Prospero Pichay Jr.

Prospero Pichay Jr.
Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
In office
July 22, 2019 – June 1, 2022
House SpeakerAlan Peter Cayetano
Lord Allan Velasco
In office
August 15, 2018 – June 4, 2019
House SpeakerGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byMiro Quimbo
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Surigao del Sur's 1st district
In office
June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2022
Preceded byMary Elizabeth Delgado-Ty
Succeeded byRomeo S. Momo
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007
Preceded byMario S. Ty
Succeeded byPhilip A. Pichay
Personal details
Born
Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr.

(1950-06-20) June 20, 1950 (age 74)
Cantilan, Surigao, Philippines
Political partyLakas/Lakas–CMD
SpouseMaria Carla L. Lopez
Alma materDe La Salle University (Bcom)

Prospero Arreza Pichay Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˌpɾoːs.pɛˈɾo pɪˈt͡ʃaɪ̯], born June 20, 1950), also known as Butch Pichay, is a Filipino politician who served as Representative of Surigao del Sur's 1st district in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the chairman of the House Committee on National Defense in the 13th Congress and deputy speaker in the 17th and 18th Congresses. He is a member of the formerly dominant political party Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and was a senatorial aspirant in the 2007 Philippine Senate election but lost.