Lord Allan Velasco

Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco (born November 9, 1977) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12, 2020 to June 2022.

[7] His father is lawyer Presbitero Velasco Jr., who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2018, and has been governor of their home province Marinduque since 2019.

[14][15] Several high-profile personalities attended the baptism of their daughter Sara in September 2019: President Bongbong Marcos, former President Rodrigo Duterte, businessman Ramon Ang, senators Bong Go, Mark Villar and Sonny Angara, and Quezon City mayor Joy Belmonte.

[16][18] The President and his daughter, Davao City mayor Sara Duterte, were also guests at Velasco's 2018 birthday party.

He is also the chairman of the Oversight Committee on Solid Waste Management Act and co-chairman of the Joint Congressional Power Commission.

[26] He and his allies also affirmed their intent to conduct a session on October 14, 2020 to formalize his assumption as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

During a gathering of 186 representatives at Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City, Velasco was elected as House Speaker on October 12, 2020, two days before the term-sharing agreement that he and Alan Peter Cayetano agreed upon in July 2019[27] went into effect.

[30] On November 18, Velasco was appointed by the House as legislative caretaker of Cebu City's 1st district after the death of representative Raul del Mar two days earlier.

Velasco taking his oath of office as House Speaker on October 12, 2020