Feliciano Belmonte Jr.

Feliciano R. Belmonte Jr.
Belmonte in 2016
18th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
In office
July 26, 2010  June 30, 2016
Preceded byProspero Nograles
Succeeded byPantaleon Alvarez
In office
January 24, 2001  June 30, 2001
Preceded byArnulfo Fuentebella
Succeeded byJose de Venecia Jr.
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Quezon City's 4th district
In office
June 30, 2010  June 30, 2019
Preceded byNanette Castelo-Daza
Succeeded byBong Suntay
In office
June 30, 1992  June 30, 2001
Preceded byIsmael A. Mathay Jr.
Succeeded byNanette Castelo-Daza
9th Mayor of Quezon City
In office
June 30, 2001  June 30, 2010
Vice MayorHerbert Bautista
Preceded byIsmael A. Mathay Jr.
Succeeded byHerbert Bautista
President of the Government Services Insurance System
In office
1986–1992
Appointed byCorazon C. Aquino
Personal details
Born
Fernando Feliciano Racimo Belmonte Jr.

(1936-10-02) October 2, 1936
Tondo, Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
NationalityFilipino
Political partyIndependent (2018–present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (2009–2018)
Lakas (1992–2009)
Spouse
(m. 1959; died 1994)
RelationsJose Christopher Belmonte (nephew)
Dennis Belmonte (brother)
Children4 (including Joy)
ResidenceQuezon City
EducationLyceum of the Philippines University (LL.B)
ProfessionLawyer

Fernando Feliciano "Sonny" Racimo Belmonte Jr., KGCR (born October 2, 1936) is a Filipino politician who served as the 18th speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from January to June 2001 and from 2010 to 2016. As a Congressman, Belmonte represented Quezon City's 4th congressional district from 1992 to 2001 and 2010 to 2019. Between his two stints in Congress, Belmonte served as the ninth mayor of Quezon City.