33 Facts About Joker Arroyo

Joker Arroyo was a Congressman for Makati from 1992 to 2001 and Senator from 2001 to 2013.

Joker Arroyo was 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, Joker Arroyo was identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as a Motu proprio human rights violations victim of the Martial Law Era.

Joker Arroyo was born on January 5,1927, in Naga, Camarines Sur, to Ceferino Barrameda Arroyo, Sr.

Joker Arroyo's parents were married on April 23,1919, in Naga, Camarines Sur.

Joker Arroyo has seven siblings, including Zeferino "Tong", Jack, and Nonito, from Baao, Camarines Sur.

Joker Arroyo completed his elementary education at the Naga Central School I in Naga, Camarines Sur and secondary education at the Camarines Sur National High School in Naga City.

Joker Arroyo obtained his Associate of Arts in Public Law at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Joker Arroyo is a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity, batch 1948.

Joker Arroyo was the very first lawyer to challenge the act before the Supreme Court and questioned its legality under the 1935 Philippine Constitution.

Joker Arroyo participated in the trials of political detainees such as Senator Benigno Aquino Jr.

Joker Arroyo was gassed, injured and hospitalized during protest rallies and incarcerated in a military stockade.

Joker Arroyo was one of the founders of the civic group Movement for the Advancement of the Brotherhood, Integrity, Nationalism and Independence and the Free Legal Assistance Group.

When Corazon Aquino decided to challenge Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 Snap Presidential Election, Joker Arroyo served as counsel for Aquino during the snap election.

Joker Arroyo was appointed as the Presidential Executive Assistant, later reverted as Executive Secretary, and he was one of the first appointees of Corazon Aquino after she was inaugurated in Club Filipino in San Juan.

Joker Arroyo served as Aquino's alter ego in her issuance of Executive Orders.

Joker Arroyo has received various awards and commendations for his significant contributions to the law profession and public service.

Joker Arroyo ran independent for the position of congressman in the lone district of Makati in 1992.

Joker Arroyo passed several national bills and some local bills like the creation of the City of Makati and the second district of Makati.

Joker Arroyo was voted the Lead Prosecutor for the impeachment trial in December 2000.

Joker Arroyo fought for the opening of the second bank envelope and its presentation was a critical evidence for the prosecution of Estrada.

The new government, led by President Gloria Macapagal Joker Arroyo, convinced Congressman Joker Arroyo to run for the Senate.

Joker Arroyo was named to the People Power Coalition's senatorial slate.

Joker Arroyo received a huge number of votes from the electorate.

Joker Arroyo chaired the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the Senate Justice and Human Rights Committee, and the Senate Public Services Committee during the 13th Congress.

Joker Arroyo claimed to have never traveled abroad on government money and his Statement of Assets and Liabilities remained almost unchanged from the time he entered public service in 1986.

Joker Arroyo was reelected in 2007 under the administration TEAM Unity coalition.

Joker Arroyo retired from public service on June 30,2013.

Joker Arroyo had accused President Benigno Aquino III of consolidating power and behaving like a dictator when, in 2011, the president led a successful effort to impeach Renato Corona, the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Joker Arroyo was one of only a handful of senators who voted to acquit.

Zef Francisca "Baba" Joker Arroyo, is an entrepreneur, artist, and pastry chef.

The younger Joker Arroyo graduated from the British School Manila in 2006, and Yale University in 2010.

Joker Arroyo died on October 5,2015, in San Francisco, California, after an unsuccessful heart surgery.