Gregorio "Gringo" Ballesteros Honasan II (Tagalog pronunciation: [hoˈnasan], born March 14, 1948), [3] is a Filipino politician and a cashiered [4] Philippine Army officer who led unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino.

2024年10月7日 · Former Senator Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan II on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for his Senate comeback bid in next year's midterm elections. Should he win, Honasan, an independent candidate, vowed to continue pushing for economic and land reforms, as well as in national security.

When Honasan finally entered politics in 1995, he became the first independent candidate in Philippine history to win a Senate seat. As a neophyte lawmaker in the 10th Congress, he filed 144 bills and 44 resolutions.

2024年10月7日 · MANILA, Philippines — Gringo Honasan is the first senatorial candidate who filed his application to be included in the 2025 race on Monday – the seventh day of the certificate of candidacy filing.

2024年10月7日 · MANILA, Philippines – Former senator Gringo Honasan is eyeing a comeback in the upper chamber after failing to win a seat in the 2022 elections. Honasan said he is gunning for his third Senate...

Gregorio Ballesteros Honasan II, better known as Gringo Honasan, is a retired Philippine Army officer. He led an unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino. He played a key role in the 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the rule of President Ferdinand Marcos.

2024年10月4日 · Former Senator Gregorio ‘Gringo’ Honasan II announced Friday his intention to join the 2025 senatorial race potentially reuniting with his former colleagues in the so-called ‘Macho Bloc’ of the Senate.

Senator Honasan is currently the Chairperson of the Senate Committees on Agrarian Reform, Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, and Public Information and Mass Media.

2024年10月7日 · Honasan was first elected senator in 1995 after former President Fidel Ramos granted amnesty to RAM soldiers involved in the failed coup d'état attempts against former President...

2022年5月7日 · Gringo Honasan is a retired soldier, revolutionary and politician. He most recently served as secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology secretary from 2019 to 2021. Honasan also successfully ran for Senate in 1995, 2001, 2007 and in 2013.