Ties of Philippine presidents and vice presidents through the years

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Mayor Sara Duterte ran under the "Uniteam" ticket in the 2022 election, both winning a landslide victory as president and vice president.

Concurrently, Duterte was appointed Education Secretary and vice chairperson of an anti-communist task force.

Two years later, Duterte resigned from both posts after her father's camp, former president Rodrigo Duterte, traded barbs with the Marcos administration over various issues.

Duterte was not the first vice president to resign from her appointed position as all other past vice presidents had resigned, except for former Vice President Noli de Castro.

Aquino-Laurel

President Corazon Aquino served from 1986 to 1992 with Vice President Salvador Laurel, following the ouster of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in 1986 during the People Power Revolution. 

Laurel took the Department of Foreign Affairs portfolio as its Secretary, but he would resign one year later, citing a “fundamental disagreement” with Aquino.

Ramos-Estrada

During the 1992 elections, Fidel V. Ramos ran for president with Cebu Governor Emilio Osmeña, who lost to Senator Joseph Estrada for the position of vice president. They served from 1992 to 1998.

He was appointed as the chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission, a position he would vacate in 1997.

Though the two had an amicable relationship, Estrada would later join an anti-charter change rally in Rizal Park against the charter change moves by Ramos and his supporters in 2008

Estarada-Arroyo

Following his post as vice president, Estrada was elected to the highest office and became president from 1998 to 2001.

Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo resigned from her position as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in 2000, citing “serious accusations” of corruption against Estrada.

Arroyo-Guingona-De Castro

Following Estrada’s impeachment, Arroyo took her post as president from 2001 to 2010.

She appointed Teofisto Guingona Jr. as her first vice president. However, his term lasted only three years from 2001 to 2004 and he resigned from his post as DFA chief in 2002. 

In her second term, Arroyo appointed her running mate and Vice President Noli de Castro as the chairperson of the Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). 

De Castro would be the sole vice president to stay in his Cabinet post.

Aquino-Binay

President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the son of the late President Corazon Aquino, and Vice President Jejomar Binay would serve from 2010 to 2016. 

Aquino entrusted to Binay the Housing agency appointing him as its secretary.

In 2015, Binay quit Aquino’s cabinet. His daughter later said Binay felt “tired” and wanted to be "liberated" from the administration.

Duterte-Robredo

President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo served from 2016 and 2022. 

Robredo served as HUDCC chief beginning July 2016, but resigned in December 2016 after being told that Duterte wanted her to "desist from attending all Cabinet meetings starting Monday, December 5."

She would be the second vice president in the country who did not hold a Cabinet post during her term.—LDF, GMA Integrated News