Jinggoy Estrada: Biography, Facts and Career

Jose Pimentel Ejercito Jr. (born February 17, 1963), better known as Jinggoy Estrada or Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a Filipino politician and actor serving as a senator since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2016. He served as president pro tempore of the Senate from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2024 to 2025. He also briefly became the acting Senate President in 2013 after Juan Ponce Enrile's resignation. Before serving in the Senate, he was the vice mayor (1988–1992) and later mayor (1992–2001) of San Juan when it was still a municipality. Estrada has been detained on multiple occasions in connection with corruption cases. In April 2001, he and his father, former president Joseph Estrada, were arrested and charged with plunder following the Second EDSA Revolution. He was released in 2003 and acquitted in 2007. In 2014, he was arrested and detained over the pork barrel scam, where he was accused of receiving ₱183 million in kickbacks. Although acquitted of plunder in 2024, he was initially convicted of bribery before the Sandiganbayan reversed the conviction later that year. In 2026, Estrada was charged with plunder, bribery, and graft charges against Estrada over alleged kickbacks from ₱1.4 billion worth of flood control projects in Bulacan. After posting bail on the graft charges, he was arrested on June 1, 2026 on a non-bailable plunder charge and detained at the Quezon City Jail in Payatas. He was placed under a 90-day suspension by the Sandiganbayan on 16 June 2026. Outside politics, Estrada, like his father, is also an actor who has starred in numerous action films. He won the Best Actor Award in the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival for the film Katas ng Saudi.

Quick facts about Jinggoy Estrada

• Full name: Jinggoy Estrada
• Born: 1963-02-17
• Nationality: Philippines
• Known as: Actor
• Wikidata ID: Q471874

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