representing constituencies in any of the island groups namely Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, to which they may be assigned by the Speaker;

• to recommend to the Speaker appropriate policies, strategies and programs of action to improve the pace and quality of legislation and to effectively address issues and concerns of members on matters affecting them, their constituencies, and the overall operations and integrity of the House;

• to appoint personnel of the House when so authorized by the Speaker; and

• to perform such other duties and functions as may be assigned and/or delegated by the Speaker.

List

Single position

#	Name		Party	District	Legislature	Start of service	End of service	Era
1		Antonio de las Alas	Nacionalista	Batangas	6th Legislature - 7th Legislature	1922	1928	American Insular Government
2		Quintín Paredes		Abra	8th Legislature	1928	1931
3		Antonio de las Alas (2nd Time)		Abra	9th Legislature Batangas	1931	1933
4		Quintín Paredes (2nd Time)		Abra	9th Legislature-10th Legislature	1933	1933
5		José Zulueta		Iloilo-1st	10th Legislature	1933	1935
					1st Assembly	1935	1938	Commonwealth
					2nd Assembly	1939	1941
6		Francisco Ortega	Liberal	La Union–1st	1st Congress	1946	1949	Third Republic
7		Domingo Velasco		Leyte–2nd	2nd Congress	1949	1953
8		Daniel Romualdez	Nacionalista	Leyte–4th	3rd Congress	1954	1957
9		Constancio Castañeda		Tarlac–2nd	4th Congress	1958	1961
10		Salipada Pendatun	Liberal	Cotabato	5th Congress	1962	1965
					6th Congress	1966	1967
11		Jose Aldeguer	Nacionalista	Iloilo–5th		1967	1969
					7th Congress	1970	1972
12		Blah Sinduat	KBL	Region XII	Interim Batasang Pambansa	1978	1984	Fourth Republic
13		Salipada Pendatun (2nd Time)		Maguindanao	Regular Batasang Pambansa	1984	1985
14		Macacuna Dimaporo		Lanao del Sur		1985	1986
15		Antonio Cuenco	LDP	Cebu City–2nd	8th Congress	1987	1992	Fifth Republic
16		Raul Daza	Liberal	Northern Samar–1st	9th Congress	1992	1995

Multiple positions

Member Party, district		Member Party, district		Member Party, district		Member Party, district		Member Party, district		Member Party, district		Legislature	Start	End	Era
	Raul Daza (Liberal, Northern Samar–1st)		Simeon Datumanong (Lakas, Maguindanao–2nd)		Hernando Perez (Lakas, Batangas–2nd)	N/A						10th Congress	1995	1998	Fifth Republic
	Alfredo Abueg (LAMP, Palawan–2nd)		Eduardo Gullas (LAMP, Cebu–1st)		Daisy Fuentes (NPC, South Cotabato–2nd)							11th Congress	1998	2000
	Agapito Aquino (LDP, Makati–2nd)		Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol–1st)										2000	2001
	Raul Gonzalez (Lakas, Iloilo City)		Nur Jaafar (LAMMP, Tawi-Tawi)		Carlos M. Padilla (LAMMP, Nueva Vizcaya)								2001	2001
	Benigno Aquino III (Liberal, Tarlac–2nd)		Raul del Mar (Lakas, Cebu City–1st)		Emilio Espinosa, Jr. (NPC, Masbate–2nd)		Gerry Salapuddin (Lakas, Basilan)	N/A				12th Congress	2001	2004
									Eric Singson (Lakas, Ilocos Sur–2nd)	N/A		13th Congress	2004	2007
	Simeon Datumanong (Lakas, Maguindanao–2nd)				Arnulfo Fuentebella (NPC), Camarines Sur–3rd)		Pablo P. Garcia (Lakas, Cebu–2nd)				Amelita Villarosa (Lakas, Occidental Mindoro)	14th Congress	2007	2010
	Maria Isabelle Climaco Salazar (Liberal, Zamboanga City–1st)		Raul Daza (Liberal, Northern Samar–1st)				Pablo P. Garcia (NUP, Cebu–2nd)		Jesus Crispin Remulla (Nacionalista, Cavite–7th)		Lorenzo Tañada III (Liberal, Quezon–4th)	15th Congress	2010	2013
	Dina Abad (Liberal, Batanes)		Giorgidi Aggabao (NPC, Isabela–4th)		Sergio Apostol (Liberal, Leyte–2nd)		Pangalian Balindong (Liberal, Lanao del Sur–2nd)		Carlos M. Padilla (Nacionalista, Nueva Vizcaya)		Roberto Puno (NUP, Antipolo–1st)	16th Congress	2013	present

Note: Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines was previously called Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The title was used until 1995.

See also

• Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Sources

• Deputy Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
• Duties and Powers of Deputy's Speakers
• House Deputy Speakers, House of Representatives of the Philippines

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines