Hon. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel IIIChairperson at Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship
Senator Aquilino “Koko” de la Llana Pimentel III traces his family roots to Region 1 - Ilocos Norte, Region 3 - Zambales, and of course Mindanao.
Senator Koko is married to Ma. Anna Kathryna de Guzman Yu-Pimentel of Marikina City and Bulan, Sorsogon in Bicol; and has three children: Aquilino Martin Emmanuel VI, Aquilino Justo VII and Ma. Kathryn Helena.
Senator Koko is a former Senate President, just like his father Senate President Nene Pimentel. They are the first father and son to have become Senate President.
He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the Commission on Appointments’ Chairman for Committee on Justice and Judicial and Bar Council.
Born on January 20, 1964 in Cagayan de Oro City, Senator Koko received his Law degree from the University of the Philippines and topped the Bar Examinations in 1990 with a grade of 89.85%. He earlier graduated with a degree in B. S. Mathematics from the Ateneo de Mania as an NSDB scholar. Senator Koko was awarded Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa by the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in 2012, and Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa by the University of the Philippines in 2017.
He became Senator in August 2011 after he won his election protest and was elected in the 2013 Elections, and again in 2019.
Senator Koko has been a member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban) since 1982. He now holds the position of Executive Vice-Chairman of PDP Laban.
Senator Koko is a believer in Theism, Humanism, Democratic Socialism, Enlightened Nationalism, Consultative Democracy and an advocate of a Federal System of Government.
Senator Koko is together with the Filipino people in their clamor for Change, and in this regard he is guided by his mantra “The Poorest First!” and that we should “use our KOKOte!” in determining what is good for our country.
Thus, Senator Koko Pimentel calls on Filipinos to be productive citizens and positive force for change that will lead us to achieving our vision of a Philippine society which is JUST and FAIR, which SAVES and SHARES, which is SCIENTIFIC and OBJECTIVE, SAFE and PEACEFUL, EDUCATED and HEALTHY, DEMOCRATIC, and which is, most of all, HAPPY and FREE, with overflowing LOVE OF GOD and COUNTRY!