# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-villanueva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:59:18.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-villanueva"
name: "Joel Villanueva"
slug: "joel-villanueva"
description: "Emmanuel Joel Jose Villanueva, nicknamed \"Tesdaman\", is a Filipino politician and pastor who is currently acting as the Senate majority floor leader since 2026, a position he previously held in an official capacity from 2022 to 2024 and July 2025 to September 2025. He has been a senator of the Philippines since 2016."
tagline: "Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines since 2022"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joel_Villanueva_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975-08-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.03
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.914332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "جويل فيلانويفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "چويل ڤيلانويڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Villanueva"
    title: "Joel Villanueva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12963666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump