SENATOR OF THE PHILIPPINES

Allan Peter S. Cayetano

ALAN PETER CAYETANO

• Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]

; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino politician, 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.
• Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano
]; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino politician, 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.
EARLY LIFE

• Cayetano was born in Mandaluyong to lawyer Renato "Compañero

" Cayetano and German-American former school teacher Sandra
Schramm.[3] He was raised in Parañaque and moved to Taguig in 1991.[4]
 Although he inherited United States citizenship by descent, he 
relinquished his U.S. citizenship in 1998.[5]
• Cayetano resides with his family in Bagumbayan, Taguig. His wife, Lani,
is the incumbent Mayor of Taguig and formerly represented the 1st and 
2nd districts of Taguig–Pateros. His older sister, Pia, is an incumbent
Senator and formerly represented the 2nd district of Taguig at the House
of Representatives, where she was also a Deputy Speaker. His youngest
brother, Lino, is a film and television director as well as a former
congressman and mayor of Taguig, while his other brother Ren is a
former councilor of Muntinlupa.
EDUCATION

• Cayetano completed both his elementary and secondary education

at De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. In college, he studied 
political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman and
graduated in 1993. His college days played an important role in his
political career. Apart from having a senator as a father, it was in UP
where he got his first taste of politics. Just a year after he entered
UP Diliman in 1989, he ran for a post in the 
UP Diliman University Student Council and won.[6]
• He then finished his law degree from the 
Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 1997, graduating 2nd
Honors (silver medalist). Thereafter, he was admitted to the
Philippine bar in 1998.
LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Most of the laws authored by Cayetano focus on education, persons with disabilities

 rights, political reforms, health, and environment. Listed below are the laws that he
authored and co-authored during his first two terms as a Philippine Senator (2007-2017).
• Republic Act No. 10648 – Iskolar ng Bayan Act of 2014. This provided scholarship
grants to top graduates of all public high schools in state-owned universities and
colleges. [8]
• Republic Act No. 9500 – University of the Philippines Charter Act of 2008. [9]
• Republic Act No. 10676 – Student-Athletes Protection Act. This law prohibits the
commercialization of student-athletes. [10]
• Republic Act No. 7277 – Magna Carta for Disabled Persons. This law provides for the
rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of disabled persons and their
integration into the mainstream society. [11]
• Republic Act No. 10928 – Amendment of the Philippine Passport Act. This extended
the validity of the Philippine passport to ten (10) years.
POLITICAL CAREER

• Councilor of Taguig (1992-1995)[edit]

• Cayetano, then a junior year college student at University of the
Philippines, was elected as councilor of the then-municipality of Taguig
 in 1992. Elected at the age of 21, he was one of the youngest
councilors in the country. [6] He became Taguig's Majority Floor Leader
and held various positions, such as the vice-chairperson of the People's
Law Enforcement Board. [13]
• From 1992-1993, Cayetano concurrently served as the chairman of the 
National Capital Region Chapter of the 
National Movement of Young Legislators.
VICE MAYOR OF TAGUIG (1995-1998)

• Cayetano was elected vice mayor of Taguig in the

1995 local elections and served for one term.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1998–2007)

• Cayetano ran for the House of Representatives of the Philippines in

1998 as the representative of the lone district of Taguig–Pateros
under the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.[6] He was the
youngest elected representative at the 11th Congress at age 27.[13]
• In his first term as a neophyte legislator, Cayetano immediately held
major roles and functions, such as being voted as the assistant
majority leader. He was also chairman of the Oversight Committee
on Bases Conversion and Sub-Committee on New Schools
(Committee on Education), and the vice-chairman of the Committee
on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms.
• During his second term in the 12th Congress, Cayetano
became deputy majority leader and the vice-chairman of the
Committee on Rules. [6]
• On his last term in the 13th Congress, he served as the
Senior Deputy Minority Leader and an ex officio member of all
standing House committees. He also became a fierce critic of
then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.