Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog pronunciation: [kajɛˈtano]; born October 28, 1970) is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017.

His father was the late former senator Rene Cayetano; his older sister, Pia, is an incumbent senator; his younger brother, Lino, is a former mayor of Taguig; and his wife, Lani, is the incumbent mayor of Taguig and served as the representative of the city's 1st district (which also includes Pateros) and 2nd district.

During his time as speaker, one of the most controversial issues was the shutdown of broadcasting and loss of franchise of the country's biggest media network ABS-CBN, due to the machinations of President Rodrigo Duterte.

[6] He then finished his Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo de Manila University School of Law in 1997, graduating 2nd Honors (silver medalist).

[7] Most of the laws authored by Cayetano focus on education, persons with disabilities rights, political reforms, health, and environment.

[6] On his last term in the 13th Congress, he served as the Senior Deputy Minority Leader and an ex officio member of all standing House committees.

[14][15] On November 21, 2015, it was made official that Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte would be his running mate for the 2016 presidential elections.

Although Duterte won the presidency, Cayetano lost to then-congresswoman Leni Robredo placing third in both unofficial and official vote counts conducted by COMELEC and the Congress, respectively.

[21] In January 2018, Filipino Congressman Gary Alejano revealed that the Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano had approved the Chinese Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to perform a scientific survey of the Philippine Rise, while disapproving a French research offer in the Rise.

Cayetano cited the continued conflict over territories, specifically islands, which are not covered by the ruling under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

On September 2, the House designated him as the legislative caretaker of Camarines Sur's 1st district after the elected representative, Marissa Andaya, died of cancer on July 5.

[29][30] PHISGOC is a private organization with a budget of ₱6 billion tasked to perform the function of a government office, and shares some of its members with the Philippine Sports Commission.

[32] In May 2020, a number of lawmakers blamed Cayetano for the shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting due to his inaction on numerous bills seeking to renew the station's franchise.

[33][34][35] Cayetano pointed to Solicitor General Jose Calida and the National Telecommunications Commission (under the leadership of Gamaliel Cordoba) for ABS-CBN's subsequent closure, stating "the NTC appears to have succumbed to pressure from the Solicitor General and issued a cease and desist order to ABS-CBN."

He warned, "as for the sudden flip-flopping of the NTC and the unconstitutional meddling by the Solicitor General in the business of Congress, I promise you, there will be a reckoning.

[40] In his interview for "Hard Talk" with Boy Abunda, Cayetano stated that "if it were up to me, ABS-CBN would have been granted a provisional authority valid until October 31, 2020 to give the body more time to deliberate."

[41][42] Cayetano tendered his irrevocable resignation as House Speaker on October 13, 2020, paving the way for Marinduque representative Lord Allan Velasco to assume his position undisputed.

In late March 2021, Cayetano launched two early political paid advertisements of himself which aired on all major Philippine television networks.

One is on the campaign to approve a bill to give ₱10,000 cash aid to every Filipino family, while the other one portrayed Cayetano as an "ideal public servant.

In an attempt to prove that the government has the capacity to provide a ₱10,000 cash assistance[47] to every Filipino family, Cayetano launched the Sampung Libong Pag-asa (SLP)[48] program on his Facebook page in May.

Through pooled resources from the BTS members and other private donors, the SLP initiative was held almost daily,[49] reaching out to beneficiaries from different sectors across the country.

In its daily program via Facebook live, SLP highlights the stories of beneficiaries[50] who said the amount they received helped them rise up from the hardships they encountered when the country was placed under community quarantine.

[51][52] Cayetano introduced the Sari-Saring Pag-asa (SSP) program, which aims to provide struggling sari-sari store owners with a one-time ₱3,500 cash assistance to replenish their supplies amid the pandemic.

[63] Cayetano is one of the biggest critics of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, believing that it would give more power to terrorist organizations.