Background and career
Lorna Regina "Loren" Bautista Legarda (born January 28, 1960) is a Filipino politician and former journalist who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2022, following previous terms spanning from 1998 to 2004 and 2007 to 2019. During her tenure as senator, she served as the president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 2022 to 2024, and from May 11, 2026, to June 3, 2026. She also served for one term in the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2022.
Legarda has focused her political career towards environmentalism and culture, as well as international engagements with organizations connected with the United Nations, while being criticized as a political butterfly. During the impeachment trial of Sara Duterte, she and her youngest son, Representative Leandro Leviste, flew out of the country in August 2026, amid plunder and graft investigations.
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