Senator Juan Edgardo M. Angara

Sen. Sonny Angara took up his basic education at Xavier School, and finished his undergraduate degree in International Relations with honors from the London School of Economics. He finished his law degree at the UP College of Law, and earned his Master of Laws degree from the Harvard Law School.

He is a former member of the House of Representatives for the Province of Aurora from 2004 to 2013 before he was elected to the Senate in 2013. He is the chairman of the ways and means committee, where he is a leading voice in pushing for genuine tax reforms that would help workers and families save and promote social justice. He is the sponsor of the recently enacted RA 10653 that would raise the take-home pay of Filipino workers by increasing the tax exemption cap for 13th month pay and other benefits. He is pushing for a more just and equitable system of income taxation.

He also currently chairs the committee on games, amusement and sports where he is actively pushing for greater support for Filipino athletes. In addition, he is the acting chairman of the committee on labor, and vice chairman of the tourism, foreign affairs, and science and technology committees. Aside from being a legislator, he has also been a lawyer, law professor, and column writer. He is married with three children.