Rodante Marcoleta
Rodante Marcoleta | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate Deputy Minority Leader | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office September 9, 2025 Serving with Joel Villanueva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Alan Peter Cayetano | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Risa Hontiveros | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate Deputy Majority Leader | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office July 30, 2025 – September 8, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Joel Villanueva | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mark Villar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Risa Hontiveros | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senator of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office July 29, 2019 – June 1, 2022 Serving with several others | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Speaker | Alan Peter Cayetano Lord Allan Velasco | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Representatives for SAGIP | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Representatives for Alagad | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Rodante Dizon Marcoleta July 29, 1953 Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent (2024–present) PDP (2021–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | SAGIP (Party-list) (2015–2025) Alagad (Party-list) (2004–2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Edna Magbitang | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3, including Paolo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | San Sebastian College (LL.B) University of the East (MBA) University of the Philippines Diliman (D.P.A) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rodante Dizon Marcoleta (English: /mɑːrkəˈlɛtə/, Tagalog: [roˈdante maɾkɔˈlɛta]; born July 29, 1953) is a Filipino television host, lawyer, and politician who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2025. A former member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, he served as the representative for the SAGIP Partylist from 2016 to 2025 and as the representative for the Alagad Party-list from 2004 to 2013. He is the first elected Philippine senator affiliated with the Iglesia ni Cristo.
During his tenure in the lower house, he chaired the Committee on Poverty Alleviation (2009), and later the Special Committee on Globalization and WTO (2018). Marcoleta also chaired the CA Committee on Public Works and Highways, and as assistant majority leader of the Commission on Appointments until he was unanimously expelled from five committees. He served as a senior deputy House majority leader from 2018 to 2019, and as a deputy speaker from 2019 to 2022.