Sonny Angara has been a senator since 2013 and the president of the political party Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino since 2018. But his career as a public servant began in 2004, when at just 31 years old, Angara was elected as the representative to Congress for the lone district of Aurora, his family’s bailiwick. He was then elected for a second term in 2007 and a third in 2010. He was then elected to the Senate in 2013, and again in 2019 for his second consecutive term.

In his nearly two decades in office, Angara has gained a reputation as a prolific legislator, ​​having sponsored or authored more than 200 laws. Like his father, the late Senator Edgardo Angara, he advocates for education and universal healthcare.

He is married to Tootsy Angara, his wife of 18 years, and they have three children together.