Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino politician and diplomat serving as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros's 1st district since 2019, and previously from 1998 until 2007. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in October 2020. He served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte. From 2007 to 2017, he was a member of the Senate, where he served as Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013, and later became the Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. Cayetano unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.
Cayetano was born to and raised in a political family currently based in Taguig. His father was the late former senator Rene Cayetano; his older sister, Pia, is an incumbent senator; his younger brother, Lino, is the mayor of Taguig; and his wife, Lani, is the representative of Taguig's 2nd district. Cayetano was the chairman of the organizing committee for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. During his time as speaker, one of the most controversial issues was the denial of the franchise renewal of one of the country's biggest network, ABS-CBN, due to a number of issues surrounding the said television network.