Aquilino Pimentel Jr.

Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr. (Tagalog pronunciation: [pimenˈtel], December 11, 1933 – October 20, 2019), commonly known as Nene Pimentel, was a Filipino politician and human rights lawyer who was one of the leading political opposition leaders during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power. He co-founded the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) and served as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2000 to 2001. He is the father of incumbent senator and former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. In 2018, Pimentel was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Quilinging and the surname or paternal family name is Pimentel.

The Honorable
Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel Jr.
Pimentel at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in November 2018
19th President of the Senate of the Philippines
In office
November 13, 2000 – June 30, 2001
Preceded byFranklin Drilon
Succeeded byFranklin Drilon
Senate Majority Leader
In office
June 3, 2002 – July 23, 2002
Preceded byLoren Legarda
Succeeded byLoren Legarda
Senate Minority Leader
In office
July 26, 2004 – June 30, 2010
Preceded byVicente Sotto III
Succeeded byAlan Peter Cayetano
In office
July 23, 2001 – June 3, 2002
Preceded byTito Guingona
Succeeded byVicente Sotto III
Senator of the Philippines
In office
June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2010
In office
June 30, 1987 – June 30, 1992
Minister/Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
In office
March 25, 1986 – December 7, 1986
PresidentCorazon Aquino
Preceded byJose Roño
Succeeded byJaime Ferrer
Assemblyman from Cagayan de Oro
In office
June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986
Mayor of Cagayan de Oro
In office
June 30, 1980 – June 30, 1984
Preceded byPedro N. Roa
Succeeded byPablo P. Magtajas
1971 Constitutional Convention Delegate from Misamis Oriental
In office
June 1, 1971 – September 23, 1972
Personal details
Born
Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr.

(1933-12-11)December 11, 1933
Claveria, Misamis Oriental, Philippine Islands
DiedOctober 20, 2019(2019-10-20) (aged 85)
Metro Manila, Philippines
Resting placeThe Heritage Park, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Political partyPDP-Laban (1983–2019)
Other political
affiliations		UNIDO (1980–1987)
Laban (1978–1986)
PDP (1982–1983)
Spouse
Lourdes de la Llana
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(m. 1960)​
Children6 including Aquilino Pimentel III
Parents
  • Aquilino E. Pimentel Sr.
  • Petra Quilinging Pimentel
ResidenceCagayan de Oro
Alma materXavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan
OccupationCivil servant
ProfessionPolitician
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