Aquilino Pimentel, Jr..
President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2000 to 2001
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About Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
Aquilino Quilinging Pimentel Jr., commonly known as Nene Pimentel, was a Filipino politician and human rights lawyer who was one of the leading political opposition leaders during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the People Power Revolution in 1986, which removed Marcos from power. He co-founded the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) and served as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2000 to 2001. He is the father of former Senator Aquilino Pimentel III. In 2018, Pimentel was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.
Everything about Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. →- Occupation
- university teacher, writer, politician
- Position held
- majority leader of the Senate of the Philippines, minority leader of the Senate of the Philippines, President of the Senate of the Philippines, member of the House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Born
- December 11, 1933
- Died
- October 20, 2019