Edcel Lagman

Edcel C. Lagman
Official portrait, 2019
House Minority Leader
In office
July 26, 2010 – January 20, 2012
Preceded byRonaldo Zamora
Succeeded byDanilo Suarez
Member of the House of Representatives from Albay's 1st district
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Preceded byEdcel Greco Lagman
In office
June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013
Preceded byKrisel Lagman-Luistro
Succeeded byEdcel Greco Lagman
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1998
Preceded byAmando Cope
Succeeded byKrisel Lagman-Luistro
President of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
September 30, 2022
Preceded byFrancis Pangilinan
President of the Lakas–CMD
In office
February 25, 2011 – January 19, 2012
Preceded byGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Succeeded byBong Revilla
Personal details
Born
Edcel Castelar Lagman

(1942-05-01) May 1, 1942 (age 82)
Malinao, Albay, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyLiberal (2012–present)
Other political
affiliations
UNIDO (1980–1988)
LDP (1988–2001)
LAMMP (1998-2001)
Lakas–CMD (2001–2012)
Spouse
Maria Cielo Burce
(died 2017)
RelationsFilemon Lagman (brother)
Children7, including Edcel Greco
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (BA, LL.B)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
WebsiteOfficial website

Edcel Castelar Lagman Sr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈʔedsɛl], born May 1, 1942) is a Filipino human rights lawyer and politician from the province of Albay. He was elected as a member of the House in 1987 to 1998 and 2004 to 2013 and 2016 up to the present. He served as Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines until 2012, when he resigned the office. Lagman is one of the key Liberal Party figures in the House of Representatives, having supported the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act (which he principally authored), the SOGIE Equality Bill, the Free Tertiary Education Act, the Anti-Dynasty Bill, and the Freedom of Information Bill. He is also the principal author of the Divorce Bill, the Human Rights Defenders Bill, the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy Bill, and the Anti-Child Marriage Bill.

Lagman was instrumental to the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines in 2006 and continues to oppose proposals to reinstate capital punishment in the country. Lagman is also the principal author of a triumvirate of human rights laws, namely the Anti-Torture Act of 2009 (R.A. 9745), the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 (R.A. 10353), and the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013 (R.A. 10368).