12th Congress of the Philippines

The Twelfth Congress of the Philippines was the national Lower House of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines. The convening of the 12th Congress follows the 2001 elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

essions

*First Regular Session:
*Second Regular Session:
*Third Regular Session:

Legislation

Laws passed by the 12th Congress:

Leadership

enate

*President of the Senate::Franklin M. Drilon ("independent")
*Senate President Pro-Tempore::Manuel B. Villar, Jr. ("independent")::Juan M. Flavier (Lakas-NUCD)
*Majority Floor Leader::Loren B. Legarda (Lakas-CMD)::Francis N. Pangilinan (Liberal)
*Minority Floor Leader::Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-LABAN)::Vicente C. Sotto III (LDP)

House of Representatives

*Speaker of the House of Representatives::Jose C. De Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-NUCD, 4th District Pangasinan)
*Deputy Speakers
**"Luzon": Emilio R. Espinosa (NPC, 2nd District Masbate)
**"Visayas": Raul V. del Mar (Lakas-NUCD/PROMDI, 1st District Cebu)
**"Mindanao": Abdulgani A. Salapuddin (Lakas-NUCD, Lone District Basilan)
**"Central Luzon": Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III (Liberal, 2nd District Tarlac)
*Majority Floor Leader::Florencio B. Abad (Liberal, Lone District Batanes)
*Minority Floor Leader::Carlos M. Padilla (LDP, Lone District Nueva Vizcaya)

Members

enate

:mnb|party|a Political affiliation at the beginning of Congress.:mnb|honasan|1 Elected on May 14, 2001, to serve until June 30, 2004 to complete the unexpired term of Teofisto Guingona who was appointed Vice President in 2001.:mnb|ople|2 Appointed Foreign Secretary on July 18, 2002.:mnb|cayetano|3 Died in June 25, 2003.

House of Representatives

The term of office of the members of the House of Representatives is from June 30, 2001 to June 30, 2004.

:mnb|isabela4a|1 Antonio M. Abaya died in office on February 26, 2003.:mnb|isabela4b|2 Giorgidi B. Aggabao was elected to complete the term of Rep. Antonio M. Abaya and assumed office on May 19, 2003.:mnb|manila6|3 Mark B. Jimenez ("independent") was disqualified by the House Electoral Tribunal on March 6, 2003.:mnb|pasig|4 Replaced Henry P. Lanot (LDP) as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on June 10, 2004.

External links

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Further reading

*Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
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ee also

*Congress of the Philippines
*Senate of the Philippines
*House of Representatives of the Philippines
*Philippine general election, 2001