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Filipino businessman; President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008

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Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the 25th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008.

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Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. is a Filipino businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the 25th President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las Piñas-Muntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. In 2025, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $17.2 billion.

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Born 1949 · age 76
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