Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Incumbent Manuel Jose Dalipe since July 25, 2022
Style	The Honorable (Formal)
Appointer	Elected by the majority bloc of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Manuel L. Quezon
Website	House of Representatives of the Philippines

The Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, or simply the House Majority Floor Leader, is the leader elected by the majority bloc of the House of Representatives of the Philippines that serves as their official leader in the body. He also manages the business of the majority part in the House of Representatives. By tradition, the Speaker or any Presiding Officer gives the Majority leader priority in obtaining the floor and also, he is the traditional Chairman of the Committee on Rules.

List of majority floor leaders

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
1		Manuel L. Quezon Member for Tayabas–1st (1878–1944)	1907	1909		Nacionalista	1st Legislature
2		Alberto Barreto Member for Zambales (1867–1951)	1910	1912		Nacionalista	2nd Legislature
3		Macario Adriatico Member for Mindoro (1869–1919)	1912	1914		Nacionalista	3rd Legislature
4		Galicano Apacible Member for Batangas–1st (1864–1949)	1914	1916		Nacionalista
House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands (1916–1935)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
5		Rafael Alunan Member for Negros Occidental–3rd (1864–1949)	1916	1922		Nacionalista	4th Legislature
							5th Legislature
6		Benigno Aquino Sr. Member for Tarlac–2nd (1894–1947)	1922	1928		Nacionalista Unipersonalista (until 1925)	6th Legislature
						Nacionalista (from 1925)	7th Legislature
7		Manuel Briones Member for Cebu–1st (1893–1957)	1928	1933		Nacionalista	8th Legislature
							9th Legislature
8		Pedro Sabido Member for Albay–3rd (1894–1980)	1933	1933		Nacionalista
9		Francisco Varona Member for Manila–1st	1934	1934		Nacionalista
10		José E. Romero Member for Negros Oriental–2nd (1897–1978)	1934	1935		Nacionalista Democratico	10th Legislature
National Assembly of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1941)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
11		José E. Romero Member for Negros Oriental–2nd (1897–1978)	November 25 1935	August 15 1938		Nacionalista Democratico	1st National Assembly
12		Quintin Paredes Member for Abra (1884-1973)	January 24 1939	December 30 1941		Nacionalista	2nd National Assembly
National Assembly of the Republic of the Philippines (1943–1945)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
13		Francisco Zulueta Member for Bacolod (1891–1947)	September 25 1943	February 2 1944		KALIBAPI	National Assembly
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of the Philippine (1941–1946)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
14		Eugenio Pérez Member for Pangasinan–2nd (1896–1957)	June 9 1945	December 20 1945		Liberal	1st Congress
15		Raul Leuterio Member for Mindoro	May 25 1946	July 4 1946		Liberal	2nd Congress
House of Representatives of the Philippines (1946–1973)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
(15)		Raul Leuterio Member for Mindoro	July 4 1946	December 30 1949		Liberal	1st Congress
			December 30 1949	December 8 1953			2nd Congress
16		Arturo Tolentino Member for Manila–3rd (1910–2004)	January 25 1954	December 30 1957		Nacionalista	3rd Congress
17		Jose Aldeguer Member for Iloilo–5th	January 27 1958	December 30 1961		Nacionalista	4th Congress
18		Justiniano Montano Member for Cavite (1905–2005)	January 22 1962	December 30 1965		Nacionalista	5th Congress
			January 17 1966	February 2 1967			6th Congress
19		Marcelino Veloso Member for Leyte–3rd	February 2 1967	December 30 1969		Nacionalista
			January 26 1970	September 23 1972			7th Congress
Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
20		Jose Roño Jr. Member for Region XIII until 1984 Samar from 1984 (1923–2002)	June 12 1978	June 30 1984		KBL	Interim Batasang Pambansa
			July 23 1984	March 25 1986			Regular Batasang Pambansa
House of Representatives of the Philippines (since 1987)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term start		Party		Legislature
			Took office	Left office
21		Francisco Sumulong Member for Rizal–1st (1918–2004)	July 27 1987	June 30 1992		LDP	8th Congress
22		Ronaldo Zamora Member for San Juan–Mandaluyong (born 1944)	July 27 1992	June 30 1995		Lakas	9th Congress
23		Rodolfo Albano Member for Isabela–1st (1934–2019)	July 24 1995	June 30 1998		NPC	10th Congress
24		Mar Roxas Member for Capiz–1st (born 1957)	July 27 1998	January 2 2000		Liberal	11th Congress
25		Eduardo Gullas Member for Cebu–1st (born 1930)	January 2 2000	November 13 2000		LAMMP
26		Bella Angara Member for Aurora (born 1939)	November 13 2000	January 24 2001		LDP
27		Sergio Apostol Member for Leyte–2nd (born 1935)	January 24 2001	June 30 2001		Lakas
28		Neptali Gonzales II Member for Mandaluyong (born 1964)	July 23 2001	June 30 2004		Lakas	12th Congress
29		Prospero Nograles Member for Davao City–1st (1947–2019)	July 26 2004	June 30 2007		Lakas	13th Congress
30		Arthur Defensor, Sr. Member for Iloilo–3rd (born 1941)	July 23 2007	June 30 2010		Lakas	14th Congress
(28)		Neptali Gonzales II Member for Mandaluyong (born 1964)	July 26 2010	June 30 2013		Liberal	15th Congress
			July 22 2013	June 30 2016			16th Congress
31		Rodolfo Fariñas Member for Ilocos Norte–1st (born 1951)	July 25 2016	July 23 2018		PDP-Laban	17th Congress
32		Fredenil Castro Member for Capiz–2nd (born 1951)	July 23 2018	July 30 2018		NUP
33		Rolando Andaya Jr. Member for Camarines Sur–1st (1969–2022)	July 30 2018	January 21 2019		NPC
(32)		Fredenil Castro Member for Capiz–2nd (born 1951)	January 21 2019	June 30 2019		NUP
34		Martin Romualdez Member for Leyte–1st (born 1963)	July 22 2019	June 30 2022		Lakas	18th Congress
35		Manuel Jose Dalipe Member for Zamboanga City–2nd (born 1973)	July 25 2022	Incumbent		Lakas	19th Congress

See also

• Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines

References

• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.