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Mar 7, 2020 · Pecson found herself a new job as President Manuel Roxas’ assistant executive secretary in 1946. Her job as presidential secretary for two presidents gave her enough name recall to run and win in the 1947 senatorial elections, becoming the first woman senator of the Philippines.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was the first female senator who was elected as Vice President (1998–2001) and later installed to the presidency (2001–2010). Risa Hontiveros is the Philippines' first socialist woman senator, representing the Akbayan party.
The Senate president is second in the line of succession to the presidency, behind only the vice president and ahead of the speaker of the House of Representatives . The current Senate president is Francis Escudero. He was elected on May 20, 2024.
No.PortraitName (birth–death)Term Of Office(took Office)25Francis Escudero (born 1969)May 20 2024Incumbent24Migz Zubiri (born 1969)July 25 2022May 20 202423Tito Sotto (born 1948)May 21 2018June 30 202222Koko Pimentel (born 1964)July 25 2016May 21 2018Mar 20, 2017 · At the Philippine Senate, Shahani made history by becoming the first female Senate president pro tempore, holding the position from 1992 until 1996. A widow who raised her 3 children almost...
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1. Geronima T. Pecson (1947-1953) - the first woman senator. She was also the first Filipino and first woman elected to the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1950.
GERONIMA T. PECSON, the first Woman Senator of the Philippines, was born in Barrio Libsong, Lingayen, Pangasinan on December 19, 1896. she was the second child of Victor Tomelden and Pacita Palisoc.
The Senate of the Philippines ( Filipino: Senado ng Pilipinas) is the upper house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the House of Representatives as the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large (the country forms one district in senatorial elections) under a plurality-at-large ...