10th Congress of the Philippines

Template:Template other The 10th Congress of the Philippines (Template:Langx), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 24, 1995, until June 5, 1998, during the last three years of Fidel Ramos's presidency. The convening of the 10th Congress followed the 1995 national elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership, and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

Sessions

• First Special Session: June 26 – July 7, 1995

• First Regular Session: July 24, 1995 – June 7, 1996
  • First Joint Session: April 1 and June 3, 1996
  • Second Special Session: May 13 – June 21, 1996
• Second Regular Session: July 22, 1996 – June 13, 1997
  • Third Special Session: August 12 – 30, 1996
  • Fourth Special Session: January 6 – 31, 1997
  • Fifth Special Session: February 3 – 28, 1997
  • Second Joint Session: January 27, February 10, February 24, March 3 and March 10 – 17, 1997
• Third Regular Session: July 28, 1997 – June 5, 1998
  • Third Joint Session: February 16 – March 6, 1998
  • Sixth Special Session: March 16 – 20, 1998
  • Seventh Special Session: April 6 – 10, 1998
  • Eighth Special Session: April 12 – May 1, 1998

Legislation

Laws passed by the 10th Congress:

Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (took effect on January 1, 1998).

Leadership

Senate

• President:
  • Edgardo Angara (LDP), until August 28, 1995
  • Neptali Gonzales (LDP), August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996
  • Ernesto Maceda (NPC), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
  • Neptali Gonzales (LDP), from January 26, 1998
• President pro tempore:
  • Leticia Ramos-Shahani (Lakas), until October 10, 1996
  • Blas Ople (LDP), from October 10, 1996
• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Alberto Romulo (LDP), until October 10, 1996
  • Francisco Tatad (LDP), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
  • Franklin Drilon (Lakas), from January 26, 1998
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Ernesto Maceda (NPC), until August 29, 1995
  • Edgardo Angara (LDP), August 29, 1995 – October 10, 1996
  • Neptali Gonzales (LDP), October 10, 1996 – January 26, 1998
  • Ernesto Maceda (NPC), from January 26, 1998

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Jose de Venecia Jr. (Pangasinan–4th, Lakas)
• Deputy Speakers:
  • Luzon: Hernando Perez (Batangas–2nd, Lakas)
  • Visayas: Raul Daza (Northern Samar–1st, Liberal)
  • Mindanao: Simeon Datumanong (Maguindanao–2nd, Lakas)
• Majority Floor Leader: Rodolfo Albano Jr. (Isabela–1st, NPC)
• Minority Floor Leader: Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan, NPC)

Members

File:10th Congress of the Philippines-Senate composition.svg

Final Senate composition.

File:10th Congress of the Philippines-House of Representatives composition.svg

Final House of Representatives composition.

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on May 11, 1992: June 30, 1992 – June 30, 1998
• For senators elected on May 8, 1995: June 30, 1995 – June 30, 2001

Senator	Party		Term	Term ending
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PRP	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent	1	2001
Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent	1	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	2001
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1	1998
	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2	2001
Freddie Webb	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1	1998

House of Representatives

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Tenth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party		Term
Abra	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Agusan del Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Agusan del Sur	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Aklan	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Albay	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Antique	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Aurora	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Bacolod	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Baguio	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Basilan	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Bataan	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Batanes	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1
Batangas	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Benguet	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Biliran	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
Bohol	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Bukidnon	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
Bulacan	1st	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Cagayan	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Cagayan de Oro	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Caloocan	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Camarines Norte	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Camarines Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PRP	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Camiguin	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Capiz	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Catanduanes	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Cavite	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Cebu	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	6th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Cebu City	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Cotabato	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Davao City	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PRP	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Davao del Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Davao del Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Davao Oriental	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Eastern Samar	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Guimaras	Lone	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Ifugao	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Ilocos Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Ilocos Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Iloilo	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Iloilo City	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Isabela	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Kalinga-Apayao	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
La Union	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Laguna	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	4th	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Lanao del Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Lanao del Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Leyte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	KBL	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent	3
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Maguindanao	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PMP	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Makati	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent	2
Malabon-Navotas	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Mandaluyong	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Manila	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	6th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Marikina	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	2
Marinduque	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Masbate	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
Misamis Occidental	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1
Misamis Oriental	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Mountain Province	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Negros Occidental	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	6th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
Negros Oriental	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Northern Samar	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	2
Nueva Ecija	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
Occidental Mindoro	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Oriental Mindoro	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Palawan	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	2
Pampanga	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	1
	4th	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
Pangasinan	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	5th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	6th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Parañaque	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Pasay	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Pasig	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
Quezon	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	2
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1
Quezon City	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PRP	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	1
	4th		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Quirino	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Rizal	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Romblon	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Samar	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
San Juan	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
Sarangani	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Siquijor	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Sorsogon	1st	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
South Cotabato	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Southern Leyte	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Sultan Kudarat	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
Sulu	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Surigao del Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd	Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Surigao del Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Independent	1
Taguig–Pateros	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	PDP–Laban	3
Tarlac	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Tawi-Tawi	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Valenzuela	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	3
Zambales	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Zamboanga City	Lone		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LDP	3
Zamboanga del Norte	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	1
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	3
Zamboanga del Sur	1st		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
	2nd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	NPC	3
	3rd		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Lakas	2
Cultural Minorities			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
Labor			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
		Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	3
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	3
Peasant			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
Urban Poor			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
Women			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
Youth			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	2
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1
			bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nonpartisan	1

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1995 Philippine general election

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library