Martin Romualdez
Martin Romualdez | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines | |
| Assumed office July 25, 2022 | |
| Deputy | See list
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| Preceded by | Lord Allan Velasco |
| House Majority Leader | |
| In office July 22, 2019 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Fredenil Castro |
| Succeeded by | Mannix Dalipe |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Leyte's 1st district | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Yedda Marie Romualdez |
| In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Remedios Petilla |
| Succeeded by | Yedda Marie Romualdez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez November 14, 1963 Manila, Philippines |
| Political party | Lakas–CMD |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 (including Andrew Julian) |
| Parent(s) | Benjamin Romualdez (father) Juliette Gomez-Romualdez (mother) |
| Alma mater | |
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈgɔmɛs ɾoˈmwɐldɛs], born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer, and politician who has served as the 24th speaker of the House of Representatives since 2022. He has also served as the representative for Leyte's first district since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016. He was previously the House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022. He is a first cousin of President Bongbong Marcos.
Born to the fourth generation of the Romualdez family, he graduated from Cornell University in the United States and pursued legal studies at the University of the Philippines College of Law, being admitted to the bar in 1993. Romualdez entered government in 2007 after being elected to the House of Representatives, being subsequently reelected in 2010 and 2013. Upon being term-limited as a representative in 2016, he sought a seat in the Senate and lost.
Romualdez was elected back to the lower chamber in 2019. During his second tenure, he managed the successful vice presidential campaign of Sara Duterte. He was subsequently elected as speaker in 2022. During his speakership, Romualdez played a key role in the Marcos–Duterte rift and pursued constitutional reforms that were marred by irregularities.