Vice President of the Philippines
| Vice President of the Philippines Pangalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas |
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| Style | Madam Vice President (Informal) |
| Member of |
Cabinet National Security Council |
| Residence | Quezon City Reception House |
| Seat | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Term length | Six years |
| Constituting instrument | 1987 Constitution of the Philippines |
| Inaugural holder | Sergio Osmeña |
| Formation | November 15, 1935 |
| Succession | First in the Presidential Line of Succession |
| Salary | ₱353,482 per month/ ₱4,241,640 per year |
| Website | www |
The Vice President of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is the second-highest executive official of the government of the Philippines, after the President. The Vice President currently holds office at the Quezon City Reception House in Quezon City. Previously, the Vice President of the Philippines held office at the Coconut Palace (located in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex), the Philippine National Bank Financial Center, and the Philippine International Convention Center (also located in the CCP Complex), all in Pasay, Metro Manila.
Bearing similarities with the office as created in the 1935 Constitution before that Constitution was abolished by the Marcos regime, the current office of the Vice President was re-established under the 1987 Constitution.
The official title of the office in Filipino is Pangalawang Pangulo, although Bise Presidente, derived from Spanish, is the usual title used in some of the major Philippine languages, such as Cebuano.
The text of the 1987 Constitution refers to the person and office of the Vice-President, with a dash connecting the two words. However, the person and office is usually referred to today without the dash, as the Vice President.
The first known vice president claiming to be part of a government was Mariano Trías, whose term started on March 22, 1897. He was elected during the elections of the Tejeros Convention, and was later elected vice president of the Supreme Council that oversaw negotiations for the Biak na Bato pact in 1897. This Supreme Council had no sovereignty, did not govern any state, and was just used for bargaining with the Spanish. This council was replaced later, with no such position existing during the country's declaration of independence in 1898, which had a dictatorial government. Officially, the country's first actual republic was founded in 1899, and it too had no vice president. Trias instead served in the cabinets of Apolinario Mabini and Pedro Paterno, as finance minister and war minister, respectively. Trias is not considered a Philippine Vice President as the Supreme Council did not proclaim any sovereign state.
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