Peping Cojuangco

José "Peping" Sumulong Cojuangco Jr. (born September 19, 1934) is a Filipino politician, sports administrator, and businessman.

Cojuangco was born on September 19, 1934, to José Cojuangco Sr. and Demetria Sumulong.

Cojuangco served as a member of the municipal council of Paniqui, Tarlac from 1955 to 1957.

He became Vice Mayor of the same town in 1957 and served the term until 1959.

Cojuangco was elected as Mayor of Paniqui in 1959 and served until 1961.

He previously served as the Representative of Tarlac's 1st district from 1961 to 1969 and 1987 to 1998.

He began his political career in Paniqui, Tarlac where he served as councilor, vice mayor, and then mayor.

A member of the Cojuangco political dynasty, President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino was his sister and President Benigno Aquino III was his nephew.

In 1961, Cojuangco was elected as a Member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing the First District of the province of Tarlac.

At the time, he was the youngest member of the House of Representatives.

He was also part of the Commission on Appointments.

During the tenure of President Diosdado Macapagal, he was named part of a 12-member select committee which was tasked to draft and pass the first Land Reform Code of the Philippines.

Cojuangco was also responsible for the Agriculture Marketing News Services Law which he authored.

While a congressman, Cojuangco also served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, a ranking member of the Committee on Economic Development and served at the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association as a representative from the House of Representatives.

Cojuangco secured a second term as a congressman after he was re-elected to the post in 1965.

During his second term he became a member of the Young Turks in the House of Representatives.

He served as chairman until 1969.

Cojuangco became the campaign manager for the LABAN party which was led by then Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. for the Philippine parliamentary elections in 1978.

In 1983, Cojuangco was elected as Secretary-General of PDP–Laban, and a year later as the party's president.

He once again served as a campaign manager but this time for the presidential campaign of Corazon Aquino at the 1986 Philippine presidential election.

After the controversial election, he joined as a leader of the side that called for President Ferdinand Marcos' ouster at the 1986 People Power Revolution.

In 1987, Cojuangco was elected again as a member of the House of Representatives from Tarlac's First District and won re-election in 1992 and 1995.

In 1989 to 1992, Cojuangco served as an elected Secretary-General of Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino.

Cojuangco was also the principal author of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 which established Philippine National Police and caused the consolidation of public safety agencies under the Department of the Interior.

At the 9th Congress he served as chairman of the Special Committee on Food Security and authored the Agrarian Reform Communities Act as part of the agriculture body.

Cojuangco also became the founding chairman of Kampi which was originally organized in 1997 to support the presidential bid of then Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the 1998 Philippine elections.

Arroyo then later settled to run for vice president instead after Kampi merged with Lakas-NUCD which had Jose de Venecia Jr.. as its standard bearer.

He served the post until 1998.

During the 8th Congress, Cojuangco served as an elected Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and later the chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Security.

He was also then a part of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Foreign Relations as a ranking member.

According to Cojuangco, the position was offered by Dayrit himself following the 2002 Asian Games since Dayrit was planning to retire and wanted a person "as responsible" to succeed him.

However, Dayrit did not pushed through with the retirement after not having contact with Cojuangco after the meeting.

Cojuangco remains affiliated with Kampi which continues to exist in 2003 and has his wife as its chairperson in support of then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

He served as the 9th president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) from 2004 to 2018.

His party supported the presidential bid of Arroyo at the 2004 Philippine elections, as well for the amendment of the constitution to facilitate a shift to a parliamentary form of government for the Philippines if Arroyo decided not to run for president.

Cojuangco led a handful of sports associations.

He was the former President of the Philippine Junior Bowlers and the RP Golf Association.

He was also a founding member of the Metropolitan Association of Race Horse Owners.

He is also the president of the Equestrian Association of the Philippines.

Cojuangco first ran for President of the Philippine Olympic Committee in November 2004 against then incumbent Celso Dayrit.