Nacionalista Party

1. NACIONALISTA PARTY

3. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• It began as the country's vehicle for
independence.
• Japanese Occupation:
• Political parties were replaced by the Kapisanan sa
Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (KALIBAPI)
• Second half of the century:
• The party was one of the main political contenders for
leadership in the country

4. • During Japanese Occupation:
• Political parties were asked to merge into the Kilusang
Bagong Lipunan although the Nacionalistas preferred to
go into hibernation.
• Late 1980s and early 1990s:
• The party was revived during the by the Laurel family
which has dominated the Party since the 1950s

5. OFFICERS OF THE NACIONALISTA
PARTY
• Leader: Manny Villar
• President: Manny Villar
• Secretary-General: Alan Peter Cayetano

6. PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE
NACIONALISTA PARTY
• Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Presidents:
Manuel L. Quezon
(2nd President of the
Philippines)
José P. Laurel (3rd
President of the
Philippines)
Sergio Osmeña (4th
President of the
Philippines)

7. • Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Presidents:
Elpidio Quirino (6th
President of the
Philippines)
Ramon Magsaysay
(7th President of the
Philippines)
Carlos P. Garcia (8th
President of the
Philippines)

8. • Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Presidents:
Ferdinand Marcos
(10th President of
the Philippines)
Joseph Estrada (13th
President of the
Philippines)

9. • Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Vice-Presidents:
Fernando Lopez
(4th and 8th Vice-President
of the Philippines;
under Elpidio Quirino,
Ferdinand E. Marcos)
Emmanuel Pelaez (7th Vice-
President of the Philippines;
under Diosdado Macapagal)
Salvador Laurel (10th Vice-
President of the Philippines, 5th
and last Prime Minister; under
President Corazon C. Aquino)

10. • Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Senators:
Claro M. Recto Jose W. Diokno Blas Ople Cipriano Primicias, Jr.

11. • Past Members (The most notable ones)
• Senators:
Eulogio
Rodriguez
Francisco
Tongio
Liongson
Manuel
Briones
Jose
Fuentebella

12. • Current Members (The most notable ones)
• Manuel Villar (former Senator and Nacionalista
president), Party Chairman
• Pia Cayetano (Senator)
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (Senator)
• Antonio Trillanes IV (Senator)
• Justin Marc Chipeco, (Representative from Laguna)

13. • Current Members (The most notable ones)
• Emmy Lou Taliño-Mendoza, (Governor of North Cotabato)
• Jose "Pingping" Tejada, (Representative from North
Cotabato)
• Yevgyeny Vicente Emano, (Representative from Misamis
Oriental)
• Cynthia Villar, (former Representative from Las Piñas City
and current Senator)
• Alan Peter Cayetano, (Senator)

14. • Current Members (The most notable ones)
• Lani Cayetano, (former Representative from Taguig City and Mayor
of Taguig City)
• Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., (former Representative from
Ilocos Norte and current Senator)
• Imelda Marcos, (former First Lady of the Philippines, Ilocos Norte
Representative member of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan but
caucuses with the NP.)
• Imee Marcos, (former Ilocos Norte Representative and Governor of
Ilocos Norte)
• Rommel Jalosjos, (Governor of Zamboanga Sibugay)

15. • Current Members (The most notable ones)
• Juanito Victor C. Remulla (Governor of Cavite, also a
member of Lakas-CMD)
• Elias K. Bulut, Sr., (former Representative and Governor
from Apayao and Mayor of Calanasan, Apayao)
• Wenceslao "Peewee" B. Trinidad, (Former Pasay City
Mayor)
• Homer T. Saquilayan (Former Mayor of Imus, Cavite)

16. • They dominated the Philippine Assembly (1907–
1916), the Philippine Legislature (1916–1935),
and the pre-war years of the Commonwealth of
the Philippines (1935–1941)

17. IDEOLOGY
• Filipino Nationalism
• Conservatism
• Social Conservatism
• Economic Liberalism

18. PLATFORMS
• “Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat”
• Prioritizing the Filipino people

19. POSITION IN THE SPECTRUM
• Center-right