{"id":"feliciano-belmonte-jr","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr","language":"en","name":"Feliciano Belmonte Jr.","name_en":"Feliciano Belmonte Jr.","name_ne":null,"description":"Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, 2001","headline":"Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, 2001","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Fernando Feliciano \"Sonny\" Racimo Belmonte Jr., KGCR is a Filipino politician and a lawyer who served as the 20th and 23rd speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from January to June 2001 and from 2010 to 2016. As a Congressman, Belmonte represented Quezon City's 4th congressional district from 1992 to 2001 and 2010 to 2019. 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member of the House of Representatives (2013–2016); Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (2010–2016); Mayor of Quezon City (2001–2010); Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (2001–2001)."},{"q":"Where did Feliciano Belmonte Jr. study?","a":"Feliciano Belmonte Jr. was educated at Lyceum of the Philippines University."}],"related":[{"name":"Mikee Romero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mikee-romero"},{"name":"Imelda Marcos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/imelda-marcos"},{"name":"Henry Ong","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-ong"},{"name":"Mark Go","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mark-go"},{"name":"Edgar Mary Sarmiento","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/edgar-mary-sarmiento"},{"name":"Henry Oaminal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-oaminal"},{"name":"Manuel Roxas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/manuel-roxas"},{"name":"Sergio Osmeña","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergio-osmena"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/feliciano-belmonte-jr-42e0cb9a46.jpg","width":291,"height":384,"license":"Public domain","credit":"TOTO LOZANO/PPD","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feliciano_Belmonte_Jr_-_2016_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Feliciano Belmonte Jr.","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feliciano_Belmonte_Jr.","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q2510441","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2510441","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Feliciano Belmonte Jr - 2016 (cropped).jpg by TOTO LOZANO/PPD (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feliciano_Belmonte_Jr_-_2016_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Feliciano Belmonte Jr., licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Feliciano Belmonte Jr - 2016 (cropped).jpg — TOTO LOZANO/PPD, Public domain.","cite":"\"Feliciano Belmonte Jr.\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T07:01:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/feliciano-belmonte-jr?lang=ne"}}