"Kung Bad Ka, Lagot Ka!"

Full Name: Joker Paz Arroyo[1]
Date of Birth: January 5, 1927[1]
Place of Birth: Naga City[1]
Father: Zeferino Arroyo[2]
Mother: Eusebia Arroyo[2]
Siblings: 8 siblings, 2nd of 9 children[2]
Spouse: Felicitas Aquino Arroyo[1]
Children: [2 sons, 1 daughter] Paolo, Mark and Camille[2]
Educational Attainment:[2]

• Law
  University of the Philippines
• Pre-law
  Ateneo de Manila University
• High School
  Camarines Sur High School

Political Career:[3]

• First lawyer to challenge before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of Proclamation 1081 imposing martial law.
• Thereafter, he joined other lawyers in questioning before the Supreme Court: 1) the ratification of the Marcos-dictated 1973 Constitution; 2) amendment Six that empowered President Marcos to exercise law making powers alongside the Batasang Pambansa; 3) the power of military tribunals to try civilians.
• Participated in the trials of political detainees such as Ninoy Aquino, Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Serge Osmena III, Jose Maria Sison, Jovito Salonga, Nene Pimentel, Eva Kalaw, Renato Tañada, Eduardo Olaguer and many others.
• Handled more human rights cases than any other lawyer from 1972 - 1986.
• Counsel of Cory Aquino during the snap elections.

• Executive Secretary, First appointee of Cory Aquino
• Chairman of the Philippine National Bank (1986 - 1990)
• Executive Director for 'the Philippines, Asian Development Bank (1986 - 1990)

• Representative, 1st District of Makati
• Obtained 80% of the votes cast in the elections.
• 100% attendance record in the House of Representatives for 9 years from the time he was elected up to the end of his last term.
• He remained an independent throughout his 3 terms in the House of Representatives.
• Never traveled abroad on government money.
• His Statement of Assets and Liabilities has remained the same from the time he entered public service in 1986 up to the present.

• Elected to the Senate
• Chairman, Senate Blue Ribbon Committee
• Chairman, Justice and Human Rights Committee
• Chairman, Public Services Committee

Membership and Affiliations:[2]

• Co-founded, MABINI and FLAG
• Member, America Bar Association, Senior Lawyers Division

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:[3]

• The Senate enacted Resolution No. 100, "Commending Jolter P. Arroyo for his Invaluable Services to the Filipino People."
• The Philippine Bar Association awarded him its Most Distinguished Award for Justice as a "man beholden to no one except to his country."
• Consistently voted every year by meclin as “Outstanding Congressman of the Year” while serving as Representative of the First District of Makati.

Accomplishments as Senator:[2]

• Endorsed verified complaint against President Estrada (11th Congress) 
• Lead Prosecutor, Impeachment Trial of President Joseph Ejercito Estrada

Laws Voted: Yes

• RA 9369, Automated Election System Act (13th Congress)
• RA 9367, Biofuels Act (13th Congress)
• RA 9334, Increasing Excise Tax Rates of Alcohol and Tobacco (13th Congress)
• RA 9335, Attrition Act (13th Congress)
• RA 9344, Juvenile Justice & Welfare Act (13th Congress)
• RA 9160, Anti-Money Laundering Act (12th Congress)
• RA 9166, Promoting welfare of AFP (12th Congress)
• RA 9211, Tobacco Regulation Act (12th Congress)
• RA 8749, Philippine Clean Air Act (11th Congress)

• Human rights
• Anti-corruption