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Senate Leadership
The Senate Presidency, President pro tempore and floor leadership, each linked to a senator profile. Four senators have led the Senate in this Congress alone.
Senate Presidents of the 20th Congress
- Francis EscuderoOusted amid the flood-control projects inquiry.
- Tito SottoOusted in a 13–9–2 vote.
- Alan Peter CayetanoDisplaced by a 12-member quorum on 3 June; yielded his claim on 17 June.
- Win GatchalianActing Senate President from 3 June 2026.
See how each senator voted in the recorded leadership votes.
Senate leadership for the 20th Congress, compiled from Wikipedia's dated record and cross-checked against news reports for each change of Senate President. Past holders are kept, not deleted, so the record shows who changed and when. Read the source ↗
Current leadership
Deputy floor leaders (2)
Every leadership change
Each change of Senate President reshuffled the pro tempore and floor leader posts with it. Every past holder since the 20th Congress convened on 28 July 2025, most recent first:
- Win Gatchalian — Senate President pro tempore from Jun 3, 2026 to Jun 17, 2026. Elected Senate President.
- Alan Peter Cayetano — Senate President from May 11, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026. Displaced by a 12-member quorum on 3 June; yielded his claim on 17 June.
- Loren Legarda — Senate President pro tempore from May 11, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026.
- Joel Villanueva — Majority Floor Leader (acting) from May 11, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026.
- Tito Sotto — Minority Floor Leader from May 11, 2026 to Jun 3, 2026.
- Tito Sotto — Senate President from Sep 8, 2025 to May 11, 2026. Ousted in a 13–9–2 vote.
- Panfilo Lacson — Senate President pro tempore from Sep 8, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Juan Miguel Zubiri — Majority Floor Leader from Sep 8, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Alan Peter Cayetano — Minority Floor Leader from Sep 9, 2025 to May 11, 2026. Elected Senate President.
- JV Ejercito — Deputy Majority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Risa Hontiveros — Deputy Majority Floor Leader from Sep 9, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Rodante Marcoleta — Deputy Minority Floor Leader from Sep 9, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Joel Villanueva — Deputy Minority Floor Leader from Sep 9, 2025 to May 11, 2026.
- Francis Escudero — Senate President from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025. Ousted amid the flood-control projects inquiry.
- Jinggoy Estrada — Senate President pro tempore from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025.
- Joel Villanueva — Majority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025.
- Tito Sotto — Minority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025. Elected Senate President.
- Rodante Marcoleta — Deputy Majority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025.
- Juan Miguel Zubiri — Deputy Minority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025.
- Risa Hontiveros — Deputy Minority Floor Leader from Jul 28, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025.
Corroborating sources
Each change of Senate President was individually cross-checked against contemporaneous news reporting, in addition to the compiled source above:
- Escudero ousted as Senate president, Sotto takes over — Rappler, 8 Sep 2025 ↗
- Pro-Duterte senators' coup: Sotto ousted, Cayetano takes post — Philstar, 11 May 2026 ↗
- Who voted for Alan Cayetano as Senate President? — GMA News, 11 May 2026 ↗
- Win Gatchalian is elected Senate president — Rappler, 17 Jun 2026 ↗
- Cayetano bloc accepts new Senate leadership — Philstar, 18 Jun 2026 ↗
See Senate committees for committee chairs, or sources & coverage for the full list of what Senate.ph currently tracks.