Francis Pangilinan, Filipino lawyer and politician

Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (Tagalog: [paŋɪˈlinɐn]; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who has been serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2016, and previously from 2001 to 2013.A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law and Harvard Kennedy School, Pangilinan served as councilor of Quezon City from 1988 to 1992, as Senate majority floor leader from 2004 to 2008, and as the presidential assistant for food security and agricultural modernization to President Benigno Aquino III from 2014 to 2015.Pangilinan is running for vice president of the Philippines in the 2022 election under the Liberal Party as the running mate of incumbent vice president Leni Robredo.