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9th Congress of the Philippines
9th Congress of the Philippines
Overview
Term	July 27, 1992 – June 9, 1995
President	Fidel Ramos
Vice President	Joseph Estrada
Senate
Members	24
President	Neptali Gonzales; (until January 18, 1993); Edgardo Angara; (from January 18, 1993);
President pro tempore	Ernesto Maceda; (until January 18, 1993); Teofisto Guingona Jr.; (January 18 – July 6, 1993); Leticia Ramos-Shahani; (from July 6, 1993);
Majority leader	Alberto Romulo
Minority leader	Wigberto Tañada
House of Representatives
Members	216
Speaker	Jose de Venecia Jr.
Speaker pro tempore	Raul Daza
Majority leader	Ronaldo Zamora
Minority leader	Hernando Perez

The 9th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikasiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 27, 1992, until June 9, 1995, during the first three years of Fidel Ramos's presidency. The convening of the 9th Congress follows the 1992 national elections, where, under the transitory provisions of the Constitution, the first 12 senators who garnered the highest votes would have a six-year term while the next 12 senators would have a three-year term and the entire membership of the House of Representatives was replaced.

Sessions

First Regular Session: July 27, 1992 – June 4, 1993
- First Special Session: January 4 – February 26, 1993
- Second Special Session: March 8 – April 16, 1993
Second Regular Session: July 26, 1993 – June 10, 1994
- Third Special Session: January 3 – April 1, 1994
Third Regular Session: July 25, 1994 – June 9, 1995
- Fourth Special Session: January 2 – February 24, 1995
- Fifth Special Session: February 27 – March 24, 1995
- Sixth Special Session: March 27 – April 7, 1995
- Seventh Special Session: April 10 – May 5, 1995

Leadership

Senate

President:
- Neptali Gonzales (LDP), until January 18, 1993
- Edgardo Angara (LDP), from January 18, 1993
President pro tempore:
- Ernesto Maceda (NPC), until January 18, 1993
- Teofisto Guingona Jr. (Lakas), January 18 – July 6, 1993
- Leticia Ramos-Shahani (Lakas), from July 6, 1993
Majority Floor Leader: Alberto Romulo (LDP)
Minority Floor Leader: Wigberto Tañada (Liberal)

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

All senators of this Congress were elected on May 11, 1992 for the following terms, according to their ranking:

For the first twelve senators: June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
For the other twelve senators: June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995

Senator		Term	Term ending
Heherson Alvarez	LDP	2	1998
Edgardo Angara	LDP	2	1998
Butz Aquino	LDP	2	1995
Rodolfo Biazon	LDP	1	1995
Nikki Coseteng	NPC	1	1995
Neptali Gonzales	LDP	2	1998
Teofisto Guingona Jr.^[a]	LDP	2	1995
Ernesto Herrera	LDP	2	1998
Joey Lina	LDP	2	1995
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	LDP	1	1995
Ernesto Maceda	NPC	2	1998
Orly Mercado	LDP	2	1998
Blas Ople	LDP	1	1998
John Henry Osmeña	NPC	2	1995
Nina Rasul	Lakas	2	1995
Ramon Revilla Sr.	LDP	1	1998
Raul Roco	LDP	1	1995
Alberto Romulo	LDP	2	1998
Leticia Ramos-Shahani	Lakas	2	1998
Tito Sotto	LDP	1	1998
Wigberto Tañada	Liberal	2	1995
Francisco Tatad	NPC	1	1995
Arturo Tolentino	NPC	1	1995
Freddie Webb	LDP	1	1998

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative		Term
Abra	Lone	Jeremias Zapata	Lakas	1
Agusan del Norte	1st	Charito Plaza	Lakas	2
Agusan del Norte	2nd	Edelmiro Amante^[b]	Nacionalista	2
Agusan del Sur	Lone	Ceferino Paredes Jr.	NPC	1
Aklan	Lone	Allen Quimpo	Lakas	1
Albay	1st	Edcel Lagman	LDP	2
	2nd	Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	2
	3rd	Al Francis Bichara	Nacionalista	1
Antique	Lone	Exequiel Javier	Lakas	2
Aurora	Lone	Benedicto Miran	LDP	2
Bacolod	Lone	Romeo Guanzon	Lakas	2
Basilan	Lone	Elnorita Tugung	Lakas	1
Bataan	1st	Felicito Payumo	Liberal	2
Bataan	2nd	Dominador Venegas	Lakas	1
Batanes	Lone	Enrique Lizardo	LDP	1
Batangas	1st	Eduardo Ermita	Lakas	1
	2nd	Hernando Perez	Lakas	2
	3rd	Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	Nacionalista	2
	4th	Ralph Recto	LDP	1
Benguet	1st	Bernardo Vergara	NPC	1
Benguet	2nd	Samuel Dangwa	LDP	2
Bohol	1st	Venice Borja-Agana	Lakas	2
	2nd	Erico Aumentado	Lakas	1
	3rd	Isidro Zarraga	Lakas	2
Bukidnon	1st	Socorro Acosta	Liberal	2
	2nd	Reginaldo Tilanduca	NPC	1
	3rd	Jose Maria Zubiri Jr.	NPC	2
Bulacan	1st	Teodulo Natividad	LDP	1
	2nd	Pedro Pancho	Lakas	1
	3rd	Ricardo Silverio	Lakas	1
	4th	Angelito Sarmiento	Lakas	1
Cagayan	1st	Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista	1
	2nd	Edgar Lara	NPC	1
	3rd	Francisco Mamba	Lakas	1
Cagayan de Oro	Lone	Erasmo Damasing	Lakas	1
Caloocan	1st	Aurora Henson	NPC	1
Caloocan	2nd	Luis Asistio	NPC	1
Camarines Norte	Lone	Emmanuel Pimentel	LDP	1
Camarines Sur	1st	Rolando Andaya	Lakas	2
	2nd	Celso Baguio	PMP	1
	3rd	Arnulfo Fuentebella	NPC	1
	4th	Ciriaco Alfelor	Lakas	2
Camiguin	Lone	Pedro Romualdo	Lakas	2
Capiz	1st	Gerardo Roxas Jr.^[c]	Liberal	2
	1st	Mar Roxas^[d]	Liberal	–
	2nd	Vicente Andaya Jr.	Lakas	1
Catanduanes	Lone	Leandro Verceles Jr.	NPC	1
Cavite	1st	Dominador Nazareno Jr.	NPC	1
	2nd	Renato Dragon	LDP	2
	3rd	Telesforo Unas	LDP	1
Cebu	1st	Eduardo Gullas	LDP	1
	2nd	Crisologo Abines	NPC	2
	3rd	Pablo P. Garcia	LDP	2
	4th	Celestino Martinez Jr.	Lakas	2
	5th	Ramon Durano III	NPC	2
	6th	Nerissa Soon-Ruiz	LDP	1
Cebu City	1st	Raul del Mar	LDP	2
Cebu City	2nd	Antonio Cuenco	LDP	2
Cotabato	1st	Anthony Dequiña	NPC	1
Cotabato	2nd	Gregorio Andolana	Lakas	2
Davao City	1st	Jesus Dureza	NPC	2
	2nd	Manuel Garcia	NPC	1
	3rd	Elias Lopez	NPC	1
Davao del Norte	1st	Rogelio Sarmiento	Lakas	1
	2nd	Baltazar Sator	Lakas	2
	3rd	Rodolfo del Rosario	Lakas	2
Davao del Sur	1st	Alejandro Almendras	Lakas	1
Davao del Sur	2nd	Benjamin Bautista Sr.	Lakas	2
Davao Oriental	1st	Maria Elena Palma-Gil	NPC	1
Davao Oriental	2nd	Thelma Almario	Lakas	2
Eastern Samar	Lone	Jose Ramirez	Lakas	2
Ifugao	Lone	Benjamin Cappleman	LDP	1
Ilocos Norte	1st	Roque Ablan Jr.	KBL	2
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Bongbong Marcos	KBL	1
Ilocos Sur	1st	Mariano Tajon	LDP	1
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Eric Singson	LDP	2
Iloilo	1st	Oscar Garin	Lakas	2
	2nd	Alberto Lopez	Lakas	2
	3rd	Licurgo Tirador	Lakas	2
	4th	Nicetas Panes	LDP	1
	5th	Niel Tupas Sr.	Liberal	2
Iloilo City	Lone	Rafael Lopez-Vito	Lakas	2
Isabela	1st	Rodolfo Albano Jr.	NPC	2
	2nd	Faustino Dy Jr.	NPC	1
	3rd	Santiago Respicio	NPC	2
	4th	Antonio Abaya	NPC	2
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone	Elias Bulut	LDP	1
La Union	1st	Victor Francisco Ortega	NPC	2
La Union	2nd	Jose Aspiras	NPC	2
Laguna	1st	Roy Almoro	Lakas	1
	2nd	Rodolfo Tingzon	Lakas	1
	3rd	Florante Aquino	Lakas	2
	4th	Magdaleno Palacol	LDP	2
Lanao del Norte	1st	Mariano Ll. Badelles	Lakas	2
	2nd	Macabangkit Lanto^[e]	Lakas	1
	2nd	Mario Hisuler^[f]	Lakas	–
Lanao del Sur	1st	Mamintal Adiong Sr.	Lakas	1
Lanao del Sur	2nd	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo	Nacionalista	2
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone	Manny Villar	Lakas	1
Leyte	1st	Cirilo Roy Montejo	Lakas	2
	2nd	Sergio Apostol	Lakas	1
	3rd	Alberto Veloso	LDP	2
	4th	Carmelo Locsin	Lakas	2
	5th	Eriberto Loreto	Lakas	2
Maguindanao	1st	Michael Mastura	Lakas	2
Maguindanao	2nd	Simeon Datumanong	Lakas	1
Makati	Lone	Joker Arroyo	Independent	1
Malabon-Navotas	Lone	Tessie Aquino-Oreta	LDP	2
Manila	1st	Martin Isidro	Liberal	2
	2nd	Jaime Lopez	Lakas	2
	3rd	Leonardo Fugoso	Liberal	2
	4th	Ramon Bagatsing Jr.	LDP	2
	5th	Amado Bagatsing	LDP	2
	6th	Rosenda Ann Ocampo	NPC	1
Marikina	Lone	Romeo Candazo	Liberal	1
Marinduque	Lone	Carmencita Reyes	Lakas	2
Masbate	1st	Tito Espinosa^[g]	Lakas	2
	2nd	Luz Cleta Bakunawa	LDP	2
	3rd	Antonio Kho	Lakas	1
Misamis Occidental	1st	Percival Catane	NPC	1
Misamis Occidental	2nd	Hilarion Ramiro Jr.	Lakas	2
Misamis Oriental	1st	Homobono Cesar	Lakas	1
Misamis Oriental	2nd	Victorico Chaves	LDP	2
Mountain Province	Lone	Victor Dominguez	Lakas	2
Negros Occidental	1st	Tranquilino Carmona	NPC	1
	2nd	Manuel Puey	Liberal	2
	3rd	Jose Carlos Lacson	Lakas	2
	4th	Edward Matti	NPC	2
	5th	Mariano Yulo	NPC	2
	6th	Hortensia Starke	NPC	2
Negros Oriental	1st	Jerome Paras	Lakas	2
	2nd	Miguel Romero	Lakas	2
	3rd	Margarito Teves	LDP	2
Northern Samar	1st	Raul Daza	Liberal	2
Northern Samar	2nd	Wilmar Lucero	Liberal	1
Nueva Ecija	1st	Renato Diaz	Lakas	1
	2nd	Eleuterio Violago	NPC	1
	3rd	Pacifico Fajardo	NPC	1
	4th	Victorio Lorenzo	Lakas	1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez	NPC	1
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Jose T. Villarosa	Lakas	1
Oriental Mindoro	1st	Renato Leviste	Nacionalista	1
Oriental Mindoro	2nd	Jesus Punzalan	Lakas	2
Palawan	1st	David Ponce de Leon	Lakas	2
Palawan	2nd	Alfredo Amor Abueg Jr.	Lakas	1
Pampanga	1st	Carmelo Lazatin	PDP–Laban	2
	2nd	Emigdio Lingad	LDP	2
	3rd	Andrea Domingo	Lakas	1
	4th	Emigdio Bondoc	Nacionalista	1
Pangasinan	1st	Oscar Orbos	Independent	2
	2nd	Chris Mendoza	Lakas	1
	3rd	Eric Galo Acuña	NPC	1
	4th	Jose de Venecia Jr.	Lakas	2
	5th	Amadeo Perez Jr.	LDP	1
	6th	Conrado Estrella III	NPC	2
Parañaque	Lone	Roilo Golez	Lakas	1
Pasay	Lone	Jovito Claudio	Lakas	1
Pasig	Lone	Rufino Javier	NPC	2
Quezon	1st	Wilfrido Enverga	Lakas	2
	2nd	Marcial Punzalan Jr.	Lakas	1
	3rd	Danilo Suarez	Liberal	1
	4th	Manolet Lavides	Lakas	1
Quezon City	1st	Renato Yap	PDP–Laban	2
	2nd	Dante Liban	Lakas	1
	3rd	Dennis Roldan	NPC	1
	4th	Feliciano Belmonte Jr.	Lakas	1
Quirino	Lone	Junie Cua	Lakas	1
Rizal	1st	Manuel Sanchez^[h]	Lakas	1
	1st	Gilberto Duavit Sr.^[i]	NPC	–
	2nd	Emigdio Tanjuatco Jr.	LDP	2
Romblon	Lone	Eleandro Jesus Madrona	Lakas	1
Samar	1st	Rodolfo Tuazon	Lakas	1
Samar	2nd	Catalino Figueroa	Lakas	1
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone	Ronaldo Zamora	Independent	2
Siquijor	Lone	Orlando Fua	LDP	2
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador Escudero	NPC	2
Sorsogon	2nd	Bonifacio Gillego	LDP	2
South Cotabato	1st	Luwalhati Antonino	Lakas	1
	2nd	Daisy Avance-Fuentes	Lakas	1
	3rd	James Chiongbian	Lakas	2
Southern Leyte	Lone	Roger Mercado	Lakas	2
Sultan Kudarat	Lone	Estanislao Valdez	LDP	2
Sulu	1st	Bensaudi Tulawie	Lakas	1
Sulu	2nd	Asani Tammang	Lakas	1
Surigao del Norte	1st	Glenda Ecleo	Lakas	2
Surigao del Norte	2nd	Robert Barbers	Lakas	1
Surigao del Sur	1st	Mario Ty	Lakas	2
Surigao del Sur	2nd	Ernesto Estrella	Lakas	2
Taguig–Pateros	Lone	Dante Tiñga	PDP–Laban	2
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco	LDP	2
	2nd	Jose Yap	Lakas	2
	3rd	Herminio Aquino	LDP	2
Tawi-Tawi	Lone	Nur Jaafar	Lakas	1
Valenzuela	Lone	Antonio Serapio	Nacionalista	2
Zambales	1st	Katherine Gordon	Nacionalista	2
Zambales	2nd	Antonio Diaz	Lakas	1
Zamboanga City	Lone	Maria Clara Lobregat	LDP	2
Zamboanga del Norte	1st	Artemio Adasa Jr.	Lakas	2
	2nd	Ernesto Amatong	LDP	2
	3rd	Angel Carloto	LDP	2
Zamboanga del Sur	1st	Alejandro Urro	Lakas	1
	2nd	Antonio Cerilles	NPC	2
	3rd	Belma Cabilao	Lakas	1
Cultural Minorities		Joseph Sibug^[j]	Nonpartisan	1
Labor		Tomas Concepcion	Nonpartisan	1
		Temistocles Dejon Sr.	Nonpartisan	1
		Zoilo dela Cruz	Nonpartisan	1
		Andes Dinglasan Jr.	Nonpartisan	1
		Ramon Jabar	Nonpartisan	2
		Paterno Menzon	Nonpartisan	1
		Ernesto Verceles	Nonpartisan	1
		Alejandro Villavisa	Nonpartisan	2
Peasant		Leonardo Montemayor	Nonpartisan	1
Peasant		Vicente Tagle	Nonpartisan	1
Urban Poor		Ariel Zartiga	Nonpartisan	1
Women		Minerva Laudico	Nonpartisan	1
Youth		Edgardo Avila	Nonpartisan	1
Youth		Cesar Chavez	Nonpartisan	1

Notes

^ Appointed as Executive Secretary on July 6, 1993.
^ Appointed as Executive Secretary on September 14, 1992 but was later rejected by the Commission on Appointments. Re-elected in a special election on August 30, 1993.
^ Died on April 4, 1993.
^ Elected in a special election on August 30, 1993, succeeding Gerardo Roxas Jr..
^ Election annulled on October 5, 1994 after an electoral protest.
^ Won an electoral protest on October 5, 1994, replacing Macabangkit B. Lanto.
^ Died on February 28, 1995.
^ Removed on December 7, 1993 after being disqualified for not being a Filipino citizen.
^ Elected in a special election on March 7, 1994, succeeding Manuel R. Sanchez.
^ Died on February 14, 1994.

References

External links

"List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
"The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.