List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the Philippines

This is a partial list of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the Philippines.

The current 1987 constitution gives the president the ability to grant "executive clemency at anytime and under any circumstance".

Jose P. Laurel
Individuals pardoned by Jose P. Laurel.


 * Feliciano Lizardo – assassin who attempted to take the life of Laurel at the Wack Wack golf course in 1943.

Manuel Roxas
Individuals pardoned by Manuel Roxas. Among them are beneficiaries of Proclamation No. 51 which is a general amnesty for people charged for collaborating with Imperial Japan during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in World War II.


 * Jose P. Laurel

Ferdinand Marcos
Individuals pardoned by Ferdinand Marcos.


 * Hiroo Onoda – Imperial Japanese soldier who remained in hiding in the Philippines even after the official end of World War II. Pardoned for actions against local residents in Lubang Island.

Fidel V. Ramos
Individuals pardoned by Fidel V. Ramos.


 * Robin Padilla – convicted for illegal possession of firearms in 1994. Conditional pardon from April 1997 to 2003.
 * Jaime Tadeo – Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas leader charged of swindling during the Martial law era under President Ferdinand Marcos. Granted absolute pardon by Ramos in 1998.

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Individuals pardoned by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.


 * Joseph Estrada – Arroyo's predecessor deposed in the Second EDSA Revolution in 2001. Convicted of plunder. Granted pardon in 2007.

Benigno Aquino III
Individuals pardoned by Benigno Aquino III.


 * Antonio Trillanes, Danilo Lim and Renato Miranda – lead figures of the Oakwood mutiny against the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2003.

Rodrigo Duterte
Individuals pardoned by Rodrigo Duterte.


 * Robin Padilla – convicted for illegal possession of firearms in 1994. Granted absolute pardon in 2016.
 * Jovito Plameras Jr. – first elected governor of Antique. Convicted for graft. Granted conditional pardon in 2016 if he pays the Antique provincial government ₱2.65 million.
 * Joseph Scott Pemberton – American military personnel convicted for the homicide of transgender woman Jenniffer Laude in 2014. Granted absolute pardon in 2020.