Laban Ng Demokratikong Pilipino - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. - former House Speaker and Party's Standard-bearer during the 1992 Elections.
  • Fidel V. Ramos - former President, lost the party's nomination to the House Speaker Ramon Mitra and formed his own party, Lakas ng Tao, now named Lakas-Kampi-CMD.
  • Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr. - one of the original founders, left the party in 1997 together with Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to form Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi).
  • Neptali Gonzales - former Senate President.
  • Edgardo Angara - present party president, former Senate President and four term Senator; the longest serving Senator in the post-EDSA Congress
  • Blas Ople - former Senator, Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
  • Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - former President of the Philippines. She quit the party in early 1997 to form her own political party, Kampi.
  • Vicente Sotto III - Senator, LDP member from 1992-1997 and left together with Arroyo to form Kampi. However during the Estrada administration he returned to the party before and left again in 2007 to join the Nationalist People's Coalition.
  • Teresa Aquino-Oreta - former Senator, LDP member from 1988-2007 before joining Nationalist People's Coalition.
  • Rodolfo Biazon - Congressman, former Senator, erstwhile party stalwart before joining the Liberal Party of the Philippines in the 2004 Elections.
  • Teofisto Guingona, Jr. - former Vice-President, used to be with LDP before he was appointed as Justice Secretary during the Ramos Administration.
  • Panfilo Lacson - Senator
  • Bellaflor Angara-Castillo - Governor of Aurora Province.
  • Juan Edgardo Angara - Congressman of Aurora Province's Lone District (2004-2013)
  • Celso Lobregat - 3 term Congressman and Mayor of Zamboanga City
  • Jose E. Calingasan - Congressmen, 4th District of Batangas, Most Outstanding Congressmen in the History of Batangas, Also a Former Philippine Ambassador

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