Alan Peter Cayetano
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.
The Honorable Alan Peter Cayetano | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| In office June 30, 2007 – May 17, 2017 | |
| Chair of the Senate Agrarian Reform Committee | |
| In office July 25, 2016 – May 17, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Gregorio Honasan |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Villar |
| Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
| In office July 25, 2016 – May 17, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Miriam Defensor Santiago |
| Succeeded by | Loren Legarda |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
| In office July 23, 2013 – July 25, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gregorio Honasan (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Sotto III |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
| In office July 26, 2010 – July 22, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Aquilino Pimentel Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Juan Ponce Enrile |
| Chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee | |
| In office July 23, 2007 – February 2, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Joker Arroyo |
| Succeeded by | Richard J. Gordon |
| Member of the House of Representatives from Taguig–Pateros | |
| In office June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Arnel Cerafica |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo Cruz Jr. |
| Constituency | 1st district |
| In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Dante Tiñga |
| Succeeded by | Post dissolved |
| Constituency | At-large |
| 22nd Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| In office July 22, 2019 – October 12, 2020 | |
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Succeeded by | Lord Allan Velasco |
| 26th Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office May 18, 2017 – October 17, 2018 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Enrique Manalo (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Teodoro Locsin Jr. |
| Vice Mayor of Taguig | |
| In office June 30, 1995 – June 30, 1998 | |
| Mayor | Isidro Garcia |
| Preceded by | Daniel Castillo |
| Succeeded by | Loida 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 October 28, 1970 Mandaluyong, Rizal, Philippines |
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| Political party | Independent (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Nacionalista (2005–2021) Lakas–CMD (2001–2005) LAMMP (1998–2001) |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Rene Cayetano (father) Sandra Schramm (mother) |
| Relatives | Pia Cayetano (sister) Rene Carl Cayetano (brother) Lino Cayetano (brother) |
| Residence(s) | Bagumbayan, Taguig, Metro Manila |
| Education | De La Salle Zobel |
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| Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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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 and the denial of franchise renewal of one of the country's biggest media networks, ABS-CBN, due to a number of issues surrounding the said television network. In 2023, Cayetano is one of the hosts for the GMA public service program Cayetano in Action with Boy Abunda.