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The 19th Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the
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and
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, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th
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is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency, and will end on June 4, 2025. The convening of the 19th Congress followed the 2022 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives continues to meet in the
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. The Senate currently meets in the
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, with a scheduled move in 2024 to its new building in Navy Village,
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. The 19th Congress is also the first since the 10th Congress that no senator is from the
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.


Leadership


Senate

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: **
Juan Miguel Zubiri Juan Miguel "Migz" Fernandez Zubiri (; born April 13, 1969) is a Filipino businessman and politician serving as the Senate President of the Philippines since July 25, 2022. Since 2016, he has been on his second stint in the Senate, first servi ...
(
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), July 25, 2022 – present * Senate President ''pro tempore'': **
Loren Legarda Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda (born January 28, 1960) is a Filipina politician, environmentalist, cultural worker, and former journalist who is currently serving as a Senator and the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippine ...
( NPC), July 25, 2022 – present * Majority Floor Leader: **
Joel Villanueva Emmanuel Joel Jose Villanueva (, born August 2, 1975), nicknamed "Tesdaman", is a Filipino politician serving as the Senate Majority Leader since 2022 and has been a Senator since 2016. He previously served as the Director General of the Tec ...
(
Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...
), July 25, 2022 – present * Minority Floor Leader: **
Koko Pimentel Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III (born January 20, 1964), commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the Senate Minority Leader since 2022. He has been a Senator since 2011 and previously served as ...
(
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), July 25, 2022 – present


House of Representatives

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Martin Romualdez Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25, 2022. He is also serving as the Representative for the 1st di ...
( Leyte–1st, Lakas), July 25, 2022 – present * Deputy Speakers: **Senior Deputy Speaker
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (, born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician serving as one of the House Deputy Speakers since 2022, and previously from 2016 to 2017. She previously ...
( Pampanga–2nd, Lakas), July 25, 2022 – present **
Isidro Ungab Isidro Tom Ungab (born May 8, 1961) is a Filipino politician, a former banker, and a former local legislator of the City of Davao. He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Third District of ...
( Davao City–3rd, Lakas), July 25, 2022 – present **
Roberto Puno Roberto Villanueva Puno (born March 27, 1962) is a Filipino politician. A member of the National Unity Party party, he was elected a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 1st District of Antipolo from 2007 ...
( Antipolo–1st, NUP), July 25, 2022 – present **
Camille Villar Camille Aguilar Villar-Genuino (born January 25, 1985) is a Filipina television personality and politician who currently serves as the Member of the House of Representatives for Las Piñas since 2019. She has been serving as a deputy Speaker si ...
( Las Piñas–Lone, Nacionalista), July 25, 2022 – present **
Kristine Singson-Meehan Grace Kristine Singson-Meehan (Grace Kristine Gacula Singson; 21 November) also known as Kris Singson-Meehan, Kristine Singson is a Filipina politician and businesswoman she is Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Ilocos Sur ...
( Ilocos Sur–2nd, NPC), July 25, 2022 – present ** Raymond Democrito Mendoza (
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,
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), July 25, 2022 – present **
Ralph Recto Ralph Gonzalez Recto (; born January 11, 1964) is a Filipino politician, who, since 2022, is serving as the representative for Batangas' 6th district and is one of the House Deputy Speakers. He previously served three terms in the Senate: fr ...
( Batangas–6th, Nacionalista), July 27, 2022 – present ** Aurelio Gonzales Jr. ( Pampanga–3rd,
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), July 27, 2022 – present ** Vincent Franco Frasco ( Cebu–5th, NUP), July 27, 2022 – present * Majority Floor Leader: ** Manuel Jose Dalipe ( Zamboanga City–2nd, Lakas), July 25, 2022 – present ***
Sandro Marcos Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Araneta Marcos III ( , , ; born March 7, 1994) is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district since 2022, and the eldest of three sons of Philippine President Bon ...
( Ilocos Norte–1st, Nacionalista) * Minority Floor Leader: **
Marcelino Libanan Marcelino Libanan is a politician and is currently the House Minority Leader of the Philippines, Marcelino Libanan was born in Taft, Eastern Samar Background Marcelino 'Nonoy' Libanan was born on September 20, 1963, in Taft, Eastern Samar, he ...
(
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, 4Ps), July 26, 2022 – present *** Bernadette Hererra-Dy (
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, Bagong Henerasyon)


Sessions

* First regular session: July 25, 2022 – June 2, 2023 ** July 25, 2022–September 30, 2022 ** November 7, 2022–December 16, 2022 ** January 23, 2023–March 24, 2023 ** May 8, 2023–June 2, 2023 * Second regular session: July 24, 2023 June 5, 2024


Members


Senate

Notes


House of Representatives

Terms of members of the House of Representatives started on June 30, 2022, took office on July 25, and will end on June 30, 2025, unless stated otherwise.


District representatives

Notes


Party-list representatives

Notes


Changes in membership


Senate


House of Representatives


District representatives


Constitutional bodies


References

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