The following is a list of members of the Philippine Congress and its various iterations who died in office.
Member | Party | District | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisco Tongio Liongson | Nacionalista | 3rd | February 20, 1919 | 49 | ||
Espiridion Guanco | Nacionalista | 8th | May 2, 1925 | 50 | ||
Santiago Lucero[1] | Democrata | 3rd | November 2, 1925 | 54 | ||
Tomás Gómez[1] | Nacionalista | 9th | July 28, 1926 | 48-49 | ||
Jose Maria Arroyo[1] | Nacionalista | 7th | March 8, 1927[2] | 51-52 | ||
Mariano Yulo | Nacionalista | 8th | July 11, 1929 | 65 | Car accident | |
Juan B. Alegre | Democrata | 6th | June 14, 1931 | 49 | Gastric ulcer[3] | |
Potenciano Treñas | Nacionalista | 7th | June 10, 1934[4] | 40 | ||
José Clarín | Nacionalista | 11th | June 2, 1935 | 55 | Lung tumor[5] |
Member | Party | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
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Norberto Romualdez[1] | Nacionalista | November 4, 1941 | 66 | Heart attack | |
Daniel Maramba | Nacionalista | December 28, 1941 | 71 | Tuberculosis[6] | |
José Ozámiz | Nacionalista | February 11, 1944 | 45 | Executed by the Japanese during World War II[7] | |
Vicente Y. Sotto | Popular Front | March 28, 1950[8] | 73 | ||
Tomás Confesor | Nacionalista | June 6, 1951 | 60 | Heart attack[9] | |
Emiliano Tria Tirona[1] | Liberal | April 8, 1952 | 70 | Lung cancer | |
Esteban Abada | Liberal | December 17, 1954[10] | 58 | ||
Ruperto Kangleon[1] | Democratic | February 27, 1958 | 58 | Heart attack | |
Claro M. Recto | Nacionalista | October 2, 1960 | 70 | Heart attack[11] | |
Mariano Jesús Cuenco | Nacionalista | February 25, 1964[12] | 76 | ||
Eulogio Rodriguez | Nacionalista | December 9, 1964 | 81 | Heart attack[13] | |
Gaudencio Antonino | Liberal | November 13, 1967 | 58 | Helicopter crash[14] | |
Marcelo Fernan | LDP | July 11, 1999[15] | 71 | Cancer | |
Renato Cayetano | Lakas | June 25, 2003 | 68 | Abdominal cancer[16] |
Member | Party | Province
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melecio Cojuangco | Progresista | Tarlac (1st district) |
March 13, 1909 | Heart attack[17] | ||
Dimas Guzman | Nacionalista | Isabela (Lone district) |
March 18, 1909 | |||
Manuel Gavieres[18] | Nacionalista | Surigao (Lone district) |
May 31, 1910 | |||
Teofilo Castillejos[18] | Nacionalista | Batanes (Lone district) |
July 22, 1910 | |||
Aguedo Velarde[18] | Nacionalista | Bulacan (1st district) |
December 22, 1913 | |||
Emilio Acevedo[18] | Nacionalista | Capiz (2nd district) |
July 27, 1914 | |||
Melecio Severino | Nacionalista | Negros Occidental (1st district) |
May 16, 1915 | 48[19] |
Member | Party | Province
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Augusto Reyes[18] | Nacionalista | Cavite (Lone district) |
3 July 1925 | |||
Antero Soriano | Nacionalista | Cavite (Lone district) |
15 June 1929 | 41 | Appendicitis | |
Froilan Pavericio[18] | Democrata | Albay (1st district) |
9 August 1931 | |||
Mariano Leuterio[18] | Nacionalista | Mindoro (Lone district) |
April 23, 1932 |
Member | Party | Province
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julio Nalundasan[20] | Nacionalista | Ilocos Norte (2nd district) |
20 September 1935 | 41 | Assassinated | |
Ruperto Kapunan | Nacionalista | Leyte (5th district) |
4 February 1939 | |||
Ruperto Montinola[18] | Nacionalista | Iloilo (2nd district) |
10 February 1940 | |||
Norberto Romualdez | Nacionalista | Leyte (4th district) |
November 4, 1941 | 66 | Heart attack | |
Atanasio Ampig | Nacionalista | Iloilo (3rd district) |
December 17, 1941 | Died in the sinking of the SS Corregidor during World War II | ||
Juan M. Reyes | Nacionalista | Capiz (3rd district) |
December 17, 1941 | Died in the sinking of the SS Corregidor during World War II |
Member | Party | Province
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
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Vicente Agan[18] | Nacionalista | Batanes (Lone district) |
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Leon Valencia[18] | Nacionalista | Bulacan (1st district) |
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Eusebio Orense[18] | Nacionalista | Batangas (2nd district) |
February 23, 1942 | |||
Wenceslao Vinzons[21] | Young Philippines | Camarines Norte (Lone district) |
July 15, 1942 | 31 | Executed by the Japanese during World War II | |
Manuel Fortich[18] | Nacionalista | Bukidnon (Lone district) |
January 15, 1943 | |||
Antonio Llamas[18] | Nacionalista | Bataan (Lone district) |
March 1945 | Killed by the Japanese during World War II | ||
Crisanto Guysayko[18] | Nacionalista | Laguna (2nd district) |
May 26, 1945 | 55-56 | ||
Carlos Fortich Sr.[22] | Liberal | Bukidnon (Lone district) |
October 12, 1946 | |||
Gaudencio Dimaisip[18] | Nacionalista | Iloilo (4th district) |
November 11, 1947 | |||
Nicolas Rafols | Nacionalista | Cebu (6th district) |
May 2, 1947 | 52-53 | ||
Emilio dela Paz Sr.[18] | Nacionalista | Rizal (2nd district) |
August 30, 1951 | |||
Lorenzo Ziga[18] | Liberal | Albay (1st district) |
November 4, 1954 | |||
Gregorio Bienvenido Tan[18] | Nacionalista | Samar (1st district) |
November 4, 1954 | |||
Pedro Lopez | Nacionalista | Cebu (2nd district) |
March 17, 1957 | Plane crash[23] | ||
Eugenio Perez[24] | Liberal | Pangasinan (2nd district) |
August 4, 1957 | 60 | ||
Pio Duran | Nacionalista | Albay (3rd district) |
February 8, 1961 | |||
Vicente Gustilo[18] | Nacionalista | Negros Occidental (1st district) |
December 17, 1962 | |||
Apolinario Apacible[18] | Nacionalista | Batangas (1st district) |
August 22, 1963 | |||
Tobias Fornier | Nacionalista | Antique (Lone district) |
October 31, 1964 | |||
Ramon Tabiana | Liberal | Iloilo (3rd district) |
December 20, 1964 | |||
Eladio Balite[18] | Liberal | Samar (1st district) |
August 24, 1967 | |||
Isidro Kintanar | Nacionalista | Cebu (4th district) |
April 8, 1968 | 52 | Heart attack | |
Vicente Peralta | Nacionalista | Sorsogon (2nd district) |
June 13, 1968 | |||
Salud Vivero Parreño | Nacionalista | Leyte (2nd district) |
December 27, 1969 | |||
Floro Crisologo | Nacionalista | Ilocos Sur (1st district) |
October 18, 1970 | 62 | Assassinated[25] |
Member | Party | Province/City
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cesar Climaco | UNIDO | Zamboanga City (at-large) |
November 14, 1984 | 68 | Assassinated[26] | |
Salipada Pendatun | KBL | Maguindanao (at-large) |
January 27, 1985 | 72 | Car accident[27] |
Member | Party | Province/City
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moises Tapia | Independent | Catanduanes (Lone district) |
November 15, 1987 | Plane crash[28] | ||
Efren Sarte[18] | Liberal | Albay (3rd district) |
July 22, 1988 | |||
Moises Espinosa | LDP | Masbate (3rd district) |
March 17, 1989 | 55 | Assassinated[29] | |
Estelita Juco[30] | Independent | Sectoral (Women and the Disabled) |
July 12, 1989 | n/a | ||
Rogaciano Mercado | LABAN | Bulacan (4th district) |
November 13, 1989 | 73 | Heart attack[31] | |
Omar Dianalan | Liberal | Lanao del Sur (1st district) |
April 30, 1990 | |||
Mario Tagarao[18] | Liberal | Quezon (2nd district) |
April 23, 1990 | n/a | ||
Gerardo Roxas Jr. | Liberal | Capiz (1st district) |
April 4, 1993 | 32 | Colon cancer[32] | |
Joseph Sibug[33] | Independent | Sectoral (Cultural Minority) |
February 14, 1994 | |||
Tito Espinosa | Lakas | Masbate (1st district) |
February 27, 1995 | Assassinated[34] | ||
Catalino Nava | Lakas | Guimaras (Lone district) |
December 3, 1995[35] | n/a | ||
Teodulo Natividad[18] | LDP | Bulacan (1st district) |
January 9, 1997 | 72 | Prostate cancer | |
Magdaleno Palacol Sr. | Lakas | Laguna (4th district) |
1997 | 78-79 | [36] | |
Elias Lopez | Lakas | Davao City (3rd district) |
1997 | 78-79 | [37] | |
Andres Dinglasan Jr. | Independent | Sectoral (Labor) |
1997 | [36] | ||
Emigdio Bondoc | Lakas | Pampanga (4th district) |
November 25, 1997 | 69 | Car accident[38] | |
Percival Catane[18] | Lakas | Misamis Occidental (1st district) |
July 15, 1998 | |||
Norma Imperial[18] | LAMMP | Albay (2nd district) |
September 29, 2000 | |||
Hilarion Ramiro Jr. | Independent | Misamis Occidental (2nd district) |
January 5, 2001 | 62 | Heart attack | |
Marcial Punzalan Jr. | LAMMP | Quezon (2nd district) |
May 12, 2001 | 54 | Assassinated[39] | |
Rodolfo Aguinaldo | LAMMP | Cagayan (3rd district) |
June 12, 2001 | 54 | Assassinated[40] | |
Napoleon Beratio | LDP | Cavite (3rd district) |
August 7, 2002 | 66 | Pancreatic cancer[41] | |
Reynaldo Calalay | LDP | Quezon City (1st district) |
January 11, 2003 | |||
Antonio Abaya | Lakas | Isabela (4th district) |
February 26, 2003 | 68 | Brain cancer[42] | |
Benjamin Cruz[18] | Butil Farmers Party | Party-list (BUTIL) |
October 15, 2004 | |||
Romualdo Vicencio[43] | Lakas | Northern Samar (2nd district) |
July 26, 2006 | 72 | ||
Luis Bersamin Jr. | KAMPI | Abra (Lone district) |
December 16, 2006 | 62 | Assassinated[44] | |
Ernesto Gidaya | Veterans Freedom Party | Party-list (VETERANS) |
January 29, 2007 | |||
Antonio Serapio | NPC | Valenzuela City (2nd district) |
February 19, 2007 | 69 | Car accident caused by a heart attack[45] | |
Wahab Akbar | Lakas | Basilan (Lone district) |
November 13, 2007 | 47 | Assassinated in the Batasang Pambansa bombing[46] | |
Victor Dominguez | KAMPI | Mountain Province (Lone district) |
February 9, 2008 | 72 | Heart attack[47] | |
Crispin Beltran | Anakpawis | Party-list (ANAKPAWIS) |
May 20, 2008 | 75 | Injuries from a fall[48] | |
Danilo Lagbas | Lakas | Misamis Oriental (1st district) |
June 8, 2008 | 56 | Heart attack[49] | |
Leonila Chavez | Butil Farmers Party | Party-list (BUTIL) |
January 28, 2010 | 75 | Stroke[50] | |
Jose Yap | Lakas | Tarlac (2nd district) |
March 2, 2010 | 81 | Prostate cancer[51] | |
Florencio Vargas | Lakas | Cagayan (2nd district) |
July 22, 2010 | 79 | Heart attack[52] | |
Antonio Diaz | WPP | Zambales (2nd district) |
August 3, 2011 | 83 | Pneumonia[53] | |
Ignacio Arroyo, Jr. | Lakas | Negros Occidental (5th district) |
January 26, 2012 | 60 | Liver cirrhosis[54] | |
Salvador Escudero III | Liberal | Sorsogon (1st district) |
August 13, 2012 | 69 | Colon cancer[55] | |
Erico Aumentado | NPC | Bohol (1st district) |
December 25, 2012 | 72 | Pneumonia[56] | |
Pedro Romualdo | NPC | Camiguin (Lone district) |
April 24, 2013 | 77 | Pneumonia[57] | |
Enrique Cojuangco | NPC | Tarlac (1st district) |
May 12, 2015 | 74 | Aneurysm[58] | |
Elmer Panotes | Lakas | Camarines Norte (2nd district) |
September 16, 2015 | 75 | Pneumonia caused by prostate cancer[59] | |
Roy Señeres | OFW Family Club | Party-list (OFW FAMILY) |
February 8, 2016 | 68 | Heart attack[60] | |
Enrique Garcia Jr. | NUP | Bataan (2nd district) |
June 13, 2016 | 75 | Pneumonia caused by a liver ailment[61] | |
Habib Tupay Loong | NUP | Sulu (1st district) |
July 1, 2016 | 69 | Liver cirrhosis[62] | |
Jum Jainudin Akbar | Liberal | Basilan (Lone district) |
November 11, 2016 | 53 | Heart attack[63] | |
Maximo Dalog | Liberal | Mountain Province (Lone district) |
June 3, 2017 | 70 | Kidney failure[64] | |
Henedina Abad | Liberal | Batanes (Lone district) |
October 8, 2017 | 62 | Cancer[65] | |
Ciriaco Calalang | Kabalikat ng Mamamayan | Party-list (KABAYAN) |
September 23, 2018 | 67 | Stroke[66] | |
Rodel Batocabe | Ako Bicol | Party-list (AKO BICOL) |
December 22, 2018 | 52 | Assassinated[67] | |
Rodolfo Albano Jr. | LPG Marketers Association | Party-list (LPGMA) |
November 5, 2019 | 85 | Heart failure[68] | |
Nestor Fongwan[69] | PDP–Laban | Benguet (Lone district) |
December 19, 2019 | 68 | ||
Marissa Mercado-Andaya | NPC | Camarines Sur (2nd district) |
July 5, 2020 | 51 | Cancer[70] | |
Francisco Datol Jr. | Senior Citizens Partylist | Party-list (SENIOR CITIZENS) |
August 10, 2020 | 71 | COVID-19[71] | |
Bernardita Ramos | NPC | Sorsogon (2nd district) |
September 8, 2020 | 76 | COVID-19[72] | |
Raul del Mar[73] | Liberal | Cebu City (1st district) |
November 16, 2020 | 79 | ||
Resurreccion Acop | NUP | Antipolo (2nd district) |
May 28, 2021 | 73 | COVID-19[74] | |
Carlos Cojuangco[75] | NPC | Tarlac (1st district) |
February 22, 2022 | 58 | ||
Marisol Panotes[76] | PDP–Laban | Camarines Norte (2nd district) |
April 29, 2022 | 76 | ||
Edward Hagedorn[77] | PDP–Laban | Palawan (3rd district) |
October 3, 2023 | 76 | Pancreatic cancer | |
Edgardo Salvame | PRP | Palawan (1st district) |
March 13, 2024 | 61[78] | ||
Elpidio Barzaga Jr. | NUP | Cavite (4th district) |
April 27, 2024 | 74[79] |