Alan Peter Cayetano

Alan Peter Cayetano
Official portrait, 2019
Senator of the Philippines
Assumed office
June 30, 2022
In office
June 30, 2007 – May 17, 2017[a]
Chair of the Senate Agrarian Reform Committee
In office
July 25, 2016 – May 17, 2017
Preceded byGregorio Honasan
Succeeded byCynthia Villar
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
In office
July 25, 2016 – May 17, 2017
Preceded byMiriam Defensor Santiago
Succeeded byLoren Legarda
Senate Majority Leader
In office
July 23, 2013 – July 25, 2016
Preceded byGregorio Honasan (acting)
Succeeded byVicente Sotto III
Senate Minority Leader
In office
July 26, 2010 – July 22, 2013
Preceded byAquilino Pimentel Jr.
Succeeded byJuan Ponce Enrile
Chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee
In office
July 23, 2007 – February 2, 2009
Preceded byJoker Arroyo
Succeeded byRichard J. Gordon
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Preceded byArnel Cerafica
Succeeded byRicardo Cruz Jr.
ConstituencyTaguig–Pateros's 1st district
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
Preceded byDante Tiñga
Succeeded byPost dissolved
ConstituencyTaguig–Pateros's at-large district
22nd Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
July 22, 2019 – October 12, 2020
Deputy
Preceded byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Succeeded byLord Allan Velasco
26th Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
May 18, 2017 – October 17, 2018
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byEnrique Manalo (acting)
Succeeded byTeodoro Locsin Jr.
Vice Mayor of Taguig
In office
June 30, 1995 – June 30, 1998
MayorIsidro Garcia
Preceded byDaniel Castillo
Succeeded byLoida Labao-Alzona
Member of the Sangguniang Bayan of Taguig from the 2nd district
In office
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1995
Chairman of the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee
In office
November 30, 2019 – December 11, 2019
Personal details
Born
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano

(1970-10-28) October 28, 1970 (age 54)[1]
Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Citizenship
Political partyIndependent (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations
Nacionalista (2005–2021)
Lakas–NUCD (2001–2005)
LAMMP (1998–2001)
Spouse
(m. 2004)
[1][2]
Parent(s)Rene Cayetano (father)
Sandra Schramm (mother)
RelativesPia Cayetano (sister)
Rene Carl Cayetano (brother)
Lino Cayetano (brother)
Residence(s)Bagumbayan, Taguig, Metro Manila
EducationDe La Salle Zobel
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, diplomat
ProfessionLawyer
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Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013, and later Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from 2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, after unsuccessfully running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.

Cayetano was born into and raised in a political family currently based in Taguig. His father was the late former senator Rene Cayetano; his older sister, Pia, is an incumbent senator; his younger brother, Lino, is a former mayor of Taguig; and his wife, Lani, is the incumbent mayor of Taguig and served as the representative of the city's 1st district (which also includes Pateros) and 2nd district. Cayetano was the chairman of the organizing committee for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. During his time as speaker, one of the most controversial issues was the shutdown of broadcasting and loss of franchise of the country's biggest media network ABS-CBN, due to the machinations of President Rodrigo Duterte. In 2023, Cayetano is one of the hosts for the GMA public service program Cayetano in Action with Boy Abunda.


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  1. ^ a b "Alan Peter Cayetano Biography". Senate of the Philippines. March 14, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Santos, Reynaldo Jr. (September 29, 2015). "10 things to know about Alan Peter Cayetano". Rappler. Rappler. Retrieved July 24, 2020.