Koko Pimentel

Koko Pimentel
Koko Pimentel
	Official portrait, 2022
Senate Minority Leader
	In office; July 25, 2022 – June 30, 2025
Preceded by	Franklin Drilon
Succeeded by	Tito Sotto
28th President of the Senate of the Philippines
	In office; July 25, 2016 – May 21, 2018
Preceded by	Franklin Drilon
Succeeded by	Tito Sotto
Senator of the Philippines
	In office; August 11, 2011 – June 30, 2025
Preceded by	In office; July 23, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Senate positions
Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
	In office; July 23, 2019 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Loren Legarda
Succeeded by	Imee Marcos
Chair of the Senate Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Committee
	In office; May 25, 2018 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Migz Zubiri
Succeeded by	Mark Villar
Chair of the Senate Electoral Reforms and People's Participation Committee
	In office; July 24, 2018 – June 30, 2019
Preceded by	Leila de Lima
Succeeded by	Imee Marcos
	In office; July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Leila de Lima
Chair of the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee
	In office; August 21, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Preceded by	Sonny Angara
Succeeded by	Alan Peter Cayetano
	In office; July 22, 2013 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Francis Escudero
Succeeded by	Leila de Lima
Commissioner of the National Youth Commission for Mindanao
	In office; 1996–1998
President	Fidel V. Ramos
Chairperson	Amina Rasul
Personal details
Born	Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III; January 20, 1964; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Party	Nacionalista (2024–present)
Other political; affiliations	PDP–Laban (2001–2021; claims continued membership)
Spouses	; Jewel May Lobaton (m. 2000; ann. 2018) ; Kathryna Yu (m. 2018)
Children	3
Parents	Aquilino Pimentel Jr.; Lourdes de la Llana;
Alma mater	Ateneo de Manila University (BS); University of the Philippines Diliman (LL.B)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer; lecturer;

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Aquilino Martin "Koko" de la Llana Pimentel III (Tagalog pronunciation: [pimenˈtel]; born January 20, 1964) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as a senator of the Philippines from 2011 to 2025. During his tenure, he served as Senate president from 2016 to 2018 and Senate minority leader from 2022 to 2025.

The eldest son of former Senate president Nene Pimentel, the younger Pimentel is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the office. Pimentel narrowly lost his bid for the Senate in 2007 to Migz Zubiri, which led to an electoral protest that overturned the initial result, resulting in his proclamation as a senator, taking office in August 2011, four years following the election. Pimentel was subsequently re-elected to the Senate in 2013 under Team PNoy and in 2019 under the Hugpong ng Pagbabago.

Pimentel ran in the 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections to represent Marikina's first district in the lower house, facing off against Marcelino Teodoro, the outgoing mayor of Marikina. He lost to Teodoro by a wide margin.