Filipino women in the Philippine Senate

This is a list of women senators of the Philippines. This was created as a guide to identify the women in the Philippines who has served as senators in the Senate of the Philippines, as distinct from the existing whole list of Philippine senators.

Since 1947, there have been 22 Filipino women senators in Philippine history. In the current 17th Congress, there are 6 incumbent female senators.

The first female senator elected in the Philippines was Geronima Pecson, who reaped the third largest number of votes during the Philippine senatorial elections of 1947. During her senatorial term, Pecson headed the Senate Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Health and Public Welfare, and the Joint Congressional Committee on Education.

Eva Estrada-Kalaw was the first woman to be re-elected as senator.

Pia Cayetano was the youngest woman elected senator in the history of the Philippines at the age of 40. She was elected 2004 and then re-elected in 2010.

Loi Ejercito Estrada is the first First Spouse (to Joseph Ejercito Estrada) to be elected in the Senate. She served from 2001 to 2007 after her husband's removal from the presidency in 2001.

Loren Legarda is the first Filipino woman senator to top the Senate race twice in 1998 and 2007. She is also the first Filipino woman to become Majority Floor Leader of the Senate.

In 1993, Leticia Ramos-Shahani became the first Filipino woman to become President pro tempore of the Senate.

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