Aquilino Pimentel III

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This name utilizes Philippine naming traditions. The matronymic is de la Llana a
nd the patronymic is Pimentel.
The Honorable
Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel IV
Koko Pimentel.jpg
28th Senate President of the Philippines
Officeholder
Expected office
July 25, 2016
Gone before by Franklin Drilon
Representative of the Philippines
Officeholder
Expected office
August 15, 2011
National Youth Commission Commissioner for Mindanao
In office
1996 1998
Individual subtle elements
Born

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III

January 20, 1964 (age 52)

Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Nationality

Filipino

Political party PDP Laban

Children

Aquilino Martin Emmanuel L. Pimentel VI

Aquilino Justo L. Pimentel VII

Alma mater

Ateneo de Manila University

College of the Philippines Diliman

Occupation

Lawyer

Profession

Lecturer

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III, usually known as Koko Pimentel, is a F

ilipino lawmaker who is the 28th and current Senate President of the Philippines
.[1][2] He is additionally the present president of the Partido ng Demokratikong
Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). As the eldest child of the previous Senate
President Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., he is the main offspring of a past senate pre
sident to hold the post.[3] He was sworn in on August 11, 2011 and announced as th
e twelfth winning congressperson in the 2007 election.[4]
Substance [hide]
1

Early life

Political vocation

2.1

2001 race

2.2

2007 race

2.3

Election dissent

2.4

2013 race

2.5

Senate President (2016-present)

References

External connections

Early life[edit]
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III was conceived on January 20, 1964
gayan de Oro City, Philippines.[5][6] His folks are Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
s more, Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. His dad was an attorney and dignitary
w at Xavier University at the season of his introduction to the world. The
r Pimentel in the long run turned into a senator.[6]

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Pimentel earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Ateneo de Man
ila University and his Bachelor of Laws from University of the Philippines Colle
ge of Law.[5][6] He finished the 1990 Philippine Bar Examinations with a score o
f 89.85 percent.[7]
Pimentel started functioning as a legal counselor in 1990, and was official (spe
aking to Mindanao) on the National Youth Commission from 1995 to 1998. He was a
teacher for the University of the East College of Law from 2007 to 2010 furtherm
ore for the MBA-JD Program of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business and F
ar Eastern University Institute of Law from 2006 until his race to the senate in
August 2011.[5] He was presented Doctor of Humanities honoris causa by the Poly
technic University of the Philippines on May 18, 2012.[8]
In January 2000, Pimentel wedded 1998 Miss Universe Philippines, Jewel May Lobat
on who is a cousin of Juan Miguel Zubiri's significant other Audrey Tan, with wh
om he has two sons.[9] They have been living independently since November 2011.[
10]
Political career[edit]
2001 election[edit]

Pimentel kept running for Cagayan de Oro City chairman in 2001 yet lost.[11]
2007 election[edit]
Running in just his second race in the May 14, 2007 senatorial races, Pimentel w
as barely crushed by Bukidnon Congressman Miguel Zubiri for the twelfth and last
opening in the Philippine Senate. The limited edge of 18,372 votes was ferventl
y, especially the votes from the southern Philippine territory of Maguindanao, w
here Pimentel had lost vigorously to Zubiri.[12]
Race protest[edit]
Primary article: Pimentel versus Zubiri appointive challenge
Asserting the votes in Maguindanao were spoiled, Pimentel appealed to the Suprem
e Court to issue a controlling request against the announcement of Zubiri. With
the vote tied at 7 7, the High Tribunal did not give Pimentel's appeal. In any cas
e, then Chief Justice Reynato Puno was among the 7 jusctices who supported Pimen
tel's petition.[13]
On July 14, 2007, Pimentel documented an appointive challenge to the Senate Elec
toral Tribunal (SET). In the wake of discovering justification for a describe, t
he SET continued with the protest.[14] On August 11, 2011, Pimentel won the diss
ent and was declared the legitimate champ after Zubiri's resignation.[15]
2013 election[edit]
Pimentel was incorporated into the United Nationalist Alliance's waitlist of pos
sibility for the forthcoming 2013 race, however his long-lasting enemy Migz Zubi
ri was likewise included on the senatorial rundown of UNA. Rather than running w
ith Zubiri, he kept running under the organization coalition of the Liberal Part
y. Pimentel won amid the races, putting eighth.
Senate President (2016-present)[edit]
On July 25, 2016, Pimentel was chosen as Senate President with 20 out of 23 repr
esentatives voting to support him, not long after the opening of the seventeenth
Congress of the Philippines.[16] He, alongside his dad Aquilino Pimentel Jr., i
s the main father-and-child couple being chosen as Senate President in Philippin
e History (the senior Pimentel served as Senate President from November 13, 2000
to July 23, 2001).[17]
References[edit]
Hop up ^ Lardizabal. C. (2016, July 26). Koko Pimentel chose as Senate President
of seventeenth Congress. CNN Philippines.
Hop up ^ Pimentel chose as Senate president. (2016, July 25). The Philippine Sta
r.
Hop up ^ Quismundo, T. (2016, July 26). The child likewise rises: Koko Pimentel
leaves a mark on the world. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hop up ^ Pimentel broadcasted as representative. Sunstar.com.ph (2011-08-04). Re
covered on 2011-08-12.
^ Jump up to: a b c About Koko.
^ Jump up to: a b c Bio Data. The Official Website of Senator Aquilino "Nene" Q.

Pimentel, Jr.
Bounce up ^ Bar Topnotchers 1989-1992. ChanRobles

Virtual Law Library.

Bounce up ^ Commencement Address of Senator Koko Pimentel for Polytechnic Univer

sity of the Philippines May 18, 2012
Bounce up ^ Macairan, E. (2013, August 14). Koko's better half eyes "misuse" rap
s. The Philippine Star.
Bounce up ^ Esguerra, C. V. and Ager, M. (2012, May 23). It's authentic: Koko Pi
mentel, spouse go separate ways. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Bounce up ^ MACARAIG, AYEE. "Aquilino Martin "Koko" Pimentel III: 'It's muddled'
(September 30, 2012)". Rappler. Recovered 29 July 2016.
Bounce up ^ Zubiri declared twelfth Senator. Inquirer.net. Recovered on 2011-0812.
Bounce up ^ SC clears route for Zubiri decree. Inquirer.net. Recovered on 2011-0
8-12.
Hop up ^ Linda Jumilla Tribunal discovers premise to continue with Koko 2007 dec
isions challenge. abs-cbnnews. June 19, 2008
Hop up ^ Koko Pimentel authoritatively declared congressperson, Yahoo! Philippin
es News, August 11, 2011, recovered 2011-08-11
Hop up ^ Ager, Maila. "Koko Pimentel takes Senate administration by 20-3 vote".
newsinfo.inquirer.net. Recovered 29 July 2016.
Hop up ^ Elemia, Camille. "first in PH history: Father, child chose Senate Presi
dent (July 28, 2016)". Recovered 29 July 2016.
Outer links[edit]
Aquilino Koko Pimentel's Biodata
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e fifteenth Congress of the PhilippinesAteneo de Manila University alumniUnivers
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