RALPH G.

RECTO
6th Floor, Department of Finance Building, BSP Complex cor. P. Ocampo St.,
Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila
Telephone No.: +632-8522-3262; +632-5317-6363 local 1103
Email: ralphgrecto@gmail.com
www.ralphrecto.com.ph

❑ Secretary, Department of Finance (January 12, 2024 – Present)

❑ Deputy Speaker, 19th Congress (July 27, 2022 – January 11, 2024)
❑ Representative, 6th District of Batangas (July 1, 2022 – January 11, 2024)

❑ Senate President Pro Tempore, 18th Congress (July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022)
 Ex-Officio Member of All Standing Committees
 Member: Commission on Appointments (April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022)

❑ Senate President Pro Tempore, 17th Congress (Feb. 27, 2017 –June 30, 2019)
 Ex-Officio Member of All Standing Committees
 Member: Commission on Appointments

❑ Senate Minority Leader, 17th Congress (July 25, 2016 – Feb. 26, 2017)
 Ex-Officio Member of All Standing Committees
 Minority Leader: Commission on Appointments

❑ Senate President Pro Tempore, 16th Congress (July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016)
▪ Chairperson: Committee on Science and Technology
▪ Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Finance
▪ Ex-Officio Member of All Standing Committees
▪ Member: Commission on Appointments
Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures

❑ Senator, 15th Congress (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013)

▪ Chairperson: Committee on Ways and Means
Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
▪ Co-Chairperson: Joint Oversight Committee on the Proper Implementation of

the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC)

Joint Oversight Committee on the Official
Development
Assistance (ODA)
▪ Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Finance
Committee on Public Services
▪ Member: Commission on Appointments
Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations
Committee on Agrarian Reform
Committee on Agriculture and Food
Committee on Energy
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Committee on Foreign Relations
Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources
Development
Committee on Local Government
Committee on National Defense and Security
Committee on Public Works
Committee on Rules
Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development
Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization
Congressional Oversight Committee on Clean Air Act
Congressional Oversight Committee on Clean Water Act

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 Congressional Oversight Committee on Intelligence Funds
Congressional Oversight Committee on Quality Affordable Medicines
Congressional Oversight Committee on Special Purpose Vehicle Act
Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures

❑ Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director General, National Economic

Development Authority (July 28, 2008 – August 15, 2009)

❑ Independent Director, Union Bank (Sept. 28, 2007 – July 27, 2008)

❑ Senator, 13th Congress (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2007)

 Chairperson: Committee on Ways and Means
Committee on Agrarian Reform
Subcommittee on Basic and Higher Education and Culture
 Co-Chairperson: Congressional Oversight Committee on the Comprehensive
Tax Reform Program
 Member: Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and
Investigations (Blue Ribbon Committee)
Committee on Accounts
Committee on Agriculture and Food
Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization
Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of
Codes and Laws
Committee on Education, Arts and Culture
Committee on Energy
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Committee on Finance
Committee on Foreign Relations
Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
Committee on Health and Demography
Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources
Development
Committee on Local Government
Committee on National Defense and Security
Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation
Committee on Public Order and Illegal Drugs
Committee on Public Services
Committee on Public Works
Committee on Rules
Committee on Trade and Commerce
Congressional Oversight Committee on Labor and Employment
Joint Congressional Power Commission

❑ Senator, 12th Congress (July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004)

▪ Deputy Majority Floor Leader
▪ Member, Commission on Appointments
▪ Chairperson: Committee on Ways and Means
Committee on Trade and Commerce
Committee on Accounts
▪ Co-Chairperson: Congressional Oversight Committee on the Proper
Implementation of the National Internal Revenue Code
Congressional Oversight Committee on Official Development
Assistance (ODA)
Congressional Oversight Committee on the Special Purpose
Vehicle Act
▪ Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Finance
Committee on Social Justice, Welfare & Rural Development
▪ Member: Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations
Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions, & Currencies
Committee on Economic Affairs
Committee on Education, Arts and Culture
Committee on Energy

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 Committee on Games, Amusement & Sports
Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprises
Committee on Health and Demography
Committee on Local Government
Committee on National Defense and Security
Committee on Public Services
Committee on Public Works
Committee on Science and Technology
Committee on Trade and Commerce
Joint Congressional Power Commission
Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Overseas Absentee
Voting Act of 2003

❑ Representative, 4th District of Batangas

▪ 11th Congress (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2001)
Chairperson: Committee on Economic Affairs
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▪ 10 Congress (July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1998)
Chairperson: Special Committee on Poverty Alleviation
Subcommittee on Information Technology
Subcommittee on Economic Integration and Opportunities
▪ 9th Congress of the Philippines (July 1, 1992 – June 30, 1995)
Chairperson: Subcommittee on Countryside Development

❑ Laws Principally Authored/Sponsored

▪ New Agrarian Emancipation Act (RA 11953)
▪ Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act (RA 11900)
▪ Fixing the Validity Period of License to Own and Possess, Registration, and Permit to
Carry Firearms Outside of Residence or Place of Business (RA 11766)
▪ Timbangan ng Bayan (RA 11706)
▪ Taxing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) (RA 11590)
▪ National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, Survivors and Their Families
(RA 11468)
▪ Salary Standardization Law of 2019 (RA 11466)
▪ Disposition of Land in Krus na Ligas, Quezon City (RA 11454)
▪ Murang Kuryente Act (RA 11371)
▪ Universal Healthcare Act (RA 11223)
▪ Rice Tariffication Act (RA 11203)
▪ Social Security Act of 2018 (RA 11199)
▪ Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018
(RA 11032)
▪ Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) (RA 10963)
▪ Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (RA 10931)
▪ Extending the Validity Period of Driver’s License (RA 10930)
▪ Casinos as Covered Persons Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (RA 10927)
▪ Centenarians Act of 2016 (RA 10868)
▪ Extending the Period of Implementation of the Agricultural Competitiveness
Enhancement Fund (ACEF) (RA 10848)
▪ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Act (RA 10844)
▪ Additional Benefits for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) (RA 10754)
▪ PAGASA Modernization Act (RA 10692)
▪ Increasing the Tax-Exempt Ceiling on 13th Month Pay and Other Benefits (RA10653)
▪ Philhealth Coverage for All Senior Citizens (RA 10645)
▪ Philippine National Railways Charter Extension (RA 10638)
▪ Enhancing the Philippine Basic Education System (“K to 12 Program”) (RA 10533)
▪ Strengthening the National Electrification Administration (RA 10531)
▪ International Common Carriers Tax Exemption (RA 10378)
▪ Kindergarten Education Act (RA 10157)
▪ General Tax Amnesty (RA 9480)
▪ Amendments to BCDA (RA 9400)
▪ BCDA’s One-Time Tax Amnesty (RA 9399)
▪ Lifting of the 70% Cap on Input VAT (RA 9361)
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 ▪ Extension of RA 9182 (Special Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002) (RA 9343)
▪ Rent Control Act of 2005 (RA 9341)
▪ Amendments to the National Internal Revenue Code (RA 9337) – (Reformed VAT &
Increase in Corporate Income Tax)
▪ Attrition Act of 2005 (RA 9335)
▪ Increasing the Excise Tax Rates on Alcohol and Tobacco Products (RA 9334)
▪ Philippine Overseas Shipping Act (RA 9301)
▪ Domestic Shipping Act (RA 9295)
▪ Restoring the Tax Exemption of Offshore Banking Units (OBUs) and Foreign Currency
Deposit Units (FCDUs) (RA 9294)
▪ Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) (RA 9282)
▪ Rationalizing the Provisions of Documentary Stamp Tax (RA 9243)
▪ Excluding Several Services from VAT Coverage (RA 9238)
▪ Rationalization of Excise Tax on Automobiles (RA 9224)
▪ Special Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002 (RA 9182)
▪ Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act of 2002 (RA 9178)
▪ Rental Reform Act of 2002 (RA 9161)
▪ Retail Trade Liberalization Law (RA 8762)
▪ Regional Headquarters Law (RA 8756)
▪ Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Act (RA 8425)
▪ Special Economic Zone Act of 1995 (RA 7916)

❑ Laws Co-Authored/Co-Sponsored

 Ease of Paying Taxes (RA 11976)

 Public-Private Partnership Code of the Philippines (RA 11966)
 Extending the Period of Availment of the Estate Tax Amnesty Until June 14, 2025
(RA 11956)
 Postponing the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (RA
11935)
 Special Protections Against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children
(OSAEC Law) (RA 11930)
 Separate Facility for Heinous Crimes Inmates Act (RA 11928)
 Penalizing Willful and Indiscriminate Discharge of Firearms (RA 11926)
 Declaring August 12 of every year as National Youth Day (RA 11913)
 Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death, and Marriage (RA 11909)
 Amending Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act (RA 11768)
 Foundling Recognition and Protection Act (RA 11767)
 Excellence in Teacher Education Act (RA 11713)
 Public Health Emergency Benefits and Allowances for Health Care Workers Act
(RA11712)
 Vintage Vehicle Registration Act (RA 11698)
 Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act (RA 11697)
 Declaring Batangas State University as the National Engineering University (RA
11694)
 Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act (RA 11642)
 Creating the Department of Migrant Workers Act (RA 11641)
 Proprietary Educational Institutions Tax Act (RA 11635)
 Retail Trade Liberalization Act (Lowering the required paid-up capital for Foreign
Retail
Enterprises) (RA 11595)
 Fixing the Last Day of Registration of Voters for the 2022 National and Local
Elections
(RA 11591)
 Strengthening and Modernizing the Bureau of Fire Protection (RA 11589)
 Improving the Confirmation Process for Imperfect Land Titles (RA 11573)
 Cooperatives Development Officer (RA 11535)
 Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act or CREATE (RA 11534)
 COVID-19 Vaccination Program (RA 11525)
 Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act (RA 11524)
 Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer Act (RA 11523)
 Extending the Availability of the 2020 GAA to Dec. 31, 2021 (RA 11520)

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  Extending the Availability of Appropriations under Bayanihan to Recover as One
Act (RA 11519)
 Authorizing the President to Expedite the Processing and Issuance of National and
Local Permits, Licenses and Certifications in Times of National Emergency
(RA 11517)
 Amending the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (RA 11511)
 Alternative Learning System Act (RA 11510)
 Medical Scholarship Act (RA 11509)
 National Cooperative Month (RA 11502)
 Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (RA 11494)
 Comprehensive Values Education Act (RA 11476)
 Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (RA 11469)
 Student Fare Discount Act (RA 11314)
 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (RA 11310)
 Extending the Authority of TIEZA to Grant Incentives to Tourism Enterprises
(RA11262)
 Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act (RA11229)
 Mandatory Philhealth Coverage for all PWDs (RA 11228)
 National Integrated Cancer Control Act (RA 11215)
 Tax Amnesty Act (RA 11213)
 New Central Bank Act (RA 11211)
 Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Magnanay Act (RA 11148)
 Philippine Identification System Act (RA 11055)
 Masustansiyang Pagkain Para sa Batang Pilipino (RA 11037)
 Free Irrigation Service Act (RA 10969)
 Free Internet Access in Public Places Act (RA 10929)
 Extending the Validity of Philippine Passports (RA 10928)
 Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (RA 10863)
 Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act (RA 10821)
 National Teacher’s Day (RA 10743)
 Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Act (RA 10801)
 Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act (RA 10708)
 National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act (RA 10699)
 Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST)
(RA 10687)
 Open High School System Act (RA 10665)
 Open Learning and Distance Education Act of 2014 (RA 10650)
 Ladderized Education Act of 2014 (RA 10647)
 Go Negosyo Act (RA 10644)
 Fast Tracked S&T Scholarship Act of 2013 (RA 10612)
 National Health Insurance Act of 2013 (RA 10606)
 Revitalizing the People’s Television Network, Inc. (RA 10390)
 Revised AFP Modernization Program (RA 10349)
 People’s Survival Fund (RA 10174)
 Foster Care Act of 2012 (RA 10165)
 Early Release of Retirement Pay, Pensions, Gratuity and Other Benefits of Retiring
Government Employees (RA 10154)
 GOCC Governance Act of 2011 (RA 10149)
 Amendments to the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons (RA 9442)
 Prohibiting the Detention of Live or Dead Patients in Hospitals on Grounds of
Nonpayment of Hospital Bills (RA 9439)
 Strengthening the Regulatory Functions of the POEA (RA 9422)
 Biofuels Act of 2006 (RA 9367)
 Film Development Council of the Philippines (RA 9167)
 Amending the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995 (RA 8748)
 Tax Reform Act of 1997 (RA 8424)

EDUCATION

❑ Strategic Business Economics Program (SBEP) Certificate Course/Master in

Business Economics (Candidate)

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 ▪ University of Asia and the Pacific, Ortigas, Pasig City 1993

❑ Earned 36 units for Masters in Public Administration

▪ National College of Public Administration,
University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1990-1991

❑ Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Major in Business Management

❑ De La Salle University, Manila 1982-1989

❑ Secondary Education
▪ La Salle, Green Hills, San Juan 1978-1982

❑ Elementary Education
▪ La Salle, Green Hills, San Juan 1975-1978
▪ Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City 1970-1975

DISTINCTION AND RECOGNITION

❑ Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa

▪ Lipa City Public College 2010

❑ Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa

▪ Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology 2009

❑ Doctor of Science, honoris causa

▪ Batangas State University 2002

❑ Appointed to the grade of Lieutenant Colonel, Philippine Air Force

Reserve Force, Armed Forces of the Philippines 2002

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, SEMINARS & SUMMITS

❑ Working Visits in Los Angeles, CA and Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Nov. 17-20, 2023
❑ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit
San Francisco, CA, USA, Nov. 14-17, 2023
❑ Head of Delegation, House of Representatives, PH-EU Interparliamentary Meeting
Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 25-29, 2022
❑ Delivered a Statement on behalf of the Philippine Delegation, 142nd Assembly of the Inter-
Parliamentary Union (IPU), (Interactive Debate) May 26, 2021
❑ Member, Philippine Congressional Delegation, 137 Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary
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Union (IPU) St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 12-20, 2017

❑ Speaker, Pinoy Worldwide Initiative for Investment Savings and Entrepreneurship
(Pinoy WISE) Milan, Italy, June 16-24, 2015
❑ Philippine Senate Representative, World Trade Organization-Temasek Foundation and the
Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) Parliamentarian
Workshop on International Trade 2011 Singapore, May 4-6, 2011
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, United Nations Summit on the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) New York, U.S.A., Sept. 19-26, 2010
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Parliamentary Panel Within the Framework of the
World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum 2010
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 13-
18, 2010
❑ Head, Philippine Delegation, 17th Session of the United Nations Commission on
Sustainable Development New York, U.S.A., May 13-15, 2009
❑ Alternate Governor, Philippine Delegation, Joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank
Annual Meeting Washington D.C., U.S.A., Oct. 9-13, 2008
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, United Nations General Assembly and Millennium
Development Goals High-Level Meeting. New York, U.S.A., Sept. 20-26, 2008
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference

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 Hong Kong, China, Dec. 13-18, 2005
❑ Official Delegate, 3rd International Conference of Asian Political Parties
Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Sept 2-5, 2004
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, World Trade Organization Conference
Cancun, Mexico, September 9-13, 2003
❑ Delegate, Study Tour for Philippine Government Officials on Fiscal Discipline in the
Budget and Appropriations Process Washington D.C., USA, May 12 – 16, 2003
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, World Economic Forum
New York City, USA, February 1-3, 2002
❑ Guest Speaker, 4th Bi-National Conference US Federation of Philippine-American
Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Garden Grove, California, USA, May 1999
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Joint World Bank (WB) -International Monetary Fund
(IMF) Annual Meeting Washington, D.C., USA, October 1998
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, 2 General Assembly of the World Scout
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Parliamentary
Union Manila Hotel, Philippines, August 1997
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❑ Leadership for the 21 Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage Executive Program:
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University March 23-28, 1997
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Asia-Europe Young Leaders Symposium
Miyazaki, Japan, March 1997
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit
Manila, Philippines, November 1996
❑ Participant, The Role of Congress within the U.S. Political System, United States
International Visitors Program of the U.S. Information Agency
Washington D.C., USA, May 1993

❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Asia Pacific Parliamentarians Union

Manila, Philippines, March 1993
❑ Official Delegate of the Philippines, Asia Pacific Parliamentarians Union
Taiwan, September 1992

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: January 11, 1964

Place of Birth: Quezon City, Philippines
Father: Atty. Rafael Reyes Recto (deceased)
Mother: Carmen Gonzalez Recto (deceased)
Wife: Vilma Santos-Recto
Child: Ryan Christian S. Recto

As of 19 Jan 2024