Manuel Leuterio de Castro, Jr. (born July 6, 1949), better known as Noli de Castro or "Kabayan" Noli de Castro, is the current Vice President of the Philippines, since 2004. A former broadcast journalist in the Philippines, De Castro was elected Senator in 2001 and was elected as Vice President of the Philippines in 2004. He is the first independent candidate to receive the highest number of votes in a Philippine senatorial election and the first elected independent Vice President of the Philippines, although he campaigned in both elections in an alliance that supported the Arroyo administration.
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