Aquilino Pimentel III
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Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III (born January 20, 1964) commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is the son of the former senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
Aquilino "Nene" Quilinging Pimentel, Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2000-2001.-Delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention:...

 (1987–92, 1998–2010) and Lourdes dela Llana-Pimentel. He was proclaimed on August 11, 2011 as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election
Philippine Senate election, 2007
Election to the Senate of the Philippines was held on Monday, May 14, 2007. This is to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while...

. He was sworn in at Mati, Davao Oriental
Mati, Davao Oriental
Mati is the only city in, and the capital city of, the Province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 122,048 people. Residents of Mati are called Matinians.-History:...

 on August 12, 2011 and assumed office on August 15, 2011.

Early life and career

Pimentel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Ateneo de Manila University
Ateneo de Manila University
The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

 and a Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...

 from University of the Philippines, Diliman
University of the Philippines, Diliman
The University of the Philippines Diliman , is a coeducational and public research university located in Quezon City, Philippines. It is the flagship university, seat of administration, and the fourth oldest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System...

. He was subsequently the topnotcher in the 1990 Philippine Bar Examination
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s.

Pimentel began working as a lawyer in 1990, and was commissioner (representing Mindanao) on the National Youth Commission from 1995–98. Since 2006 he has been a professorial lecturer from MBA-JD Consortium, De La Salle Professional Schools and Far Eastern University Institute of Law
Far Eastern University Institute of Law
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.

Pimentel is married to Jewel May Lobaton, a former Binibining Pilipinas-Universe
Binibining Pilipinas
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 titleholder who represented the Philippines in the Miss Universe
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 pageant in 1998. Koko and Jewel May have 1 child, Aquilino Martin Emmanuel L. Pimentel.

Political career

Aquilino Pimentel III has as yet never held an elective post. He ran for mayor of his native Cagayan de Oro City in the 2001 elections but was defeated by then-Mayor Vicente Emano.

2007 election

Running in only his second race in the May 14, 2007 senatorial elections
Philippine Senate election, 2007
Election to the Senate of the Philippines was held on Monday, May 14, 2007. This is to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while...

, Pimentel was narrowly defeated by Bukidnon
Bukidnon
Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital is Malaybalay City. The province borders, clockwise starting from the north, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Cotabato, Lanao del Sur, and Lanao del Norte.Bukidnon is...

 Congressman Miguel Zubiri for the 12th and last slot in the Philippine Senate. The margin of some 18,372 votes was hotly contested, particularly the votes from the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao
Maguindanao
Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Shariff Aguak. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, and Sultan Kudarat to the south....

, where Pimentel had lost heavily to Zubiri.

Claiming the votes in Maguindanao
Maguindanao
Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Shariff Aguak. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, and Sultan Kudarat to the south....

 were tainted, Pimentel petitioned the Supreme Court to issue a restraining order against the proclamation of Zubiri. With the vote tied at 7–7, the High Tribunal failed to grant Pimentel's petition, and Zubiri was duly proclaimed elected to the Senate on July 14, 2007. In the final tally, Zubiri had garnered a total of 11,001,730 votes, and Pimentel 10,983,358 votes. On March 14, 2008, the Supreme Court in a 40-page decision penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario
Minita Chico-Nazario
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, dismissed Aquilino Pimentel III's petition to stop the Commission on Elections from canvassing votes from the province of Maguindanao
Maguindanao
Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Shariff Aguak. It borders Lanao del Sur to the north, Cotabato to the east, and Sultan Kudarat to the south....

. However, the Court's judgment did not prevent the Senate Electoral Tribunal from proceeding on the Pimentel poll protest.

On July 14, 2007, Zubiri was officially proclaimed the 12th winner of the May 14 senatorial elections by the COMELEC, sitting as National Board of Canvassers, shortly before noon and a day after the Supreme Court denied the petition of Pimentel III seeking a temporary retraining order. The final tally showed Zubiri leading by some 18,000 votes over Pimentel.

On August 12, 2011, he did his oath taking as a Senator of the Republic of the Philippines at Mati Provincial Capitol, Mati, Davao Oriental.

Election protest

Pimentel filed an electoral protest against Zubiri in the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET). The SET resolved to proceed with the protest finding grounds for a recount. Pimentel won the protest and was proclaimed senator on August 11, 2011, days after Zubiri resigned.

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