1. Rene Cayetano served in the Regular Batasang Pambansa, representing the lone district of the Metro Manila municipalities of Taguig, Pateros and Muntinlupa, from 1984 until its abolition in 1986.
17 Facts About Rene Cayetano
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Rene Cayetano then served as a Senator from 1998 to 2003.
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Rene Cayetano hosted the television program Companero y Companera from 1997 to 2001.
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Rene Cayetano was the father of politicians Pia, Alan Peter, and Lino Cayetano.
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Rene Cayetano was the eldest son of mechanic Pedro Santiago Cayetano of Marilao, Bulacan and public school teacher Julianna Cabrera-Luna of Pateros, Rizal.
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Rene Cayetano graduated from Pateros Elementary School and Rizal High School.
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Rene Cayetano earned his bachelor's degree at the University of the Philippines Diliman and three graduate degrees - Master of Public Administration, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Laws at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Rene Cayetano was a founding partner of the Cayetano, Sebastian, Dado and Cruz Law Office, chairman of the House of Delegates and governor of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and, with Juan Ponce Enrile, co-founder of the Pecabar Law Offices.
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Rene Cayetano was active in private law practice, handling many sensational cases pro bono.
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Rene Cayetano received a doctorate in humanities, honoris causa, by Misamis University in 1997.
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In May 1998, Rene Cayetano was elected senator, garnering the second highest number of votes.
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Rene Cayetano is the Minority Leader of the Commission on Appointments and was a member of the Judicial Bar Council and BIR Oversight Committee.
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Rene Cayetano was responsible for Republic Act 9048 aimed at correcting clerical and typographical errors in an entry in personal legal documents as the city or municipality civil register level.
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Rene Cayetano is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, and the Senate Committee on Energy for the 12th Congress.
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Rene Cayetano peacefully died from the complications of abdominal cancer and liver cancer on June 25,2003, at his home in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa.
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Rene Cayetano is buried at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park in his hometown of Pateros.
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Rene Cayetano was married to Sandra Schramm of Ann Arbor, Michigan, US.