9th Congress of the Philippines

9th Congress of the Philippines
Senate
July 27, 1992 – June 9, 1995
President	Fidel Ramos
Vice President	Joseph Estrada
Senate President	Neptali Gonzales (1992-1993) Edgardo Angara (1993-1995)
Senate President pro tempore	Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Majority leader	Alberto Romulo
Minority leader	Wigberto Tañada
Members	24
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Jose C. de Venecia, Jr.
<8th (1987) 10th (1995)>

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The Ninth Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikasiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives. 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

Legislation

Laws passed by the 9th Congress:

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate

Neptali A. Gonzales (LDP)

Edgardo J. Angara (LDP)

Senate President Pro-Tempore

Leticia R. Shahani (Lakas-NUCD)

Majority Floor Leader

Alberto Romulo (LDP)

Minority Floor Leader

Wigberto E. Tañada (Liberal)

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jose C. de Venecia, Jr. (Lakas-CMD, 4th District Pangasinan)

Speaker Pro Tempore

Raul A. Daza (Liberal, 1st District Northern Samar)

Majority Floor Leader
Minority Floor Leader

Members

Composition

Final Senate composition.

Final House of Representatives composition.

Party	Senate	House of Representatives
KBL	0	3
LDP	16	86
Lakas	2	41
Liberal	1	11
Nacionalista	0	7
NPC	5	30
Independent	0	6
Sectoral representatives	NA	16
Others and coalition	0	16
Total	24	216

Senate

	Party	Term	Term Start	Term End
Heherson T. Alvarez	LDP	2	1992	1998
Edgardo J. Angara	LDP	2	1992	1998
Agapito A. Aquino	LDP	2	1992	1995
Rodolfo G. Biazon	LDP	1	1992	1995
Anna Dominique M. Coseteng	NPC	1	1992	1995
Neptali A. Gonzales	LDP	2	1992	1998
Teofisto P. Guingona¹	LDP	2	1992	1995
Ernesto F. Herrera	LDP	2	1992	1998
Jose D. Lina, Jr.	LDP	2	1992	1995
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	LDP	1	1992	1995
Ernesto M. Maceda, Sr.	NPC	2	1992	1998
Orlando S. Mercado	LDP	2	1992	1998
Blas F. Ople	LDP	1	1992	1998
John Henry R. Osmeña	NPC	2	1992	1995
Santanina T. Rasul	Lakas-NUCD	2	1992	1995
Ramon B. Revilla, Sr.	LDP	1	1992	1998
Raul S. Roco	LDP	1	1992	1995
Alberto G. Romulo	LDP	2	1992	1998
Leticia R. Shahani	Lakas-NUCD	2	1992	1998
Vicente C. Sotto III	LDP	1	1992	1998
Wigberto E. Tañada	Liberal	2	1992	1995
Francisco S. Tatad	NPC	1	1992	1995
Arturo M. Tolentino	NPC	1	1992	1995
Freddie N. Webb	LDP	1	1992	1998

^1 Became Executive Secretary on July 6, 1993.

House of Representatives

District Representatives
Province/City	District	Representative		Party	Term
Abra	Lone		Jeremias Z. Zapata	Lakas-NUCD	1
Agusan del Norte	1st		Charito B. Plaza		2
Agusan del Norte	2nd		Edelmiro A. Amante, Sr.	Nacionalista	2
Agusan del Sur	Lone		Ceferino S. Paredes, Jr.	NPC	1
Aklan	Lone		Allen S. Quimpo	Lakas-NUCD	1
Albay	1st		Edcel C. Lagman	LDP	2
	2nd		Carlos R. Imperial	NPC	1
	3rd		Al Francis C. Bichara	Nacionalista	1
Antique	Lone		Exequiel B. Javier	Lakas-NUCD	2
Aurora	Lone		Benedicto G. Miran	LDP	2
Bacolod City	Lone		Romeo G. Guanzon	Lakas-NUCD	2
Basilan	Lone		Elnorita P. Tugung		1
Bataan	1st		Felicito C. Payumo	Liberal	2
Bataan	2nd		Dominador N. Venegas		1
Batanes	Lone		Enrique C. Lizardo	LDP	1
Batangas	1st		Eduardo R. Ermita	Lakas-NUCD	1
	2nd		Hernando B. Perez	Lakas-NUCD	2
	3rd		Milagros Laurel-Trinidad	Nacionalista	2
	4th		Ralph G. Recto	LDP	1
Benguet	1st		Bernardo M. Vergara	NPC	1
Benguet	2nd		Samuel M. Dangwa	LDP	2
Bohol	1st		Venice Borja-Agana	Lakas NUCD	2
	2nd		Erico B. Aumentado	Lakas NUCD	1
	3rd		Isidro C. Zarraga	Lakas NUCD	2
Bukidnon	1st		Socorro O. Acosta	Liberal	2
	2nd		Reginaldo N. Tilanduca	NPC	1
	3rd		Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr.	NPC	2
Bulacan	1st		Teodulo C. Natividad	LDP	1
	2nd		Pedro M. Pancho	Lakas NUCD	1
	3rd		Ricardo C. Silverio	Lakas NUCD	1
	4th		Angelito M. Sarmiento	Lakas NUCD	1
Cagayan	1st		Juan Ponce Enrile	Nacionalista	1
	2nd		Edgar R. Lara	NPC	1
	3rd		Francisco K. Mamba	Lakas-NUCD	1
Cagayan de Oro City	Lone		Erasmo B. Damasing	Lakas NUCD	1
Caloocan City	1st		Aurora A. Henson		1
Caloocan City	2nd		Luis A. Asistio	NPC	1
Camarines Norte	Lone		Emmanuel B. Pimentel	LDP	1
Camarines Sur	1st		Rolando R. Andaya	Lakas NUCD	2
	2nd		Celso O. Baguio		1
	3rd		Arnulfo P. Fuentebella	NPC	1
	4th		Ciriaco R. Alfelor	Lakas NUCD	2
Camiguin	Lone		Pedro P. Romualdo	Lakas NUCD	2
Capiz	1st		Gerardo A. Roxas, Jr.¹	Liberal	2
	1st		Manuel A. Roxas II²	Liberal	1
	2nd		Vicente J. Andaya, Jr.	Lakas NUCD	1
Catanduanes	Lone		Leandro B. Verceles, Jr.	LDP	1
Cavite	1st		Dominador G. Nazareno, Jr.	NPC	1
	2nd		Renato P. Dragon	LDP/MAGDALO	2
	3rd		Telesforo A. Unas	LDP	1
Cebu	1st		Eduardo R. Gullas	LDP	1
	2nd		Crisologo Abines	NPC	2
	3rd		Pablo P. Garcia	LDP	2
	4th		Celestino E. Martinez, Jr.	Lakas NUCD	2
	5th		Ramon D. Durano III	NPC	2
	6th		Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz	LDP	1
Cebu City	1st		Raul V. Del Mar		2
Cebu City	2nd		Antonio V. Cuenco		2
Cotabato (North)	1st		Anthony P. Dequiña		1
Cotabato (North)	2nd		Gregorio A. Andolana		2
Davao City	1st		Jesus G. Dureza		2
	2nd		Manuel M. Garcia		1
	3rd		Elias B. Lopez		1
Davao del Norte	1st		Rogelio M. Sarmiento		1
	2nd		Baltazar A. Sator		2
	3rd		Rodolfo P. Del Rosario		2
Davao del Sur	1st		Alejandro D. Almendras, Sr.		1
Davao del Sur	2nd		Benjamin V. Bautista, Sr.		2
Davao Oriental	1st		Ma. Elena T. Palma-Gil		1
Davao Oriental	2nd		Thelma Z. Almario		2
Eastern Samar	Lone		Jose T. Ramirez		2
Ifugao	Lone		Benjamin B. Cappleman	LDP	1
Ilocos Norte	1st		Roque R. Ablan, Jr.	KBL	2
Ilocos Norte	2nd		Ferdinand R. Marcos II	KBL	1
Ilocos Sur	1st		Mariano M. Tajon	LDP	1
Ilocos Sur	2nd		Eric D. Singson	LDP	2
Iloilo	1st		Oscar G. Garin		2
	2nd		Alberto J. Lopez		2
	3rd		Licurgo P. Tirador		2
	4th		Nicetas P. Panes		1
	5th		Neil D. Tupas		2
Iloilo City	Lone		Rafael J. Lopez-Vito		2
Isabela	1st		Rodolfo B. Albano	NPC	2
	2nd		Faustino S. Dy, Jr.	NPC	1
	3rd		Santiago P. Respicio	NPC	2
	4th		Antonio M. Abaya	NPC	2
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone		Elias K. Bulut	LDP	1
La Union	1st		Victor F. Ortega	NPC	2
La Union	2nd		Jose D. Aspiras	NPC	2
Laguna	1st		Roy M. Almoro		1
	2nd		Rodolfo R. Tingzon		1
	3rd		Florante L. Aquino		2
	4th		Magdaleno M. Palacol		2
Lanao del Norte	1st		Mariano Ll. Badelles, Sr.		2
Lanao del Norte	2nd		Mario E. Hisuler		1
Lanao del Sur	1st		Mamintal M. Adiong	Lakas-NUCD	1
Lanao del Sur	2nd		Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo	NPC	2
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone		Manuel B. Villar, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
Leyte	1st		Cirilo Roy C. Montejo		2
	2nd		Sergio Antonio F. Apostol		1
	3rd		Alberto S. Veloso		2
	4th		Carmelo J. Locsin		2
	5th		Eriberto V. Loreto		2
Maguindanao	1st		Michael O. Mastura		2
Maguindanao	2nd		Simeon A. Datumanong	Lakas-NUCD	2
Makati	Lone		Joker P. Arroyo		1
Malabon-Navotas	Lone		Teresa Aquino-Oreta		2
Manila	1st		Martin B. Isidro		2
	2nd		Jaime C. Lopez		2
	3rd		Leonardo B. Fugoso		2
	4th		Ramon S. Bagatsing, Jr.		2
	5th		Amado S. Bagatsing		2
	6th		Rosenda Ann H. Ocampo		1
Marikina	Lone		Romeo D. Candazo		1
Marinduque	Lone		Carmencita O. Reyes		2
Masbate	1st		Tito R. Espinosa³		2
	2nd		Luz Cleta R. Bakunawa		2
	3rd		Antonio T. Kho		1
Misamis Occidental	1st		Percival B. Catane		1
Misamis Occidental	2nd		Hilarion J. Ramiro, Jr.		1
Misamis Oriental	1st		Homobono T. Cesar		1
Misamis Oriental	2nd		Victorico L. Chavez		1
Mountain Province	Lone		Victor S. Dominguez	Lakas-NUCD	2
Negros Occidental	1st		Tranquilino B. Carmona		1
	2nd		Manuel H. Puey		2
	3rd		Jose Carlos V. Lacson		2
	4th		Edward M. Matti		2
	5th		Mariano M. Yulo		2
	6th		Hortensia L. Starke		2
Negros Oriental	1st		Jerome V. Paras		2
	2nd		Miguel L. Romero		2
	3rd		Margarito B. Teves		2
Northern Samar	1st		Raul A. Daza	Liberal	2
Northern Samar	2nd		Wilmar P. Lucero	Liberal	1
Nueva Ecija	1st		Renato V. Diaz		1
	2nd		Eleuterio R. Violago		1
	3rd		Pacifico M. Fajardo		1
	4th		Victorio A. Lorenzo		1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone		Leonardo B. Perez	NPC	1
Occidental Mindoro	Lone		Jose T. Villarosa		1
Oriental Mindoro	1st		J. Renato V. Leviste		1
Oriental Mindoro	2nd		Jesus M. Punzalan		2
Palawan	1st		David A. Ponce De Leon		2
Palawan	2nd		Alfredo Amor E. Abueg, Jr.		1
Pampanga	1st		Carmelo F. Lazatin		2
	2nd		Emigdio L. Lingad		2
	3rd		Andrea D. Domingo		1
	4th		Emilio Bondoc		2
Pangasinan	1st		Oscar M. Orbos	independent	2
	2nd		Chris F. Mendoza	Lakas-NUCD	2
	3rd		Eric Galo P. Acuña	NPC	1
	4th		Jose C. De Venecia, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	2
	5th		Amadeo R. Perez, Jr.	LDP	1
	6th		Conrado M. Estrella III	NPC	2
Parañaque	Lone		Roilo J. Golez		1
Pasay City	Lone		Jovito O. Claudio		1
Pasig	Lone		Rufino S. Javier		2
Pateros-Taguig	Lone		Dante O. Tinga		2
Quezon	1st		Wilfrido L. Enverga		2
	2nd		Marcial C. Punzalan, Jr.		1
	3rd		Danilo E. Suarez		1
	4th		Manolet O. Lavides		1
Quezon City	1st		Renato A. Yap		1
	2nd		Dante V. Liban		1
	3rd		Dennis Y. Roldan		1
	4th		Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.	Lakas-NUCD	1
Quirino	Lone		Junie E. Cua		2
Rizal	1st		Manuel Sanchez⁴	Lakas NUCD	1
	1st		Gilberto Duavit⁵	NPC	1
	2nd		Emigdio S. Tanjuatco, Jr.		2
Romblon	Lone		Eleandro Jesus F. Madrona		1
Samar (Western)	1st		Rodolfo T. Tuazon		1
Samar (Western)	2nd		Catalino V. Figueroa		1
San Juan-Mandaluyong	Lone		Ronaldo B. Zamora		2
Siquijor	Lone		Orlando B. Fua		1
Sorsogon	1st		Salvador H. Escudero III		2
Sorsogon	2nd		Bonifacio H. Gillego		2
South Cotabato	1st		Luwalhati R. Antonino		1
	2nd		Daisy P. Avance-Fuentes		1
	3rd		James L. Chiongbian		2
Southern Leyte	Lone		Roger G. Mercado		2
Sultan Kudarat	Lone		Estanislao V. Valdez		2
Sulu	1st		Bensaudi O. Tulawie		1
Sulu	2nd		Asani S. Tammang		1
Surigao del Norte	1st		Glenda B. Ecleo		2
Surigao del Norte	2nd		Robert Z. Barbers	Lakas NUCD	1
Surigao del Sur	1st		Mario S. Ty		2
Surigao del Sur	2nd		Ernesto T. Estrella		2
Tarlac	1st		Jose S. Cojuangco, Jr.		2
	2nd		Jose V. Yap		2
	3rd		Herminio S. Aquino		2
Tawi-Tawi	Lone		Nur G. Jaafar		1
Valenzuela	Lone		Antonio M. Serapio		2
Zambales	1st		Katherine H. Gordon		2
Zambales	2nd		Antonio M. Diaz		1
Zamboanga City	Lone		Maria Clara Lobregat	LDP	2
Zamboanga del Norte	1st		Artemio A. Adasa, Jr.		2
	2nd		Ernesto S. Amatong		2
	3rd		Angel M. Carloto		2
Zamboanga del Sur	1st		Alejandro S. Urro		1
	2nd		Antonio H. Cerilles		2
	3rd		Belma A. Cabilao		1

Sectoral Representatives
Sector	Representative	Term
Cultural community	Joseph G. Sibug⁶	1
Labor	Zoilo V. De La Cruz, Jr.	1
	Andres L. Dinglasan, Jr.	1
	Temistocles S. Dejon, Sr.	1
	Ramon J. Jabar	1
	Paterno D. Menzon	1
	Ernesto C. Verceles	1
	Alejandro C. Villaviza	1
Overseas Filipino Workers	Tomas F. Concepcion	1
Peasant	Leonardo Q. Montemayor	1
Peasant	Vicente V. Tagle	1
Urban Poor	Ariel Zartiga	1
Women	Minerva G. Laudico	1
Women	Leonor I. Luciano	1
Youth	Edgar M. Avila	1
Youth	Cesar Chavez	1

^1 Died in office on April 4, 1993.

^2 Assumed office after winning a special election.

^3 Died in office on February 28, 1995.

^4 Disqualified for not being a Filipino citizen on December 7, 1993.

^5 Assumed office after winning a special election.

^6 Died in office on February 14, 1994.

References

External links

"List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
"The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-16.

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