LIVE: Vice Presidential Inauguration of Leni Robredo

Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo gives her inaugural speech in Quezon City - June 30, 2016

Leni Robredo, born Maria Leonor Santo Tomas Gerona, is a Filipino lawyer, social activist, and politician.  She became the 14th Vice President of the Philippines.

Running under the Liberal Party, Robredo won the vice-presidency contest in the May 9, 2016 election, as confirmed and proclaimed by the official Congressional count of May 25–27, with 14,418,817 votes (35.11% of the votes), narrowly defeating Senator Bongbong Marcos by 263,473 votes amidst controversy. She is the second female to serve as Vice President in Philippine history.