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The Minority Floor Leader of the Senate , or simply the Senate Minority Floor Leader , is the leader elected by the minority political grouping of the Senate of the Philippines to be their official leader in the body.
The current Minority Floor Leader of the Senate is Franklin Drilon who was elected on February 28, 2017.
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Minority Leader
Party
Legislature
Term
Era
1
Claro M. Recto
NP
Ninth
1931–1934
Insular Government
Tenth
1934–1935
None
First
1945–1946
Commonwealth
2
Carlos P. Garcia
NP
Second
1946–1953
First
Third Republic
Second
1950–1953
3
Lorenzo M. Tañada, Sr.
NCP
Third
1954–1957
4
Ambrosio B. Padilla
LP
Fourth
1958–1960
5
Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.
1960–1961
6
Estanislao A. Fernandez, Jr.
Fifth
January 22, 1962–December 30, 1965
(4)
Ambrosio B. Padilla
6th Congress
January 17, 1966–December 30, 1969
7
Gerardo Manuel L. Roxas, Sr.
7th Congress
January 26, 1970–September 23, 1972
8
Juan Ponce Enrile, Sr.
Nacionalista
8th Congress
July 27, 1987–January 18, 1992
Fifth Republic
9
Wiberto E. Tañada
Liberal
9th Congress
January 18, 1992–June 30, 1995
10
Edgardo J. Angara
LDP
10th Congress
August 28, 1995–October 10, 1996
11
Neptali A. Gonzales I
October 10, 1996–January 26, 1998
12
Ernestto M. Maceda, Sr.
NPC
January 26, 1998–June 30, 1998
13
Teofisto Guingona, Jr.
Lakas
11th Congress
July 27, 1998–February 7, 2001
14
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
PDP–Laban
12th Congress
July 23, 2001–June 3, 2002
15
Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III
LDP
June 3, 2002–July 26, 2004
(14)
Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
PDP–Laban
13th Congress
July 26, 2004–July 23, 2007
14th Congress
July 23, 2007–June 30, 2010
16
Alan Peter S. Cayetano
Nacionalista
15th Congress
July 26, 2010–July 22, 2013
(8)
Juan Ponce Enrile, Sr.
UNA
16th Congress
July 22, 2013–June 30, 2016
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Vicente C. Sotto III (Acting)
NPC
July 28, 2014–August 2015
UNA
17
Ralph G. Recto
Liberal
17th Congress
July 25, 2016–February 27, 2017
18
Franklin M. Drilon
February 28, 2017–present
18th Congress