Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

The majority floor leader of the Senate of the Philippines, or simply the Senate majority floor leader, is the leader elected by the political party or coalition of parties that holds the majority in the Senate of the Philippines.

Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent Joel Villanueva since July 28, 2025
Style	The Honorable (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Francisco Felipe Villanueva
Formation	October 16, 1916
Deputy	Deputy Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines
Website	Senate of the Philippines

Deputy Majority Floor Leaders of the Senate of the Philippines
Incumbent JV Ejercito and Rodante Marcoleta since July 30, 2025
Style	The Honorables (Diplomatic)
Appointer	Elected by the Senate of the Philippines

By tradition, the Senate president or any presiding officer gives the majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and is also the traditional chairman of the Committee on Rules. The majority leader also manages the business of the majority bloc in the Senate.

The current Senate majority floor leader is Joel Villanueva.

Two deputy majority leaders serving concurrently assist the majority leader in his duties and assumes the latter's responsibilities when the majority leader is absent or when the Senate president pro tempore sits at the rostrum in place of the Senate president. JV Ejercito and Rodante Marcoleta are serving as deputy majority leaders of the 20th Congress in the Senate.

List of majority floor leaders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
1		Francisco Felipe Viillanueva Senator for the 7th District (1867–1923)	1916	1919		Nacionalista	4th Legislature
2		Francisco Enage Senator for the 9th District (1878–1958)	1919	1925		Nacionalista (until 1922)	5th Legislature
						Nacionalista Colectivista (from 1922)	6th Legislature
3		Jose P. Laurel Senator for the 5th District (1891–1959)	1925	1931		Nacionalista	7th Legislature
							8th Legislature
4		Benigno Aquino Sr. Senator for the 3rd District (1894–1947)	1931	1934		Nacionalista	9th Legislature
5		Claro M. Recto Senator for the 5th District (1890–1960)	1934	1935		Nacionalista Democratico	10th Legislature
Senate abolished (1935–1945)
6		Melecio Arranz (1888–1966)	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946		Nacionalista	1st Commonwealth Congress
7		Vicente Francisco (1891–1974)	May 25, 1946	February 21, 1949		Nacionalista	2nd Commonwealth Congress
							1st Congress
8		Tomas Cabili (1903–1957)	February 21, 1949	December 30, 1953		Liberal
							2nd Congress
9		Cipriano Primicias Sr. (1901–1965)	January 25, 1954	December 30, 1961		Nacionalista	3rd Congress
							4th Congress
10		Arturo Tolentino (1910–2004)	January 22, 1962	December 30, 1965		Nacionalista	5th Congress
11		Jose Roy (1904–1986)	January 17, 1966	January 26, 1967		Nacionalista	6th Congress
12		Rodolfo Ganzon (1922–2003)	January 26, 1967	December 30, 1969		Nacionalista
(10)		Arturo Tolentino (1910–2004)	January 26, 1970	January 17, 1973		Nacionalista	7th Congress
Senate abolished (1973–1987)
13		Orly Mercado (born 1946)	July 27, 1987	October 31, 1989		Liberal	8th Congress
14		Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 1928)	July 23, 1990	July 22, 1991		Liberal
15		Alberto Romulo (born 1933)	July 22, 1991	October 10, 1996		LDP
							9th Congress
16		Francisco Tatad (born 1939)	October 10, 1996	January 26, 1998		LDP
							10th Congress
17		Franklin Drilon (born 1945)	January 26, 1998	July 12, 2000		Lakas (until 1998)
						LAMMP (from 1998)	11th Congress
(16)		Francisco Tatad (born 1939)	July 12, 2000	June 30, 2001		PRP
18		Loren Legarda (born 1960)	July 23, 2001	June 3, 2002		Lakas	12th Congress
19		Nene Pimentel (1933–2019)	June 3, 2002	July 23, 2002		PDP–Laban
(18)		Loren Legarda (born 1960)	July 23, 2002	January 12, 2004		Lakas
20		Kiko Pangilinan (born 1963)	January 12, 2004	November 17, 2008		Liberal
							13th Congress
							14th Congress
21		Migz Zubiri (born 1969)	November 17, 2008	June 30, 2010		Lakas
22		Tito Sotto (born 1948)	July 26, 2010	June 30, 2013		NPC	15th Congress
23		Alan Peter Cayetano (born 1970)	July 23, 2013	June 30, 2016		Nacionalista	16th Congress
(22)		Tito Sotto (born 1948)	July 25, 2016	May 21, 2018		NPC	17th Congress
(21)		Migz Zubiri (born 1969)	May 21, 2018	June 29, 2022		Independent
							18th Congress
24		Joel Villanueva (born 1975)	July 25, 2022	May 20, 2024		Independent	19th Congress
25		Francis Tolentino (born 1960)	May 20, 2024	June 30, 2025		PDP (until 2024)
						PFP (from 2024)
(24)		Joel Villanueva (born 1975)	July 28, 2025	Incumbent		Independent	20th Congress

List of deputy majority floor leaders

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
		Took office	Left office
	Mark Villar (born 1978)	August 2, 2022	June 30, 2025		Nacionalista	19th Congress
	JV Ejercito (born 1969)	August 2, 2022	May 20, 2024		NPC
		July 23, 2024	Incumbent
						20th Congress
	Rodante Marcoleta (born 1953)	July 30, 2025	Incumbent		Independent

See also

• Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines

External links

• Senate of the Philippines