Francis Pangilinan
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The Honorable Francis Pangilinan |
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Pangilinan in 2015
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| Senator of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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In office June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2013 |
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| Chair of the Philippine Senate Agriculture and Food Committee |
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In office July 25, 2016 – February 27, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Cynthia Villar |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Villar |
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In office July 26, 2010 – June 30, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Loren Legarda |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Villar |
| Chair of the Philippine Senate Agrarian Reform Committee |
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In office February 2, 2009 – July 26, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gregorio Honasan |
| Succeeded by | Gregorio Honasan |
| Chairman of Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization | |
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In office May 6, 2014 – September 15, 2015 |
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| President | Benigno Aquino III |
| Succeeded by | Fredelita Guiza |
| Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines | |
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In office July 24, 2004 – November 17, 2008 |
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| President | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
| Preceded by | Loren Legarda |
| Succeeded by | Juan Miguel Zubiri |
| Councilor of Quezon City | |
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In office 1988–1992 |
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| Personal details | |
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Francis Pancratius Nepomuceno Pangilinan August 24, 1963 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
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| Spouse(s) | Sharon Cuneta (m. 1996) |
| Children | 4, including KC Concepcion |
| Residence | Quezon City |
| Alma mater |
University of the Philippines Diliman Harvard University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (born August 24, 1963), is a Filipino lawyer and politician who serves a Senator of the Philippines since 2016, having previously served from 2001 to 2013. In the Senate, he served as Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008. In May 2014, Pangilinan was appointed Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization by President Benigno Aquino III. Pangilinan resigned from his post as food security secretary in September 2015 to run anew for the Senate under the Liberal Party of the Philippines.
Francis Pancratius Nepomuceno Pangilinan was born on August 24, 1963 in Manila to Donato Tongol Pangilinan, Jr., an engineer and entrepreneur from Pampanga, and Emma Monasterial Nepomuceno, a public school teacher from Nueva Ecija and Marinduque. He has eight siblings.
As a varsity athlete, he was an NCAA and UAAP track & field and Volleyball gold and silver medalist in the 80s. He ran the 400 meter hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay in the La Salle HS Track & Field team and played HS and College Varsity Volleyball for La Salle and UP.
Pangilinan first made his mark as a young lawyer giving free legal assistance on-air and closely monitored case progress through the television program Hoy Gising! over ABS-CBN where he was a co-anchor and segment host. He also anchored radio programs, including Batas and Relos Report with Atty. Kiko over DZMM, programs aimed at making the Philippine’s legal court system more understandable to the masses by increasing their understanding of their rights and duties under the law.
As a writer, had an opinion column in the Times Journal in the 80s and the Manila Times in the 90s.
As an educator and academician, he taught constitutional, labor and civil law at the Ateneo de Manila University from 1993 to 2000.
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