Philippine House Committee on Foreign Affairs

The Philippine House Committee on Foreign Affairs, or House Foreign Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Committee on Foreign Affairs
20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Maria Rachel Arenas, Lakas since July 30, 2025 (2025-07-30)
Minority Leader	Vacant since June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)
Website
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following:^[1]

• Diplomatic and consular services
• Other international organizations and agencies
• Relations of the Philippines with other countries
• United Nations and its agencies

Members, 20th Congress

Position	Member	Constituency	Party
Chairperson	Maria Rachel Arenas	Pangasinan–3rd		Lakas
Vice Chairpersons	Vacant
Members for the Majority
Members for the Minority

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members[2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Dulce Ann Hofer	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga Sibugay	2nd
Vice Chairpersons		Ma. Laarni Cayetano	Nacionalista	Taguig	2nd
		Manuel Sagarbarria	NPC	Negros Oriental	2nd
		Domingo Rivera	CIBAC	Party-list
		Samantha Louise Vargas-Alfonso	NUP	Cagayan	2nd
		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
		Ronnie Ong	ANG PROBINSYANO	Party-list
Members for the Majority		Ed Christopher Go	Nacionalista	Isabela	2nd
		Vincent Franco Frasco	Lakas	Cebu	5th
		Julienne Baronda	NUP	Iloilo City	Lone
		Juliet Marie Ferrer	NUP	Negros Occidental	4th
		Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
		Ciriaco Gato Jr.	NPC	Batanes	Lone
		Erico Aristotle Aumentado	NPC	Bohol	2nd
		Ian Paul Dy	NPC	Isabela	3rd
		Abdullah Dimaporo	NPC	Lanao del Norte	2nd
		Weslie Gatchalian	NPC	Valenzuela	1st
		Cesar Jimenez Jr.	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga City	1st
		Lucy Torres-Gomez	PDP–Laban	Leyte	4th
		Estrellita Suansing	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	1st
		Kristine Alexie Besas-Tutor	Nacionalista	Bohol	3rd
		Camille Villar	Nacionalista	Las Piñas	Lone
		Sol Aragones	Nacionalista	Laguna	3rd
		Rosanna Vergara	PDP–Laban	Nueva Ecija	3rd
		Antonio Albano	NUP	Isabela	1st
		Jocelyn Tulfo	ACT-CIS	Party-list
		Lorna Silverio	NUP	Bulacan	3rd
		Florida Robes	NUP	San Jose del Monte	Lone
		Enrico Pineda	1PACMAN	Party-list
		Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
		Alberto Pacquiao	OFWFC	Party-list
		Elizalde Co	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Juliette Uy	NUP	Misamis Oriental	2nd
		Micaela Violago	NUP	Nueva Ecija	2nd
		Ma. Lourdes Acosta-Alba	Bukidnon Paglaum	Bukidnon	1st
		Glona Labadlabad	PDP–Laban	Zamboanga del Norte	2nd
		Emmarie Ouano-Dizon	PDP–Laban	Cebu	6th
		Ma. Lucille Nava	PDP–Laban	Guimaras	Lone
		Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
		Eric Yap	ACT-CIS	Party-list
		Shernee Tan	Kusug Tausug	Party-list
		Ducielle Marie Cardema	Duterte Youth	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Arlene Brosas	GABRIELA	Party-list
		Arnolfo Teves Jr.	PDP–Laban	Negros Oriental	3rd
		Sergio Dagooc	APEC	Party-list
		Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list

Vice Chairperson

• Francisco Datol Jr.^[a] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Foreign relations of the Philippines

Notes

1. Died on August 10, 2020.