Jinggoy Estrada
Jinggoy Estrada | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Senator of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2022 | |
| In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2016 | |
| President of the Senate of the Philippines | |
Acting | |
| In office June 5, 2013 – July 22, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Ponce Enrile |
| Succeeded by | Franklin Drilon |
| President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines | |
| In office May 20, 2024 – September 8, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Loren Legarda |
| Succeeded by | Ping Lacson |
| In office July 23, 2007 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Flavier |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Recto |
| 16th Mayor of San Juan | |
| In office June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001 | |
| Vice Mayor | Philip Cezar |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Sto. Domingo |
| Succeeded by | Philip Cezar (acting) JV Ejercito |
| Vice Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila | |
| In office June 30, 1988 – June 30, 1992 | |
| Succeeded by | Philip Cezar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. February 17, 1963 Manila, Philippines |
| Party | PMP (since 1991) |
| Other political affiliations | UNA (2012–2015) Liberal (1987–1991) |
| Spouse |
Ma. Presentacion Vitug
(m. 1989) |
| Children | 4, including Julian |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Estrada (father) Loi Estrada (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Manila (AB) Lyceum of the Philippines University (LL.B) |
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| Website | jinggoyestrada |
| Nickname | "Jingle Bells" |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2020–present |
| Genres | |
| Subscribers | 75 thousand |
| Views | 3.7 million |
| Last updated: May 3, 2023 | |
| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Released on bail pending appeal |
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| Criminal penalty |
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Date apprehended | June 23, 2014 |
Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. (born February 17, 1963), better known as Jinggoy Estrada or Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and actor serving as a senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016. He served as president pro tempore of the Senate from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2024 to 2025. He also briefly became the acting Senate President in 2013 after Juan Ponce Enrile's resignation. Before serving in the Senate, he was the vice mayor (1988–1992) and later mayor (1992–2001) of San Juan when it was still a municipality.
Estrada has been detained twice for corruption charges. In April 2001, he and his father, ousted president Joseph Estrada, were arrested after being charged with plunder. He was released in 2003, elected to the Senate in 2004, and was acquitted in 2007. In 2014, he was charged and detained for allegedly embezzling ₱183 million from his discretionary funds in a scandal known as the pork barrel scam. In 2016, he was released after being allowed to post bail. He sought reelection in the 2019 Senate election but lost. He ran again in 2022 and won a Senate seat. In 2024, Estrada was convicted on one count of committing direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. He was sentenced to 8 to 9 years for direct bribery, 2 to 3 years for indirect bribery and ordered to pay a fine of ₱3 million. In August 2024, the Sandiganbayan reversed Estrada's conviction of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery.
Outside politics, Estrada, like his father, is also an actor who has starred in numerous action films. He won the Best Actor Award in the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival for the film Katas ng Saudi.