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title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />July 25, 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal_Arroyo" title="Gloria Macapagal Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal Arroyo</a> (2022–2024) <br /><a href="/wiki/Isidro_Ungab" title="Isidro Ungab">Isidro Ungab</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Puno" title="Roberto Puno">Roberto Puno</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kristine_Singson-Meehan" title="Kristine Singson-Meehan">Kristine Singson-Meehan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Camille_Villar" title="Camille Villar">Camille Villar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Mendoza" title="Raymond Mendoza">Raymond Democrito Mendoza</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Recto" title="Ralph Recto">Ralph Recto</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aurelio_Gonzales_Jr." title="Aurelio Gonzales Jr.">Aurelio Gonzales Jr.</a><br />Vincent Franco Frasco</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Allan_Velasco" title="Lord Allan Velasco">Lord Allan Velasco</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Majority_Floor_Leader_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">House Majority Leader</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fredenil_Castro" title="Fredenil Castro">Fredenil Castro</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Manuel Jose Dalipe</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine House of Representatives">Philippine House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Leyte_(province)" title="Leyte (province)">Leyte</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 1st congressional district">1st</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />June 30, 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Romualdez</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Remedios Petilla</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Yedda Marie Romualdez</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez<sup id="cite_ref-LoveBuilt_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoveBuilt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1963-11-14</span>) </span>November 14, 1963<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lakas%E2%80%93CMD" title="Lakas–CMD">Lakas–CMD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="November 1999">1999</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Romualdez" title="Benjamin Romualdez">Benjamin Romualdez</a> (father)<br />Juliette Gomez-Romualdez (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_Harvard_Extension_School#Graduate" title="History of Harvard Extension School">CSS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law" title="University of the Philippines College of Law">University of the Philippines Diliman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">LL.B.</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Tagalog pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Tagalog" title="Help:IPA/Tagalog">[ˈgɔmɛs<span class="wrap"> </span>ɾoˈmwɐldɛs]</a></span>, born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a> since 2022. He is also serving as the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">representative</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 1st congressional district">1st district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Leyte_(province)" title="Leyte (province)">Leyte</a> since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016. He formerly served as the <a href="/wiki/Majority_Floor_Leader_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">House Majority Leader</a> from 2019 to 2022, and unsuccessfully ran for <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">senator</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Philippine_Senate_election" title="2016 Philippine Senate election">2016 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Romualdez_COC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Romualdez_COC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a first cousin of President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a>. </p><p>Romualdez is the owner of the newspaper companies <i><a href="/wiki/Manila_Standard" title="Manila Standard">Manila Standard</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Journal" title="People's Journal">Journal Group of Publications</a> and the mass media firm <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Collective_Media_Corporation" title="Philippine Collective Media Corporation">Philippine Collective Media Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the national president of the <a href="/wiki/Lakas-Christian_Muslim_Democrats" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats">Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats</a> political party.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(JCCI)_(01).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg/220px-2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg/330px-2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg/440px-2024-04-11_%E2%80%93_PBBM_advanced_economic_collaboration_with_the_Japan_Chamber_of_Commerce_and_Industry_%28JCCI%29_%2801%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1066" /></a><figcaption>Romualdez (right) and his first cousin, President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a> (left), during the latter's official state visit to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> in April 2024</figcaption></figure> <p>Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez is the third child of former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Leyte" title="Governor of Leyte">Leyte Governor</a> and Ambassador to the United States <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Romualdez" title="Benjamin Romualdez">Benjamin Romualdez</a> and Juliette Gomez-Romualdez.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_is_MartinRom_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_is_MartinRom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lavish_dinner_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lavish_dinner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forfeit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forfeit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was once named by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> as the 30th richest man in the Philippines with a net worth of <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_peso" title="Philippine peso">₱</a>3.3 billion</span>, which the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_on_Good_Government" title="Presidential Commission on Good Government">Presidential Commission on Good Government</a> claimed was ill-gotten.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the nephew of former first lady <a href="/wiki/Imelda_Romualdez_Marcos" class="mw-redirect" title="Imelda Romualdez Marcos">Imelda Romualdez Marcos</a> and former President <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos" title="Ferdinand Marcos">Ferdinand Marcos</a>, while incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong</a> and Senator <a href="/wiki/Imee_Marcos" title="Imee Marcos">Imee Marcos</a> are his cousins.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_is_MartinRom_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_is_MartinRom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lavish_dinner_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lavish_dinner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Romualdez attended <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> in the United States from 1981 to 1985, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in government.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_is_MartinRom_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_is_MartinRom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lavish_dinner_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lavish_dinner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1988, he earned a <a href="/wiki/History_of_Harvard_Extension_School#Graduate" title="History of Harvard Extension School">Certificate of Special Studies in Administration and Management</a> from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>. He later enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines_College_of_Law" title="University of the Philippines College of Law">University of the Philippines College of Law</a> in 1988, becoming a <a href="/wiki/Upsilon_Sigma_Phi" title="Upsilon Sigma Phi">Upsilon Sigma Phi</a> fraternity member. He earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> degree in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_is_MartinRom_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who_is_MartinRom-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lavish_dinner_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lavish_dinner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Bar_association" title="Bar association">bar</a> in 1993. </p><p>In 1992, Romualdez was appointed as concurrent trustee and president of the Doña Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation and Dr. Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation, both of which are owned by his family.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, he started work as a director and legal counsel for the CARPA Realty Development Corporation. Prior to his political career, Romualdez served as chairman of the board for <a href="/wiki/Equitable_PCI_Bank" title="Equitable PCI Bank">Equitable PCI Bank</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Romualdez was first elected as representative of <a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 1st congressional district">Leyte's 1st congressional district</a> in <a href="/wiki/2007_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2007 Philippine House of Representatives elections">2007</a>. He was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2010_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections">2010</a> and in <a href="/wiki/2013_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2013 Philippine House of Representatives elections">2013</a>. </p><p>Romualdez authored House Bill No. 1039, which was enacted into law by President <a href="/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III" title="Benigno Aquino III">Benigno Aquino III</a> as Republic Act No. 10754, or <i>An act on expanding the benefits and privileges of people with disabilities</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2014, Romualdez expressed interest in running for senator in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Philippine_Senate_election" title="2016 Philippine Senate election">2016 elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He filed his certificate of candidacy for senator on October 13, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Romualdez_COC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Romualdez_COC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 7, 2015, Romualdez declared his support for presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Jejomar_Binay" title="Jejomar Binay">Jejomar Binay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016 <a href="/wiki/Davao_City" title="Davao City">Davao City</a> Mayor and presidential aspirant <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> also endorsed the candidacy of Romualdez.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran under the <a href="/wiki/Lakas%E2%80%93CMD" title="Lakas–CMD">Lakas–CMD</a> party, which he is the national president of, but ultimately failed to win a senate seat, placing 15th. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2019 Philippine House of Representatives elections">2019 elections</a>, Romualdez again won as representative of <a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 1st congressional district">Leyte's 1st congressional district</a>. Romualdez was later elected House Majority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/18th_Congress_of_the_Philippines" title="18th Congress of the Philippines">18th Congress</a>. </p><p>On July 10, 2020, Martin and his wife <a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Romualdez</a> were among the 70 congressmen who voted to reject the <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_franchise_renewal_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy">franchise renewal of ABS-CBN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2021, Romualdez became the campaign manager of <a href="/wiki/Sara_Duterte" title="Sara Duterte">Sara Duterte</a>'s vice presidential campaign alongside <a href="/wiki/Davao_Occidental" title="Davao Occidental">Davao Occidental</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Davao_Occidental" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Davao Occidental">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Claude_Bautista" title="Claude Bautista">Claude Bautista</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_Speaker_(2022–present)"><span id="House_Speaker_.282022.E2.80.93present.29"></span>House Speaker (2022–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: House Speaker (2022–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos,_25_July_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg/220px-First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg/330px-First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg/440px-First_State_of_the_Nation_Address_of_Bongbong_Marcos%2C_25_July_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="899" /></a><figcaption>Romualdez (right) during President <a href="/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" title="Bongbong Marcos">Bongbong Marcos</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2022_State_of_the_Nation_Address_(Philippines)" title="2022 State of the Nation Address (Philippines)">first State of the Nation Address</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Romualdez was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speaker_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives_elections#19th_Congress" title="List of Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives elections">elected in July 2022</a> as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines">Speaker of the House of Representatives</a> by 284 House members.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his speakership, Romualdez also assumed legislative caretaker roles for the majority of the vacated districts during the <a href="/wiki/19th_Congress_of_the_Philippines" title="19th Congress of the Philippines">19th Congress</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Cavite%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Cavite's 7th congressional district">Cavite–7th</a> (later <a href="/wiki/2023_Cavite%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2023 Cavite's 7th congressional district special election">filled</a> by <a href="/wiki/Crispin_Diego_Remulla" title="Crispin Diego Remulla">Crispin Diego Remulla</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Negros_Oriental%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Negros Oriental's 3rd congressional district">Negros Oriental–3rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batangas%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Batangas's 6th congressional district">Batangas–6th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Palawan's 3rd congressional district">Palawan–3rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Palawan's 1st congressional district">Palawan–1st</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavite%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Cavite's 4th congressional district">Cavite–4th</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Negros_Occidental%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Negros Occidental's 3rd congressional district">Negros Occidental–3rd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2022, Romualdez, along with six other lawmakers, filed House Bill No. 6398 proposing the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Maharlika_Investment_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharlika Investment Fund">Maharlika Investment Fund</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_wealth_fund" title="Sovereign wealth fund">sovereign wealth fund</a> for the Philippines inspired by <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Korea_Investment_Corporation" title="Korea Investment Corporation">Korea Investment Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proposal drew mixed reactions from economists and mostly negative reactions from the general public.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Role_in_the_Marcos-Duterte_rift">Role in the Marcos-Duterte rift</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Role in the Marcos-Duterte rift"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Romualdez was instrumental in the deepening rift between the <a href="/wiki/Marcos_family" title="Marcos family">Marcos</a> and Duterte families.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Romualdez's watch, the House denied Vice President and Education Secretary <a href="/wiki/Sara_Duterte" title="Sara Duterte">Sara Duterte</a>'s requests for confidential funds that could be used for the Education department's proposed <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps_(Philippines)" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Philippines)">Reserve Officers' Training Corps</a> program<sup id="cite_ref-PhilStar-SaraConfidentialFunds_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilStar-SaraConfidentialFunds-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but swiftly passed the same funds for the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_President_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the President (Philippines)">Office of the President</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this led Sara's father and former President <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte" title="Rodrigo Duterte">Rodrigo Duterte</a> to allege a connivance between Romualdez and the leftist <a href="/wiki/Makabayan_Bloc" class="mw-redirect" title="Makabayan Bloc">Makabayan Bloc</a> in stripping Sara of confidential funds.<sup id="cite_ref-PhilStar-SaraConfidentialFunds_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilStar-SaraConfidentialFunds-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rodrigo Duterte criticized the House as the "most rotten institution" in the country<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and demanded an <a href="/wiki/Audit" title="Audit">audit</a> of the House under Romualdez;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duterte's comments offended some House members<sup id="cite_ref-Inquirer-HouseFinds_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inquirer-HouseFinds-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Romualdez,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prompting the House to issue a loyalty check <a href="/wiki/Resolution_(law)" title="Resolution (law)">resolution</a> in support of Romualdez. Shortly after, the House expelled Duterte's political allies former President and Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Macapagal-Arroyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo">Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo</a> and Congressman <a href="/wiki/Isidro_Ungab" title="Isidro Ungab">Isidro Ungab</a> as Deputy House Speakers for failing to sign the resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several House members of Duterte's party, <a href="/wiki/PDP-Laban" class="mw-redirect" title="PDP-Laban">PDP-Laban</a>, later <a href="/wiki/Party_switching" title="Party switching">party-switched</a>, mostly to the Romualdez-led <a href="/wiki/Lakas-CMD" class="mw-redirect" title="Lakas-CMD">Lakas-CMD</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late November 2023, reports circulated that some House members want Vice President Sara impeached.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House later began tackling at least three house resolutions filed separately by the Makabayan Bloc, House Human Rights Panel chairperson <a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_Abante_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido Abante Jr.">Bienvenido Abante Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/1-Rider_Partylist" title="1-Rider Partylist">1-Rider Partylist</a> Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez, and Albay 1st District Rep. <a href="/wiki/Edcel_Lagman" title="Edcel Lagman">Edcel Lagman</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> urging the Marcos administration to cooperate with the International Criminal Court's investigation into <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Drug_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Drug War">Duterte's war on drugs</a>; Romualdez denied prioritizing the measures.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A month later, the <a href="/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission" title="National Telecommunications Commission">National Telecommunications Commission</a> imposed a 30-day suspension on <a href="/wiki/SMNI" class="mw-redirect" title="SMNI">SMNI</a>, a media network which hosted Rodrigo Duterte's platform <i><a href="/wiki/Gikan_sa_Masa,_Para_sa_Masa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa">Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa</a></i>, after the House adopted a resolution filed by <a href="/wiki/PBA_Partylist" title="PBA Partylist">PBA Partylist</a> Representative Margarita Nograles, who claimed that the network was propagating <a href="/wiki/Fake_news" title="Fake news">false information</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two hosts of another SMNI talk show, <i>Laban Kasama ang Bayan</i>, were detained and cited in contempt by the House after one of its hosts–Jeffrey Celiz–refused to reveal his source for his claim that Romualdez had <span style="white-space: nowrap">₱</span>1.8 billion worth of travel funds.<sup id="cite_ref-s1223Cph_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s1223Cph-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amid the feud of the Marcos and Duterte clans in late April 2023, Romualdez said the House will probe into an agreement Duterte made during his presidency with Chinese President <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a>. Under the agreement, Duterte agreed to maintain the "status quo" in the South China Sea to avoid escalating a war. Political analyst Ronald Llamas said the probe was engineered by President Bongbong Marcos as a "political payback" to Duterte's verbal attacks and to reduce Duterte's political influence ahead of the 2025 midterm elections.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charter_change_attempts">Charter change attempts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Charter change attempts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Efforts to amend the Constitution intensified in January 2024 after pro-<a href="/wiki/Charter_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter change">Charter change</a> group, People's Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (PIRMA), admitted talking with Romualdez and claimed responsibility for a signature drive campaign that attempted to start a <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Initiative" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Initiative">People's Initiative</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The proponents proposed that both chambers of the Congress—the House of Representatives and the Senate—vote jointly on the proposed amendments in a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional assembly">constitutional assembly</a>; consequentially, the 24-member Senate unanimously rejected the proposal since its vote would be overpowered by the 316-member House.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The signature drive has been marred by allegations of vote-buying,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by evening of January 23, the proponents claimed to have achieved the required minimum 12 percent of national voters threshold.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Romualdez denied spearheading the initiative, although a video evidence showing the opposite was later disclosed by Senator <a href="/wiki/Francis_Escudero" title="Francis Escudero">Francis Escudero</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>As of December 2023, Romualdez is the president of the Philippine Constitution Association.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Romualdez_family" title="Romualdez family">Romualdez family</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg/170px-Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg/255px-Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg/340px-Congressman_Martin_Romualdez_and_Mrs._Yedda_Marie_Kittilstvedt-Romualdez.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>Romualdez with his wife <a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Romualdez married <a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Kittilstvedt</a>, who represented the Philippines at <a href="/wiki/Miss_International_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss International 1996">Miss International 1996</a>, in civil rites in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> in November 1999, with a church wedding following at Santuario de San Antonio in <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Park,_Makati" title="Forbes Park, Makati">Forbes Park, Makati</a> on February 4, 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have four children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Romualdez&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Manila Standard. February 17, 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manilastandard.net/showbitz/199558/martin-romualdez-and-wife-yedda-a-love-built-on-helping-others.html">the original</a> on October 19, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Remedios Petilla</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Legislative_districts_of_Leyte#1st_District" title="Legislative districts of Leyte">Leyte</a> </b><br />2007-2016 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><b><a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Romualdez</a></b></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><b><a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Yedda Marie Romualdez</a></b></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; 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Veloso</li> <li>Enage</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Tan" title="Carlos Tan">Tan</a></li> <li>J. Veloso</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Maria_Veloso" title="Jose Maria Veloso">JM. Veloso</a></li> <li>Canonoy</li> <li>Martinez</li> <li>ML. Veloso</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Romualdez" title="Daniel Romualdez">D. Romualdez</a></li> <li>Mate</li> <li>Montejo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imelda_Marcos" title="Imelda Marcos">Marcos</a></li> <li>A. Romualdez</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Failon" title="Ted Failon">Failon</a></li> <li>Petilla</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Romualdez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yedda_Marie_Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Yedda Marie Romualdez">Y. Romualdez</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_Philippine_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="490" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Demetrio</li> <li>Zialcita</li> <li>Costas</li> <li>Kangleon</li> <li>Oppus</li> <li>Ybanez</li> <li>Tan</li> <li>Veloso</li> <li>Villasin</li> <li>Parreno</li> <li>Horca</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Apostol" title="Sergio Apostol">S. Apostol</a></li> <li>T. Apostol</li> <li>Ong</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lolita_Javier" title="Lolita Javier">Javier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florentino_Penaranda" class="mw-redirect" title="Florentino Penaranda">Penaranda</a></li> <li>Marchadesch</li> <li>Romualdez</li> <li>Apostol</li> <li>Siayngco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Maria_Veloso" title="Jose Maria Veloso">J. Veloso</a></li> <li>Kapunan</li> <li>Delgado</li> <li>Oppus</li> <li>Pajao</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicanor_Yniguez" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicanor Yniguez">Yniguez</a></li> <li>M. Veloso</li> <li>A. Veloso</li> <li>E. Veloso</li> <li>Salvacion</li> <li>V. Veloso</li> <li>Tuazon</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Leyte's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaime_C._de_Veyra" title="Jaime C. de Veyra">de Veyra</a></li> <li>Enage</li> <li>Capunan</li> <li>Montejo</li> <li>Bayaya</li> <li>Sevilla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norberto_Romualdez" title="Norberto Romualdez">N. Romualdez</a></li> <li>Perez</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Z._Romualdez" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Z. Romualdez">D. Romualdez</a></li> <li>Tan</li> <li>Rivilla</li> <li>C. Locsin</li> <li>V. Locsin</li> <li>Codilla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Torres-Gomez" title="Lucy Torres-Gomez">L. Gomez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Gomez" title="Richard Gomez">R. 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Cari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leyte%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Leyte's at-large congressional district">At-large<br />(defunct)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1898-1901</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Guererro</li> <li>Navarro</li> <li>del Rosario</li> <li>Zamora</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1943-1944</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Maria_Veloso" title="Jose Maria Veloso">J. 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