List of vice presidents of the Philippines

The vice president of the Philippines is the second-highest executive official in the government of the Philippines. The vice president is directly elected by qualified voters to a six-year term, and may be a cabinet member without confirmation from the Commission on Appointments and is first in the presidential line of succession.^[1]

The official seal of the vice president of the Philippines

The incumbent vice president is Sara Duterte, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.^[2]

History

The office of vice president was initially created following the ratification of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines, which states that the vice president shall be elected by direct vote of the people.^[3] Vice presidents during the Commonwealth of the Philippines were under American sovereignty,^[4] and there was no office of vice president during the Second Republic,^[5] which was considered to be a puppet state of Imperial Japan during World War II.^[6] During the martial law declared by President Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1981, the office of the vice president was abolished and the sitting vice president, Fernando Lopez, was removed from the office.^[5] Though the 1973 Constitution initially did not provide for a vice president, subsequent amendments restored the office.^[5] A vice president was appointed after the 1986 election when Marcos and Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed as winners by the Batasang Pambansa. However, in 1986, the People Power Revolution overthrew Marcos' dictatorship and repealed the 1973 Constitution.^[5][7] In 2013, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines through Resolution No. 2, series of 2013 declared that Tolentino is not part of the official list of vice presidents of the Philippines.^[8] The subsequently formed 1987 Constitution of the Philippines was established, which states that: "There shall be a vice-president who shall have the same qualifications and term of office and be elected with, and in the same manner, as the president."^[9]

Before the ratification of the 1987 constitution, in case of an intra-term vacancy, there was no process to appoint a new vice president until after the next election.^[5] However, after the ratification of the 1987 constitution, the president could nominate a vice president in case of an intra-term vacancy from a member of the congress, whom both houses vote separately for confirmation by a majority vote.^[9] In 2001, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo became president after the Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that President Joseph Estrada resigned.^[10] A few days later, she appointed Teofisto Guingona as the vice president.^[11] Guingona is the only person being unelected to the position.^[12]

Three vice presidents have succeeded to the presidency due to the death of presidents: Sergio Osmeña in 1944,^[13] Elpidio Quirino in 1948,^[14] and Carlos P. Garcia in 1957.^[15] Fernando Lopez was the longest-serving vice president, who served for a combined total of almost 11 years. Elpidio Quirino served the shortest time as vice president for approximately 1 year and 11 months.

Vice presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term start	Term end	Term length	Party		Election	President
1		Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961) [16]	November 15, 1935	August 1, 1944[a]	8 years, 260 days		Nacionalista	1935	Manuel L. Quezon
								1941[b]
Vacant[c] (August 1, 1944–May 28, 1946)									Sergio Osmeña
2		Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956) [17]	May 28, 1946	April 15, 1948[a]	1 year, 323 days		Liberal	1946	Manuel Roxas
Vacant[c] (August 1, 1944–May 28, 1946)									Elpidio Quirino
3		Fernando Lopez (1904–1993) [18]	December 30, 1949	December 30, 1953	4 years, 0 days		Liberal (until 1953)	1949
							Democratic (from 1953)
4		Carlos P. Garcia (1896–1971) [19]	December 30, 1953	March 18, 1957[a]	3 years, 78 days		Nacionalista	1953	Ramon Magsaysay
Vacant[c] (March 18, 1957–December 30, 1957)									Carlos P. Garcia
5		Diosdado Macapagal (1910–1997) [20]	December 30, 1957	December 30, 1961	4 years, 0 days		Liberal	1957
6		Emmanuel Pelaez (1915–2003) [21]	December 30, 1961	December 30, 1965	4 years, 0 days		Liberal (until 1964)	1961	Diosdado Macapagal
							Nacionalista (from 1964)
7		Fernando Lopez (1904–1993) [22]	December 30, 1965	January 17, 1973	7 years, 18 days		Nacionalista	1965	Ferdinand Marcos
								1969
Position abolished[d] (January 17, 1973–January 27, 1984)
Vacant[e] (January 27, 1984–February 25, 1986)
8		Salvador Laurel (1928–2004) [23]	February 25, 1986	June 30, 1992	6 years, 126 days		UNIDO (until 1988)	1986[f]	Corazon Aquino
							Nacionalista (from 1988)
9		Joseph Estrada (born 1937) [23]	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	6 years, 0 days		NPC (until 1997)	1992	Fidel V. Ramos
							LAMMP (from 1997)
10		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947) [24]	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001[a]	2 years, 204 days		Lakas	1998	Joseph Estrada
Vacant[g] (January 20–February 7, 2001)									Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
11		Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 1928) [25]	February 7, 2001	June 30, 2004	3 years, 144 days		Lakas (until 2003)	2001[h]
							Independent (from 2003)
12		Noli de Castro (born 1949) [26]	June 30, 2004	June 30, 2010	6 years, 0 days		Independent	2004
13		Jejomar Binay (born 1942) [27]	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	6 years, 0 days		PDP–Laban (until 2012)	2010	Benigno Aquino III
							UNA (from 2012)
14		Leni Robredo (born 1965) [28]	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	6 years, 0 days		Liberal	2016	Rodrigo Duterte
15		Sara Duterte (born 1978) [29]	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 46 days		Lakas (until 2023)	2022	Bongbong Marcos
							HNP[i]

Timeline

Unofficial vice presidents

Historians and other figures have identified the following people as having held the vice presidency of a government intended to represent the Philippines, but their terms of office are not counted by the Philippine government as part of the presidential succession.

The inclusion of Mariano Trías in the list is disputed, because Trias was chosen as vice president at the Tejeros Convention, and again as vice president for the short-lived Republic of Biak-na-Bato, which was dissolved after the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and Aguinaldo's exile. Neither the reassumption of power by Emilio Aguinaldo when the revolution was resumed in May 1898 nor his formal proclamation and inauguration as president under the First Philippine Republic in 1899 were regimes that provided for a vice presidency.^[30]

Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term	Party		Election	President		Era
	Mariano Trías (1868–1914) [31]	March 22, 1897 – January 23, 1899 (1 year, 307 days)		None[j]	1897		Emilio Aguinaldo (Nonpartisan)	Tejeros Convention
					–			Republic of Biak-na-Bato
	Francisco Carreón (1868–1939/1941) [32]	May 6, 1902 – July 14, 1906[k] (3 years, 296 days)		None[j]	–		Macario Sakay (Katipunan)	Tagalog Republic
	Ramón Avanceña (1872–1957) [33]	October 14, 1943 – January 15, 1944 (93 days)		KALIBAPI	–		Jose P. Laurel (KALIBAPI)	Second Republic
	Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947) [33]	January 15, 1944 – August 17, 1945 (1 year, 272 days)		KALIBAPI	–
	Ramón Avanceña (1872–1957) [33]	December 30, 1948 – December 30, 1949 (1 year, 0 days)		Liberal	–		Elpidio Quirino (Liberal)	Third Republic

List of vice presidents by age

No.	President	Born	Age at start of vice presidency	Age at end of presidency	Post-vice presidency timespan	Lifespan
						Died	Age
1	Sergio Osmeña	September 9, 1878	57 years, 67 days November 15, 1935	65 years, 327 days August 1, 1944	17 years, 79 days	October 19, 1961	83 years, 40 days
2	Elpidio Quirino	November 16, 1890	55 years, 193 days May 28, 1946	57 years, 153 days April 17, 1948	7 years, 318 days	February 29, 1956	65 years, 105 days
3	Fernando Lopez	April 13, 1904	45 years, 261 days December 30, 1949	49 years, 261 days December 30, 1953	39 years, 147 days	May 26, 1993	89 years, 43 days
4	Carlos P. Garcia	November 4, 1896	57 years, 56 days December 30, 1953	60 years, 134 days March 18, 1957	14 years, 88 days	June 14, 1971	74 years, 222 days
5	Diosdado Macapagal	September 28, 1910	47 years, 93 days December 30, 1957	51 years, 93 days December 30, 1961	35 years, 112 days	April 21, 1997	86 years, 205 days
6	Emmanuel Pelaez	November 30, 1915	46 years, 30 days December 30, 1961	50 years, 30 days December 30, 1965	37 years, 209 days	July 27, 2003	87 years, 239 days
7	Fernando Lopez	April 13, 1904	61 years, 261 days December 30, 1965	68 years, 163 days September 23, 1972	20 years, 245 days	May 26, 1993	89 years, 43 days
8	Salvador Laurel	November 18, 1928	57 years, 99 days February 25, 1986	63 years, 225 days June 30, 1992	11 years, 211 days	January 27, 2004	75 years, 70 days
9	Joseph Estrada	April 19, 1937	55 years, 72 days June 30, 1992	61 years, 72 days June 30, 1998	Living	Living	88 years, 118 days
10	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	April 5, 1947	51 years, 86 days June 30, 1998	53 years, 290 days January 20, 2001	Living	Living	78 years, 132 days
11	Teofisto Guingona Jr.	July 4, 1928	72 years, 218 days February 7, 2001	75 years, 362 days June 30, 2004	Living	Living	97 years, 42 days
12	Noli De Castro	July 6, 1949	54 years, 360 days June 30, 2004	60 years, 359 days June 30, 2010	Living	Living	76 years, 40 days
13	Jejomar Binay	November 11, 1942	67 years, 231 days June 30, 2010	73 years, 232 days June 30, 2016	Living	Living	82 years, 277 days
14	Leni Robredo	April 23, 1965	51 years, 68 days June 30, 2016	57 years, 68 days June 30, 2022	Living	Living	60 years, 114 days
15	Sara Duterte	May 31, 1978	44 years, 30 days June 30, 2022	Incumbent	Incumbent	Living	47 years, 76 days

Vice presidents who later served as president

Vice presidents

Vice president	President served under	Year(s) served	Notes
Sergio Osmeña	Manuel L. Quezon	1935–1944	Osmeña succeeded Quezon, after the latter's death
Elpidio Quirino	Manuel Roxas	1946–1948	Quirino succeeded Roxas, after the latter's death; ran and won a full term in 1949
Carlos P. Garcia	Ramon Magsaysay	1953–1957	Garcia succeeded Magsaysay, after the latter's death; ran and won a full term in 1957
Diosdado Macapagal	Carlos P. Garcia	1957–1961	Macapagal defeated Garcia in 1961
Joseph Estrada	Fidel V. Ramos	1992–1998	Estrada ran for a full term in 1998
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Joseph Estrada	1998–2001	Arroyo succeeded Estrada, after the latter's resignation; ran and won a full term in 2004

List of vice presidents by offices held before vice presidency

Executive branch

Cabinet secretaries (as full-time)

The following list includes only cabinet secretaries who served full-time. Vice presidents who served concurrently as cabinet secretaries and their post-vice presidency positions are not included.

Secretary	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Elpidio Quirino	Secretary of Finance	Manuel Quezon	1934–1936
	Secretary of Interior		1935–1938
Teofisto Guingona Jr.	Secretary of Justice	Fidel V. Ramos	1995–1998

Other positions (full-time)

Name	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Teofisto Guingona	Chairman of the Commission on Audit	Corazon Aquino	1986–1987
	Executive Secretary of the Philippines	Fidel V. Ramos	1993–1995
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Undersecretary of the Department of Trade and Industry	Corazon Aquino	1987–1992
Jejomar Binay	Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	Corazon Aquino	1990–1991
		Joseph Estrada	1999–2001

Legislative

Senators

Senator	District	Year(s) served	Notes
Sergio Osmeña	10th	1922–1935	First vice president to serve as president pro tempore (1922–1934)
Elpidio Quirino	1st	1925–1935; 1945–1946	Second vice president to serve as president pro tempore (1945–1946)
Fernando Lopez	At-large	1947–1949	As a Liberal
		1953–1965	As a Democrat and Nacionalista; third vice president to serve as president pro tempore (1958–1965); only former vice president to be elected again in the same position
Carlos P. Garcia		1945–1953	First vice president to serve as the minority floor leader (1946–1953)
Emmanuel Pelaez		1953–1959	Only former vice president elected in the Senate
Salvador Laurel		1967–1972	Did not finish term due to the declaration of martial law
Joseph Estrada		1987–1992
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo		1992–1998	First term lasted for only three years; did not finish second term, won vice presidency
Teofisto Guingona Jr.		1987–1993	Second vice president to serve as president pro tempore (1987–1990) Only vice president to serve as the majority floor leader (1990–1991); did not finish second term, appointed as the executive secretary
		1998–2001	Second and last vice president to be the minority floor leader, 1998–2001 Did not finish term, appointed to the vice presidency
Noli De Castro		2001–2004	Did not finish term, won vice presidency

Congressman/Representatives/Assemblyman

Legislator	District	Lower House Name	Year(s) served	Notes
Sergio Osmeña	Cebu 2nd	Philippine Assembly	1907–1916	First president to serve as speaker (1907–1916)
		House of Representatives	1916–1922
Elpidio Quirino	Ilocos Sur 1st	House of Representatives	1919–1925
Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol 3rd		1925–1931
Diosdado Macapagal	Pampanga 1st		1949–1957
Leni Robredo	Camarines Sur 3rd		2013– 2016	Only one-term representative to win the vice presidency

Local government

Governors

Governor	Province	Year(s) served	Notes
Sergio Osmeña	Cebu	1904–1907
Carlos P. Garcia	Bohol	1933–1941
Jejomar Binay	Metro Manila	1987–1988	Acting/interim basis

Mayors

Mayor	Province	Year(s) served	Notes
Fernando Lopez	Iloilo	1945–1947	Appointed
Joseph Estrada	San Juan	1969–1986	Only former vice president to previously serve as mayor and only former vice president to serve as mayor in another city after his term (Manila, 2013–2019)
Jejomar Binay	Makati	1986–1987	As officer-in-charge
		1988–1998	Elected; first vice president without congressional experience
		2001–2010
Sara Duterte	Davao City	2010–2013; 2016–2022	Only vice president served as vice mayor (2007–2010) Second vice president without congressional experience

Vice presidents by offices concurrently held

Cabinet secretaries

Secretary	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Sergio Osmeña	Secretary of Public Instruction	Manuel Quezon	1935–1940
	Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare		1941–1944
Elpidio Quirino	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Manuel Roxas	1946–1950
Fernando Lopez	Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Elpidio Quirino	1949–1953
		Ferdinand Marcos	1965–1971
Carlos P. Garcia	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Ramon Magsaysay	1953–1957
Emmanuel Pelaez		Diosdado Macapagal	1961– 1963
Salvador Laurel		Corazon Aquino	1986–1987
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	Secretary of Social Welfare and Development	Joseph Estrada	1998–2000
Teofisto Guingona Jr.	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	2001–2002
Sara Duterte	Secretary of Education	Bongbong Marcos	2022–2024

Other positions

Name	Office	President served under	Year(s) served
Joseph Estrada	Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission	Fidel V. Ramos	1992–1997
Noli De Castro	Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	2004–2010
Jejomar Binay	Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council	Benigno Aquino III	2010–2015
	Presidential Adviser for Overseas Filipino Workers
Leni Robredo	Chairperson of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council	Rodrigo Duterte	2016
	Co-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs		2019

See also

• President of the Philippines
• List of presidents of the Philippines
• Prime Minister of the Philippines (defunct)

Notes

1. Succeeded to the presidency.
2. Sergio Osmeña's second term was supposed to end on December 30, 1943. However, Joint Resolution No. 95 of the United States Congress was approved on November 12, 1943, to extend Osmeña's term due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
3. The 1935 Constitution did not provide for the filling of a vacancy in the vice presidency.
4. The 1973 Constitution did not provide for a vice presidency.
5. The 1973 Constitution was amended in 1981 to provide for a vice presidency. However, a vice presidential election was not called until 1986.
6. In the 1986 vice presidential election, Arturo Tolentino was declared the winner by the Batasang Pambansa based on the results from the Commission on Elections, while Salvador Laurel was declared the winner by the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections. The fraudulent conduct and disputed result of the election led to the People Power Revolution, resulting in Laurel's assumption of the vice presidency.
7. The vice presidency was vacant from January 20 until February 7, 2001, after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo succeeded to the presidency upon Joseph Estrada's removal from office as a result of the Second EDSA Revolution.
8. Appointed as vice president in accordance with Section 9 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.
9. Sara Duterte was affiliated with both Lakas–CMD and Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) at election. She remained with HNP after resigning from Lakas–CMD on May 19, 2023.
10. Allied with the Magdalo faction of the revolutionary society Katipunan.
11. Term ended with his capture by the American Forces.