Personal Information

Birthdate: March 14, 1948

Age on election day: 77 years old

Birthplace: Baguio City, Benguet

Residence: Barangay IVC, Marikina City, Metro Manila

Civil status: married

Spouse: Jane Umali Honasan

• from Pagsanjan, Laguna

Profession/occupation (as stated in COC): public servant

Other info:

Father: Col. Romeo Honasan
Mother: Alice Ballesteros

• a teacher from Sorsogon 

Spouse: Jane Umali Honasan

Children: 5 

• Kim Francis, son
• Kit Martin (“Martin”), son
  • visual artist
• Karel Paolo (“Karel”), son
  • musician (bassist)/musical director
• Klarina Fatima, daughter
• Klarisa Rosario Honasan-del Rio (“Kai”), daughter
  • singer-songwriter
  • former vocalist and keyboardist, Autotelic 

Other relatives:

• Barbie Almalbis-Honasan, daughter-in-law 
  • singer/songwriter/musician
  • wife of Martin
• Eco del Rio, son-in-law
  • bassist, Chicosci
  • guitarist and vocalist, bird.
  • bassist, Party Pace
  • husband of Kai

Education

• Elementary: 
  • San Beda College 
  • Dominican School, Taipei, Taiwan 
• High School: Don Bosco High School, Mandaluyong
• took up Economics at University of the Philippines Diliman 
• Bachelor of Science, Philippine Military Academy (Class Baron) (1967-1971) 
• Post Graduate: Masters in Business Management, Asian Institute of Management (1981)

Career

• Aide-de-camp, Secretary of National Defense, Department of National Defense 
• Chief of security, Secretary of National Defense, Department of National Defense 
• Commandant, Special Operations School, Philippine Army Training Command,
• Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija (1986-1987)
• Senator (1995-2001, 2001-2004, 2007-2013, 2013-2019)
• Secretary, Department of Information and Communications Technology (2019-2021)

Candidacy in the 2025 Philippine elections

Position sought: Senator

Party: Reform PH - People’s Party

Period of residence in the Philippines up to the day before May 12, 2025: 77 years 01 month

Registered voter of: Barangay Industrial Valley, Marikina City, Metro Manila


Election history

ELECTION YEAR	POSITION SOUGHT	PARTY	OUTCOME
1995	Senator		won
2001	Senator	Independent	won: ranked 13th out of 37 candidates with 10,454,527 votes
2007	Senator	Independent	won: ranked 10th out of 37 candidates with 11,605,531 votes
2013	Senator	United Nationalist Alliance	won: ranked 12th out of 33 candidates with 13,211,424 votes
2016	Vice president	United Nationalist Alliance	lost: ranked 6th with 788,881 votes
2022	Senator	Independent	lost: ranked 18th out of 64 candidates with 10,643,491 votes

• Thirteen seats were up for grabs in the 2001 elections. The first 12 got a regular six-year term. Honasan, the 13th placer, got to serve the unexpired term of Sen. Teofisto Guingona Jr., who had been appointed as vice president by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Sources:

Personal Information
Sources: COC, Senate, candidate’s bio, news reports and features, Galeria Paloma, YOD Gallery, SALN, 2016 Kandidato Profile

Education
Sources: Senate profile, Senate bio, candidate’s bio, 2016 Kandidato Profile

Career
Sources: candidate’s bio, 2016 Kandidato Profile, Comelec

Candidacy in the 2025 Philippine elections
Source: COC


Election history
Sources: Comelec, NBOC, Philippine Electoral Almanac