Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan[1] (Tagalog: [paŋɪˈlinan]; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022.

A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law and Harvard Kennedy School, Pangilinan was first elected to the Quezon City Council, serving from 1988 to 1992.

Between school years, his father continuously assigned him and his siblings roles in their family businesses; for their Manila Pearl furniture factory, Francis was made a timekeeper as a child and a project coordinator at 19.

[9] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Major in Comparative Literature degree at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, and was a varsity athlete for the UP Men's Volleyball Team.

[9] In 1997, Pangilinan moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue a Master of Public Administration degree at Harvard Kennedy School, where he graduated with a general average of A-.

On July 23, 2007, Jinggoy Estrada was voted Senate president pro tempore, while Pangilinan became the majority leader following the assumption of Manuel Villar to the chamber's leadership of the 14th Congress.

[18] In 2008, Pangilinan created the Judicial Executive Legislative Advisory and Consultative Council, first proposed on the July 16–17, 2007 Manila Hotel summit on extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines.

[4] As OPAFSAM head, he pushed for the creation of the coco levy trust fund for coconut farmers, in an attempt to rectify the ills created by the Coco Levy Fund scam involving former president Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies who collected taxes from farmers purportedly to develop the industry.

[23] In October 2016, he was appointed interim Liberal Party president, succeeding former Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya.

In May 2019, Pangilinan announced his resignation as Liberal Party president following the failure of Otso Diretso, where he served as its campaign manager, to win a single seat in the 2019 senatorial election.

[26] The bill aims to boost incomes for both fisherfolk and farmers through entrepreneurship by mandating government agencies to buy produce directly from them, eliminating middlemen that raise food prices.

[20] As a member of the minority, Pangilinan has been critical of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, including the War on Drugs with its "iron-fist" approach.