The Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Prospero Nograles, a representative from Davao City. The Speaker is the third and last in line in succession for the presidency, after the President of the Senate of the Philippines, Vice President of the Philippines, and President of the Philippines. When the office of the Speaker is vacant (usually at the beginning of a new Congress), the Secretary-General of the House sits as the Speaker until a person is elected. [edit] List of Presiding Officers | Speaker | Party | Province | Legislature | Start of service | End of service | Era | | Sergio Osmeña | NP | Cebu | 1st Legislature | 1907 | 1909 | United States Occupation | | 2nd Legislature | 1909 | 1912 | | 3rd Legislature | 1912 | 1916 | | 4th Legislature | 1916 | 1919 | | 5th Legislature | 1919 | 1922 | | Manuel Roxas | Capiz | 6th Legislature | 1922 | 1925 | | 7th Legislature | 1925 | 1928 | | 8th Legislature | 1928 | 1931 | | 9th Legislature | 1931 | 1933 | | Quintin Paredes | Abra | 1933 | 1934 | | 10th Legislature | 1934 | 1935 | | Gil Montilla | Negros Occidental-3rd | 1st Assembly | November 25, 1935 | December 30, 1938 | Commonwealth | | Jose Yulo | Negros Occidental-3rd | 2nd Assembly | January 24, 1939 | December 30, 1941 | | During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, the Commonwealth went into exile in the United States and the National Assembly was dissolved. It was replaced by the unrelated National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic. | | Benigno Q. Aquino, Sr. | KALIBAPI | Tarlac At-Large | National Assembly | October 17, 1943 | February 2, 1944 | Second Republic | | After the liberation, the winners of the 1941 elections were finally able to assume their positions. | | Jose C. Zulueta | NP-Liberal Wing | Iloilo-1st | 1st Congress | June 9, 1945 | December 20, 1945 | Commonwealth
(Restored) | | After the restoration of the Commonwealth, new elections were held to elect new members of the House of Representatives. | | Eugenio P. Perez | Liberal Party | Pangasinan-2nd | 2nd Congress | May 25, 1946 | July 4, 1946 |
[edit] List of Speakers In some lists that count only the Speakers of the House of Representatives, the Speakers of the Batasang Pambansa are excluded; in that case, subtract 2 from every number from Mitra onwards. | # | Speaker | Party | District | Legislature | Start of service | End of service | Era | | 1 | | Eugenio Perez | LP | Pangasinan-2nd | 1st | July 5, 1946 | December 30, 1949 | Third Republic | | 2nd | December 30, 1949 | December 30, 1953 | | 2 | | Jose B. Laurel, Jr. | NP | Batangas-3rd | 3rd | January 25, 1954 | December 30, 1957 | | 3 | | Daniel Z. Romualdez | Leyte-4th | 4th | January 27, 1958 | December 30, 1961 | | Leyte-1st | 5th | January 22, 1962 | March 9, 1962 | | 4 | | Cornelio Villareal | LP | Capiz-2nd | March 9, 1962 | December 30, 1965 | | 6th | January 17, 1966 | February 2, 1967 | | 5 | | Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (2nd time) | NP | Batangas-3rd | February 2, 1967 | December 30, 1969 | | 7th | January 26, 1970 | April 1, 1971 | | 6 | | Cornelio T. Villareal (2nd time) | LP | Capiz-2nd | April 1, 1971 | September 23, 1972 | | Following the declaration of martial law, the sitting president, Ferdinand Marcos ruled by decree and possessed legislative power until the election of the Interim Batasang Pambansa in 1978. The Interim Batasang Pambansa was replaced the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. | Second Dictatorship | | 7 | | Querube C. Makalintal | KBL | NCR | IBP | June 12, 1978 | June 30, 1984 | | Fourth Republic | | 8 | | Nicanor E. Yñiguez | Southern Leyte | RBP | July 23, 1984 | March 25, 1986 | | After the People Power Revolution where Marcos was overthrown, president Corazon Aquino abolished the Regular Batasang Pambansa and ruled by decree (executive order and proclamations only), possessing legislative powers until after the ratification of the 1987 Constitution, where the bicameral Congress was restored. | | 9 | | Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. | LDP | Palawan-2nd | 8th | July 27, 1987 | June 30, 1992 | Fifth Republic | | 10 | | Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. | Lakas-NUCD-
UMDP | Pangasinan-4th | 9th | July 27, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | | 10th | July 24, 1995 | June 30, 1998 | | 11 | | Manuel B. Villar, Jr. | PMP | Las Piñas | 11th | July 27, 1998 | November 13, 2000 | | 12 | | Arnulfo T. Fuentabella | NPC | Camarines Sur-3rd | November 13, 2000 | January 24, 2001 | | 13 | | Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. | Lakas-NUCD-
UMDP | Quezon City-4th | January 24, 2001 | June 30, 2001 | | 14 | | Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (2nd time) | Pangasinan-4th | 12th | July 23, 2001 | June 30, 2004 | | Lakas-CMD | 13th | July 26, 2004 | June 30, 2007 | | 14th | July 23, 2007 | February 5, 2008 | | 15 | | Prospero C. Nograles | Lakas-Kampi-CMD | Davao City-1st | February 5, 2008 | Present | [edit] Speakers per region | [edit] List of speakers per party | [edit] Timeline 
[edit] See also [edit] See also | Speakers of the Philippine House of Representatives | | | | | |
