List of vice presidents of the Philippines
This is a complete list of vice-presidents of the Philippines, who were inaugurated as Vice-President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declared the existence of the Philippines. 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. The vice-presidency within the context of the Philippine government was formally created by the constitution in 1935.
Vice-presidents during the Commonwealth of the Philippines were under American sovereignty, and there was no office of vice-president during the Second Republic, which was considered to be a puppet state of Imperial Japan during World War II.
When Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972, the sitting vice-president, Fernando Lopez, was removed from the office. Marcos ruled without a vice-president until 1986. The 1973 constitution initially did not provide for a vice-president, but subsequent amendments restored the office. A vice-president was able to sit after the 1986 election when Marcos and Arturo Tolentino were proclaimed as winners by the Batasang Pambansa.
Three vice-presidents succeeded to the presidency due to the death of presidents: Sergio Osmeña (1944), Elpidio Quirino (1948), and Carlos P. Garcia (1957). They did not nominate a new vice-president, since there was no mention of such a process in the 1935 constitution; a new vice-president would sit after the results of the next election was known. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president after the Supreme Court ruled that President Joseph Estrada resigned. A few days after she ascended to power, Arroyo appointed Teofisto Guingona as vice-president. The 1987 constitution mandated the President to nominate a vice-president from a member of the Congress of the Philippines, in which both houses vote separately for confirmation via a majority vote.
Fernando Lopez is 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 1 year 10 months and 20 days. Noli de Castro was the first vice-president who was never a member of any political party, but was affiliated with the political coalition led by Lakas–CMD.
Vice presidents
The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each individual.
Party | English name | Abbreviation | |
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Kapisanan ng Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas | Association for Service to the New Philippines | KALIBAPI | |
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | New Society Movement | KBL | |
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses | LAMMP | |
Lakas ng Tao–Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino–Christian Muslim Democrats | People Power–Partner of the Free Filipino–Christian Muslim Democrats | Lakas–KAMPI–CMD | |
Lakas ng Tao–National Union of Christian Democrats | People Power–National Union of Christian Democrats | Lakas–NUCD | |
Liberal Party | Liberal | ||
Nacionalista Party | Nationalist Party | Nacionalista | |
Nationalist People's Coalition | NPC | ||
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan | Philippine Democratic Party–People's Power | PDP–Laban | |
United Nationalist Alliance | UNA | ||
United Nationalist Democratic Organization | UNIDO | ||
Non-partisan | N/A | ||
No. | Vice president (Birth–Death) |
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1 | Sergio Osmeña (9 September 1878 – 19 October 1961) (Lived: 83 years) |
Senator from the Tenth Senatorial District (1922–1935) |
November 15, 1935 | August 1, 1944[1] | 8 years, 260 days | Nacionalista | Manuel L. Quezon | Commonwealth | |||
Vacant August 1, 1944 – May 28, 1946 |
Jose P. Laurel | Second Republic | |||||||||
Sergio Osmeña | Commonwealth | ||||||||||
2 | Elpidio Quirino (16 November 1890 – 29 February 1956) (Lived: 65 years) |
Senator from the First Senatorial District (1925–1935) Ilocos Sur (1945–1946) |
May 28, 1946 | April 17, 1948[1] | 1 year, 325 days | Liberal | Manuel Roxas | ||||
Third Republic | |||||||||||
Vacant April 15, 1948 – December 30, 1949 |
Elpidio Quirino | ||||||||||
3 | Fernando Lopez (13 April 1904 – 26 May 1993) (Lived: 89 years) |
Senator (1947–1949) |
December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | |||||
4 | Carlos P. Garcia (4 November 1896 – 14 June 1971) (Lived: 74 years) |
Senator (1946–1953) |
December 30, 1953 | March 18, 1957[1] | 3 years, 78 days | Nacionalista | Ramon Magsaysay | ||||
Vacant March 18, 1957 – December 30, 1957 |
Carlos P. Garcia | ||||||||||
5 | Diosdado Macapagal 28 September 1910 – 21 April 1997) (Lived: 86 years) |
Representative from Pampanga's 1st District (1949–1957) |
December 30, 1957 | December 30, 1961 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | |||||
6 | Emmanuel Pelaez (30 November 1915 – 27 July 2003) (Lived: 87 years) |
Senator (1953–1959) |
December 30, 1961 | December 30, 1965 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberal | Diosdado Macapagal | ||||
7 | Fernando Lopez (13 April 1904 – 26 May 1993) (Lived: 89 years) |
3rd Vice President of the Philippines (1949–1953) |
December 30, 1965 | September 23, 1972[2] | 6 years, 268 days | Nacionalista | Ferdinand Marcos | ||||
Abolished[3] September 23, 1972 – January 23, 1984 |
Martial law | ||||||||||
Fourth Republic | |||||||||||
Vacant January 23, 1984 – February 25, 1986 | |||||||||||
8 | Salvador Laurel (18 November 1928 – 27 January 2004) (Lived: 75 years) |
Member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from Region IV-A (1978–1984) |
February 25, 1986[4] | June 30, 1992 | 6 years, 126 days | UNIDO | Corazon Aquino | ||||
Fifth Republic | |||||||||||
Nacionalista[5] | |||||||||||
9 | Joseph Estrada (born 19 April 1937) (83 years) |
Senator (1987–1992) |
June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | 6 years, 0 days | NPC | Fidel Ramos | ||||
10 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 5 April 1947) (73 years) |
Senator (1992–1998) |
June 30, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | 2 years, 204 days | Lakas / KAMPI | Joseph Estrada | ||||
Vacant January 20, 2001 – February 7, 2001 |
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ||||||||||
11 | Teofisto Guingona Jr. (born 4 July 1928) (92 years) |
Senator (1987–1993 & 1998–2001) |
February 7, 2001[6] | June 30, 2004 | 3 years, 144 days | Lakas | |||||
12 | Noli de Castro (born 6 July 1949) (71 years) |
Senator (2001–2004) |
June 30, 2004 | June 30, 2010 | 6 years, 0 days | Independent[7] | |||||
13 | Jejomar Binay (born 11 November 1942) (78 years) |
Mayor of Makati (2001–2010) |
June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | 6 years, 0 days | PDP–Laban | Benigno Aquino III | ||||
UNA[8][9] | |||||||||||
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Leni Robredo (born 23 April 1965) (55 years) |
Representative from Camarines Sur's 3rd District (2013–2016) |
June 30, 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 211 days | Liberal | Rodrigo Duterte |
Timeline
This is a graphical timeline of the lifespans of Vice-Presidents of the Philippines. The vice-presidents are listed in order of office.
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Timeline of living vice-presidents
This is a list of all of the living people who have served as Vice President of the Philippines at each moment in Philippine history. Currently there are six living vice-presidents, including the incumbent, Leni Robredo.
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1 Order of service (linked) + Increases (inaugurations) − Decreases (deaths) 3 indicates Fernando Lopez, who was both the 3rd and 7th vice-president. |
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.
There is no office of the Vice President formed under the 1899 Malolos Constitution promulgated by President Emilio Aguinaldo. All previous national governments prior to 1899 are provisional or temporary in nature. Mariano Trias was elected as Vice President of the Tejeros Republic and Republic of Biak-na-Bato but was not included in the official roster of Philippine Vice Presidents.[12]
Vice president (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Party | President | Government | |||
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Mariano Trias (12 October 1868 – 2 February 1914) (Lived: 45 years) |
March 22, 1897[13] | December 14, 1897[14] | None[15] | Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy | Tejeros Convention | |||
Republic of Biak-na-Bato | ||||||||
Francisco Carreón (5 October 1868 – 1939/41) (Lived: c. 71 or 73 years) |
May 6, 1902 | July 14, 1906[16] | None[15] | Macario Sakay y de León | Tagalog Republic | |||
Benigno Aquino Sr. (3 September 1894 – 20 December 1947) (Lived: 53 years) |
October 14, 1943 | August 17, 1945 | KALIBAPI | José P. Laurel | Second Republic | |||
Arturo Tolentino (19 September 1910 – 2 August 2004) (Lived: 93 years) [17] |
February 16, 1986 | February 25, 1986[18] | KBL | Ferdinand E. Marcos | Fourth Republic |
See also
Notes
- "1973 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". Philippine Constitutions. Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
- "1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines – Article VII". Philippine Constitutions. Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
References
- Succeeded after the death of president.
- Term ended with the proclamation of martial law.
- The office of the vice president did not exist in the original, unamended 1973 Constitution, which was ratified on January 17, 1973. Amendments to Article VII restored the position.
- Assumed vice presidency by claiming victory in the disputed 1986 snap election.
- Laurel himself was a member of the Nacionalista Party, which aligned itself with the UNIDO ticket. In 1989, UNIDO dissolved and Laurel was elected president of the Nacionalistas.
- Nominated by President Arroyo and confirmed by Congress.
- Allied with the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow)
- Binay resigned from PDP–Laban in March 2014 due to internal disputes.
- http://www.rappler.com/nation/70021-binay-una-political-party-2016
- Lira Dalangin-Fernandez; Loreen Ordoño (2016-05-30). "Congress proclaims Duterte and Robredo as duly elected president, vice president". InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- Llanesca T. Panti (2016-05-30). "Congress Proclamation: Duterte President, Robredo VP". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- "Office of the Vice President". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- Term began with his election as vice-president at the Tejeros Convention.
- Term ended with the dissolution of the Biak na Bato Republic.
- Allied with the Magdalo faction of the revolutionary society Katipunan.
- Term ended with his capture by the American Forces.
- "Office of the Vice President". Official Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
Tolentino, however, was not recognized in our official roster of vice presidents as formalized by Resolution No. 2, s. 2013 dated March 11, 2013, signed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
- Term ended when Marcos was overthrown in the 1986 People Power Revolution