Vice President of the Philippines facts for kids

Vice President of the Philippines; Pangalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas
	Vice Presidential standard
	Vice Presidential seal
	Incumbent; Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo; since June 30, 2016
Style	Madam Vice President (Informal); Her Excellency (Formal/Diplomatic)
Member of	Cabinet; National Security Council
Residence	Quezon City Reception House
Seat	Quezon City, Philippines
Term length	Six years
Constituting instrument	1987 Constitution of the Philippines
Inaugural holder	Sergio Osmeña
Formation	November 15, 1935
Succession	First in the Presidential Line of Succession
Salary	₱353,482 per month/ ₱4,241,640 per year

The Vice President of the Philippines is the second-highest executive official of the government of the Philippines, after the President.

The Vice President currently holds office at the Quezon City Reception House in Quezon City. The current office of the Vice President was re-established under the 1987 Constitution.

Leni Robredo from Camarines Sur assumed the office on June 30, 2016 as the 14th and current vice president.

The official title of the office in Filipino is Pangalawang Pangulo, although Bise Presidente, derived from Spanish, is the usual title used in some of the major Philippine languages, such as Cebuano and Hiligaynon language.

Eligibility

Article 7, Section 3 of the Constitution mandates that the Vice President must bear the same qualifications as the President which means he must be:

a natural-born citizen of the Philippines;
a registered voter;
able to read and write;
at least forty years of age on the day of election;
and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election."

Succession

There has been four cases where the Vice President has assumed the Presidency, three of which because of the President's death, and one because of the President's resignation: