This document provides biographical information about Alan Peter Cayetano, a Filipino politician who has held several government positions. It details that he was born in 1970, served as a Senator from 2007-2017 and again since 2022, and held other roles such as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and local councilor and mayor. It also provides information on his education background and some of the key laws he authored related to education, disabilities rights, and other issues.

1. SENATOR OF THE PHILIPPINES
Allan Peter S. Cayetano

2. ALAN PETER CAYETANO
• Alan Peter Schramm
Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]; born October 28,
1970) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and diplomat serving as
a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was
the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013, and later Senate
Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as
the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from
2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of
Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also
served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in
the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, after unsuccessfully
running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's
running mate.

3. • Alan Peter Schramm
Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]; born October 28,
1970) is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and diplomat serving as
a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was
the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013, and later Senate
Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as
the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from
2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of
Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also
served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in
the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte, after unsuccessfully
running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's
running mate.

4. EARLY LIFE
• Cayetano was born in Mandaluyong to lawyer Renato "Compañero"
Cayetano and German-American former school teacher Sandra
Schramm.[3] He was raised in Parañaque and moved to Taguig in
1991.[4] Although he inherited United States citizenship by descent,
he relinquished his U.S. citizenship in 1998.[5]
• Cayetano resides with his family in Bagumbayan, Taguig. His wife, Lani,
is the incumbent Mayor of Taguig and formerly represented
the 1st and 2nd districts of Taguig–Pateros. His older sister, Pia, is an
incumbent Senator and formerly represented the 2nd district of Taguig
at the House of Representatives, where she was also a Deputy
Speaker. His youngest brother, Lino, is a film and television director as
well as a former congressman and mayor of Taguig, while his other
brother Ren is a former councilor of Muntinlupa.

5. EDUCATION
• Cayetano completed both his elementary and secondary education
at De La Salle Santiago Zobel School. In college, he
studied political science at the University of the Philippines
Diliman and graduated in 1993. His college days played an
important role in his political career. Apart from having a senator
as a father, it was in UP where he got his first taste of politics. Just
a year after he entered UP Diliman in 1989, he ran for a post in
the UP Diliman University Student Council and won.[6]
• He then finished his law degree from the Ateneo de Manila
University School of Law in 1997, graduating 2nd Honors (silver
medalist). Thereafter, he was admitted to the Philippine bar in
1998.

6. LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Most of the laws authored by Cayetano focus on education, persons with
disabilities rights, political reforms, health, and environment. Listed below are the laws
that he authored and co-authored during his first two terms as a Philippine Senator
(2007-2017).
• Republic Act No. 10648 – Iskolar ng Bayan Act of 2014. This provided scholarship
grants to top graduates of all public high schools in state-owned universities and
colleges. [8]
• Republic Act No. 9500 – University of the Philippines Charter Act of 2008. [9]
• Republic Act No. 10676 – Student-Athletes Protection Act. This law prohibits the
commercialization of student-athletes. [10]
• Republic Act No. 7277 – Magna Carta for Disabled Persons. This law provides for
the rehabilitation, self-development and self-reliance of disabled persons and their
integration into the mainstream society. [11]
• Republic Act No. 10928 – Amendment of the Philippine Passport Act. This
extended the validity of the Philippine passport to ten (10) years.

7. POLITICAL CAREER
• Councilor of Taguig (1992-1995)[edit]
• Cayetano, then a junior year college student at University of the
Philippines, was elected as councilor of the then-municipality
of Taguig in 1992. Elected at the age of 21, he was one of the youngest
councilors in the country.[6] He became Taguig's Majority Floor Leader
and held various positions, such as the vice-chairperson of the People's
Law Enforcement Board. [13]
• From 1992-1993, Cayetano concurrently served as the chairman of
the National Capital Region Chapter of the National Movement of Young
Legislators.

8. VICE MAYOR OF TAGUIG (1995-1998)
• Cayetano was elected vice mayor of Taguig in the
1995 local elections and served for one term.

9. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1998–2007)
• Cayetano ran for the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in 1998 as the representative of the lone district of
Taguig–Pateros under the Laban ng Makabayang Masang
Pilipino.[6] He was the youngest elected representative at the 11th
Congress at age 27.[13]
• In his first term as a neophyte legislator, Cayetano immediately
held major roles and functions, such as being voted as the
assistant majority leader. He was also chairman of the Oversight
Committee on Bases Conversion and Sub-Committee on New
Schools (Committee on Education), and the vice-chairman of the
Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms.

10. • During his second term in the 12th Congress, Cayetano
became deputy majority leader and the vice-chairman of the
Committee on Rules.[6]
• On his last term in the 13th Congress, he served as the
Senior Deputy Minority Leader and an ex officio member of all
standing House committees. He also became a fierce critic of
then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.