Alan Peter Cayetano

Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: kajɛˈtano; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has served as the Senate Minority Leader since September 9, 2025, a post he previously held from 2010 to 2013. He has been a Senator of the Philippines since 2022, following a previous stint from 2007 to 2017. He served as the 26th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2019 to 2020 and as the 26th Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018. Born and raised into a political family based in Taguig, Cayetano is the son of former Senator Rene Cayetano. He entered national politics in 1998 after being elected as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros, a post he held until 2007, when he was first elected to the Senate. He unsuccessfully ran for Vice President in the 2016 elections as the running mate of Rodrigo Duterte, who would win the presidency. He resigned from the Senate in 2017 to serve as Foreign Affairs Secretary, a role he held until 2018. In 2019, Cayetano was elected back to the House of Representatives. During this stint, he was elected as the Speaker of the House. As Speaker, he became the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 2019 SEA Games and was appointed Chairman of the Defeat COVID-19 Ad Hoc Committee during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, Cayetano was elected back to the Senate for a third nonconsecutive term.