Senator nene pimentel profile
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The Xavier Ateneo community grieves the passing of democracy stalwart and Outstanding XU Alumnus Senator Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr on Sunday, the 20th of October 2019. Beyond being a true public servant, we will remember him as the "Father of the Local Government Code," a champion for the autonomy of local governments and a man of the people.
As a lawyer, Nene fought for the National Secretariat for Social Action of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, helping farmers, political activists, and the urban poor oppressed during the Marcos regime. Pimentel was a senator for three terms, from 1987 to 1992, then from 1998 to 2010. He was the Senate President from November 2000 to June 2001.
Senator Nene authored and sponsored laws that created the Philippine Sports Commission, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the Philippine National Police, and he frontlined the Local Government Code of 1991 and the Generic Drugs Act of 1988. In recent years, he supported the m
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NENE PIMENTEL. Nene Pimentel at 34 years old as the dean of the XU College of Law in 1967. Photo source: Xavier '67 Yearbook.
(NOTE: We are bringing back this vignette on Cagayan de Oro’s beloved statesman first published in Business World back in 2006 as our tribute to his heritage to us, journalists in the Cagayan de Oro Press Club, where he was a member for life. Words by Mike Baños. Republished with permission.)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Even before he was cutting his teeth as a lawyer and teacher, Aquilino Q. Pimentel Jr., without question one of this City of Golden Friendship's Golden Boys, started out as a cub reporter for the Mindanao Star, then the No. 1 weekly newspaper in the city.
The late Manuel Quisumbing, Sr., who was fondly known as Mr. Q, was editor-in-chief and the future Senator of the Philippines was in the company of an illustrious band of writers and journalists who represented the cream of Cagayan
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Koko Pimentel
Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines since 2022
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Koko Pimentel | |
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Pimentel in 2018 | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin Drilon |
| In office July 25, 2016 – May 21, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Franklin Drilon |
| Succeeded by | Tito Sotto |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 11, 2011 | |
| In office July 23, 2019 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Loren Legarda |
| Succeeded by | Imee Marcos |
| In office May 25, 2018 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Migz Zubiri |
| Succeeded by | Mark Villar |
| In office July 24, 2018 – June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Leila dem Lima |
| Succeeded by | Imee Marcos |
| In office July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Leila de Lima |
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