Vicente Castelo Sotto III
Senator and President of the Senate
Quezon City
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🎓Education
📋Track Record
★Achievements
Longest-Serving Senator in Philippine History
Only senator in Philippine history to be elected five non-consecutive terms, making him the longest-serving senator on record
2025
Inquirer — Sotto Longest-Serving SenatorComposed 'Magkaisa' — Anthem of People Power Revolution
Composed the iconic Filipino song 'Magkaisa,' which became the anthem of the 1986 People Power Revolution that ousted Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
1986
Wikipedia — Tito Sotto★ Community Trust
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👑Political Dynasty
Sotto Family
Tito Sotto — 3rd Generation
A political dynasty occurs when multiple members of the same family hold public office. The 1987 Philippine Constitution calls on Congress to prohibit political dynasties, but no law has been passed.
Vicente Yap Sotto Sr.
Senator of the Philippines (1946–1950), Representative for Cebu 2nd District (1922–1925); author of the Press Freedom Law
Filemón Yap Sotto
Senator of the Philippine Legislature (1916–1922), Congressman for Cebu 3rd District in the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), Delegate to the 1934 Constitutional Convention
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