Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

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On October 16, 1907, at the inaugural session of the Philippine Assembly in the 1st Legislature, Manuel L. Quezon was elected as the chamber's floor leader, after he nominated Sergio Osmeña for the position of speaker.^[2] Following Quezon's election as junior resident commissioner of the Philippines to the United States in 1909, Alberto Barreto became the Assembly's new floor leader.

After the bicameral Congress was first abolished in 1935, José E. Romero was elected floor leader of the 1st National Assembly. He was succeeded by Quintín Paredes in the 2nd Assembly, wherein the Nacionalista Party held all of the seats.^[3] The Japanese-sponsored National Assembly of the Second Republic elected Bacolod representative Francisco Zulueta as floor leader of the all-KALIBAPI chamber.

Following the liberation of the Philippines in 1945 and the reestablishment of Congress, Eugenio Pérez was elected floor leader of the 1st Commonwealth Congress. During the 1st and 2nd Congresses, Raul Leuterio served as House majority leader after the newly established Liberal Party won a majority of the seats.^[4] The Nacionalistas regained their majority in the House in the 3rd Congress, and elected Arturo Tolentino as majority leader.

The imposition of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 and the subsequent ratification of the 1973 Constitution abolished Congress for a second time. In 1978, a new parliament known as the Batasang Pambansa was established, and Jose Roño served as its floor leader until 1986, when the People Power Revolution resulted in Marcos's ouster and the adoption of a new Constitution.^[5]

Following the 1987 elections, which gave members of the Lakas ng Bayan coalition a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Francisco Sumulong served as majority leader in the 8th Congress under the speakership of Ramon Mitra Jr. Ronaldo Zamora later served as majority leader from July 29, 1992, the day after the election of Jose de Venecia Jr. as speaker, until his resignation at the opening session of the 10th Congress on July 26, 1995, following his departure from the ruling Lakas–NUCD party. He was succeeded by former House Minority Leader Rodolfo Albano.

On July 23, 2018, Fredenil Castro was designated acting majority leader during the session that elected Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the first female speaker, unseating incumbent Pantaleon Alvarez.^[6] A week later on July 30, Rolando Andaya Jr. was elected to formally replace former majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas as chairperson of the Committee on Rules.^[7] Andaya stepped down on January 21, 2019, and was succeeded by Castro for a second tenure as majority leader.^[8]

At the opening of the 18th Congress on July 22, 2019, Martin Romualdez was elected majority leader under the speakership of Alan Peter Cayetano.^[9] He continued to serve in the position after withdrawing support from Cayetano and backing Lord Allan Velasco as the new speaker amid a leadership dispute. Upon Romualdez's election as speaker at the opening of the 19th Congress, Mannix Dalipe was elected majority leader.^[10] He was succeeded in the 20th Congress by Sandro Marcos, son of President Bongbong Marcos and the youngest representative in history to hold the position.^[11]

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This list also includes the majority floor leaders of the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Commonwealth National Assembly (1935–1941), the Second Republic National Assembly (1943–1944), and the Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986).

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
1		Manuel L. Quezon Member for Tayabas–1st (1878–1944)	1907	1909		Nacionalista	1st Legislature	Sergio Osmeña
2		Alberto Barretto Member for Zambales (1867–1951)	1910	1912			2nd Legislature
3		Macario Adriatico Member for Mindoro (1869–1919)	1912	1914			3rd Legislature
4		Galicano Apacible Member for Batangas–1st (1864–1949)	1914	1916

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House of Representatives (1916–1935)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
5		Rafael Alunan Sr. Member for Negros Occidental–2nd (1885–1947)	1916	1922		Nacionalista	4th Legislature	Sergio Osmeña
							5th Legislature
6		Benigno Aquino Sr. Member for Tarlac–2nd (1894–1947)	1922	1928		Nacionalista Unipersonalista (until 1925)	6th Legislature	Manuel Roxas
						Nacionalista Consolidado (from 1925)	7th Legislature
7		Manuel Briones Member for Cebu–1st (1893–1957)	1928	1933		Nacionalista Consolidado	8th Legislature
							9th Legislature
8		Pedro Sabido Member for Albay–3rd (1894–1980)	1933	1933				Quintín Paredes
9		Francisco Varona Member for Manila–1st (1891–1941)	1934	1934
10		José E. Romero Member for Negros Oriental–2nd (1897–1978)	1934	1935		Nacionalista Democratico	10th Legislature

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National Assembly (1935–1944)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
(10)		José E. Romero Member for Negros Oriental–2nd (1897–1978)	November 25, 1935	December 30, 1938		Nacionalista Democratico	1st National Assembly	Gil Montilla
11		Quintín Paredes Member for Abra (1884–1973)	January 24, 1939	December 30, 1941		Nacionalista	2nd National Assembly	José Yulo
12		Francisco Zulueta Member for Bacolod (1891–1947)	September 25, 1943	February 2, 1944		KALIBAPI	National Assembly (Second Republic)	Benigno Aquino Sr.

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House of Representatives (1945–1973)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
13		Eugenio Pérez Member for Pangasinan–2nd (1896–1957)	June 9, 1945	May 25, 1946		Nacionalista	1st Commonwealth Congress	Jose Zulueta
14		Raul Leuterio Member for Mindoro (1904–1970)	May 25, 1946	December 30, 1953		Liberal	2nd Commonwealth Congress	Eugenio Pérez
							1st Congress
							2nd Congress
15		Arturo Tolentino Member for Manila–3rd (1910–2004)	January 25, 1954	December 30, 1957		Nacionalista	3rd Congress	Jose Laurel Jr.
16		Jose Aldeguer Member for Iloilo–5th	January 27, 1958	December 30, 1961			4th Congress	Daniel Romualdez
17		Justiniano Montano Member for Cavite (1905–2005)	January 22, 1962	February 2, 1967			5th Congress
								Cornelio Villareal
							6th Congress
18		Marcelino Veloso Member for Leyte–3rd (1919–1986)	February 2, 1967	January 17, 1973				Jose Laurel Jr.
							7th Congress
								Cornelio Villareal

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Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
19		Jose Roño Member for Region VIII (until 1984) and Samar (from 1984) (1923–2002)	June 12, 1978	March 25, 1986		KBL	Interim Batasang Pambansa	Querube Makalintal
							Regular Batasang Pambansa	Nicanor Yñiguez

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House of Representatives (1987–present)

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Legislature	Speaker
			Took office	Left office
20		Francisco Sumulong Member for Rizal–1st (1928–2000)	July 23, 1987	June 30, 1992		PDP–Laban (until 1988)	8th Congress	Ramon Mitra Jr.
						LDP (from 1988)
21		Ronaldo Zamora Member for San Juan–Mandaluyong (born 1944)	July 27, 1992	June 30, 1995		Lakas	9th Congress	Jose de Venecia Jr.
22		Rodolfo Albano Jr. Member for Isabela–1st (1934–2019)	July 24, 1995	June 30, 1998		NPC	10th Congress
23		Mar Roxas Member for Capiz–1st (born 1957)	July 27, 1998	January 2, 2000		Liberal	11th Congress	Manny Villar
24		Eduardo Gullas Member for Cebu–1st (1930–2025)	January 2, 2000	November 13, 2000		LAMMP
25		Bella Angara Member for Aurora (born 1939)	November 13, 2000	January 24, 2001		LDP		Arnulfo Fuentebella
26		Sergio Apostol Member for Leyte–2nd (born 1935)	January 24, 2001	June 30, 2001		Lakas		Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
27		Neptali Gonzales II Member for Mandaluyong (born 1964)	July 23, 2001	June 30, 2004			12th Congress	Jose de Venecia Jr.
28		Prospero Nograles Member for Davao City–1st (1947–2019)	July 26, 2004	June 30, 2007			13th Congress
29		Arthur Defensor Sr. Member for Iloilo–3rd (born 1941)	July 23, 2007	June 30, 2010			14th Congress
								Prospero Nograles
30		Neptali Gonzales II Member for Mandaluyong (born 1964)	July 26, 2010	June 30, 2016		Liberal	15th Congress	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.
							16th Congress
31		Rodolfo Fariñas Member for Ilocos Norte–1st (born 1951)	July 25, 2016	July 23, 2018		PDP–Laban	17th Congress	Pantaleon Alvarez
32		Fredenil Castro Member for Capiz–2nd (born 1951)	July 23, 2018	July 30, 2018		NUP		Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
33		Rolando Andaya Jr. Member for Camarines Sur–1st (1969–2022)	July 30, 2018	January 21, 2019		NPC
34		Fredenil Castro Member for Capiz–2nd (born 1951)	January 21, 2019	June 30, 2019		NUP
35		Martin Romualdez Member for Leyte–1st (born 1963)	July 22, 2019	June 30, 2022		Lakas	18th Congress	Alan Peter Cayetano
								Lord Allan Velasco
36		Mannix Dalipe Member for Zamboanga City–2nd (born 1973)	July 25, 2022	June 30, 2025			19th Congress	Martin Romualdez
37		Sandro Marcos Member for Ilocos Norte–1st (born 1994)	July 28, 2025	Incumbent		PFP	20th Congress
								Bojie Dy

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