# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joker-arroyo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:21:24.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joker-arroyo"
name: "Joker Arroyo"
slug: "joker-arroyo"
description: "Ceferino \"Joker\" Paz Arroyo Jr. was a Filipino statesman and key figure in the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He was a Congressman for Makati from 1992 to 2001 and Senator from 2001 to 2013. Arroyo received various awards and commendations for his significant contributions to the law profession and public service. Among these are the Philippine Bar Association's Most Distinguished Award for Justice as a \"man beholden to no one except to his country\" and Senate Resolution No. 100 enacted in the 8th Congress citing his invaluable service to the Filipino people. He was also known for being the thriftiest legislator, earning the title of \"Scrooge of Congress\", as he only had few staff members without bodyguards and did not use his pork barrel funds. In 2018, Arroyo was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era."
tagline: "Filipino politician (1927-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Ceferino_%22Joker%22_Arroyo_Jr.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1927-01-05"
deathDate: "2015-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.167543999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/arroyo_bio.htm"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo"
    title: "Joker Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "مهرج أرويو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "مهرج ارويو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo"
    title: "Joker Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo"
    title: "Joker Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo"
    title: "Joker Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_Arroyo"
    title: "Joker Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_P._Arroyo"
    title: "Joker P. Arroyo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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