Aquilino Pimentel III

This name uses Philippine naming customs. The first or maternal family name is de la Llana and the second or paternal family name is Pimentel.
The Honorable
Aquilino Pimentel III
28th President of the Senate of the Philippines
Assumed office
July 25, 2016
President Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by Franklin Drilon
Senator of the Philippines
Assumed office
August 15, 2011
National Youth Commission Commissioner for Mindanao
In office
1996–1998
Personal details
Born Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III
(1964-01-20) January 20, 1964
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Political party PDP–Laban
Children Aquilino Martin Emmanuel L. Pimentel VI
Aquilino Justo L. Pimentel VII
Alma mater Ateneo de Manila University
University of the Philippines Diliman
Occupation Lawyer
Profession Lecturer
Religion Roman Catholicism

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III, commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician who is the 28th and current Senate President of the Philippines.[1][2] He is also the current president of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). As the eldest son of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., he is the first child of a previous senate president to hold the post.[3] He was sworn–in on August 11, 2011 and proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election.[4]

Early life

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III was born on January 20, 1964 in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.[5][6] His parents are Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. His father was a lawyer and dean of law at Xavier University at the time of his birth. The elder Pimentel eventually became a senator.[6]

Pimentel earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Ateneo de Manila University and his Bachelor of Laws from University of the Philippines College of Law.[5][6] He topped the 1990 Philippine Bar Examinations with a score of 89.85 percent.[7]

Pimentel began working as a lawyer in 1990, and was commissioner (representing Mindanao) on the National Youth Commission from 1995 to 1998. He was a professor for the University of the East College of Law from 2007 to 2010 and also for the MBA-JD Program of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business and Far Eastern University Institute of Law from 2006 until his election to the senate in August 2011.[5] He was conferred Doctor of Humanities honoris causa by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines on May 18, 2012.[8]

In January 2000, Pimentel married 1998 Miss Universe Philippines, Jewel May Lobaton who is a cousin of Juan Miguel Zubiri's wife Audrey Tan, with whom he has two sons.[9] They have been living separately since November 2011.[10]

Political career

2001 election

Pimentel ran for Cagayan de Oro City mayor in 2001 but lost.[11]

2007 election

Running in only his second race in the May 14, 2007 senatorial elections, Pimentel was narrowly defeated by Bukidnon Congressman Miguel Zubiri for the 12th and last slot in the Philippine Senate. The narrow margin of 18,372 votes was hotly contested, particularly the votes from the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, where Pimentel had lost heavily to Zubiri.[12]

Election protest

Claiming the votes in Maguindanao were tainted, Pimentel petitioned the Supreme Court to issue a restraining order against the proclamation of Zubiri. With the vote tied at 7–7, the High Tribunal did not grant Pimentel's petition. But then Chief Justice Reynato Puno was among the 7 jusctices who favored Pimentel's petition.[13]

On July 14, 2007, Pimentel filed an electoral protest to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET). After finding grounds for a recount, the SET proceeded with the protest.[14] On August 11, 2011, Pimentel won the protest and was proclaimed the rightful winner after Zubiri's resignation.[15]

2013 election

Pimentel was included in the United Nationalist Alliance's shortlist of candidates for the upcoming 2013 election, but his longtime foe Migz Zubiri was also included on the senatorial list of UNA. Instead of running with Zubiri, he ran under the administration coalition of the Liberal Party. Pimentel won during the elections, placing eighth.

Senate President (2016-present)

On July 25, 2016, Pimentel was elected as Senate President with 20 out of 23 senators voting in his favor, shortly after the opening of the 17th Congress of the Philippines.[16] He, along with his father Aquilino Pimentel Jr., is the only father-and-son tandem being elected as Senate President in Philippine History (the elder Pimentel served as Senate President from November 13, 2000 to July 23, 2001).[17]

References

  1. ↑ Lardizabal. C. (2016, July 26). Koko Pimentel elected as Senate President of 17th Congress. CNN Philippines.
  2. ↑ Pimentel elected as Senate president. (2016, July 25). The Philippine Star.
  3. ↑ Quismundo, T. (2016, July 26). The son also rises: Koko Pimentel makes history. Philippine Daily Inquirer
  4. ↑ Pimentel proclaimed as senator. Sunstar.com.ph (2011-08-04). Retrieved on 2011-08-12.
  5. 1 2 3 About Koko.
  6. 1 2 3 Bio Data. The Official Website of Senator Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel, Jr.
  7. ↑ Bar Topnotchers 1989-1992. ChanRobles™ Virtual Law Library.
  8. ↑ Commencement Address of Senator Koko Pimentel for Polytechnic University of the Philippines May 18, 2012
  9. ↑ Macairan, E. (2013, August 14). Koko’s wife eyes ‘abuse’ raps. The Philippine Star.
  10. ↑ Esguerra, C. V. & Ager, M. (2012, May 23). It’s official: Koko Pimentel, wife part ways. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  11. ↑ MACARAIG, AYEE. "Aquilino Martin 'Koko' Pimentel III: 'It's complicated' (September 30, 2012)". Rappler. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Zubiri proclaimed 12th Senator Archived July 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.. Inquirer.net. Retrieved on 2011-08-12.
  13. ↑ SC paves way for Zubiri proclamation. Inquirer.net. Retrieved on 2011-08-12.
  14. ↑ Linda Jumilla Tribunal finds basis to proceed with Koko 2007 elections protest. abs-cbnnews. June 19, 2008
  15. ↑ Koko Pimentel officially proclaimed senator, Yahoo! Philippines News, August 11, 2011, retrieved 2011-08-11
  16. ↑ Ager, Maila. "Koko Pimentel takes Senate presidency by 20-3 vote". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Elemia, Camille. "1st in PH history: Father, son elected Senate President (July 28, 2016)". Retrieved 29 July 2016.

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