Governor of Leyte

Governor of Leyte
Gobernador han Lalawigan han Leyte
Incumbent Jericho Petilla since June 30, 2022
Style	Governor, Honorable Governor
Residence	New Leyte Provincial Capitol Complex Palo, Leyte
Term length	3 years
Formation	1768 (Separation of the former province of Samar and Leyte)

The governor of Leyte is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Leyte.

List

Order	Name	Image	Year in Office	Notes
1		Joseph H. Grant	1901 [1] –1903	Resigned in March 1903, [2] Peter Børseth takes full responsibility of the province as acting governor [3]
2		Peter Børseth	1901 [4] –1904 (acting), 1904 [5] –1906	American civil governor of Leyte. Unpopular among the provincial citizens, he was eventually succeeded by J. C. de Veyra by popular vote. [5]
3		Jaime C. de Veyra	1906 [5] –1907	Served until 1907 due to being elected member of the Philippine Assembly [6]
4		Rodrigo Pariña	1907–1908
5		Francisco Enage [7] [8]	1908-1909
6		Pastor Navarro [9]	1909–1912
7		Jose Maria B. Veloso	1912–1916	Renounced the position on his second term to be a Senator from 1916 to 1919 [10]
8		Salvador Demeterio	1916-1919	The Old Provincial Capitol in Tacloban was built under his time.
9		Jose Maria B. Veloso	1919–1922
10		Honorio Lopez	1924–1927	Honorio Lopez was the first cousin of Supreme Court Justice Norberto Romuáldez, former Manila Mayor Miguel Romuáldez and Vicente Orestes Romuáldez (father of former First Lady Imelda Marcos).
11		Rafael Martinez	1936–1941
12		Bernardo Torres	1941–1944
13		Ruperto Kangleon	1944-1946	Military Governor of Leyte
14		Maria Salud Vivero - Parreño	1946-1948	Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña prior to the restoration of the Civilian Government in Tacloban. The First Female Governor of Leyte.
15		Catalino T. Landia	1949
16		Norberto Romualdez Jr.	1964–1967
17		Benjamin Romualdez	1967 [11] –1986
18		Benjamin P. Abella	1986–1988 (Acting)
19		Adelina Y. Larrazabal	1988–1992
20		Leopoldo E. Petilla	1992- 1995
21		Edgardo M. Enerlan	1995
22		Remedios L. Petilla	1995–2004
23		Carlos Jericho Petilla	2004–2012	Appointed secretary of the Department of Energy [12]
24		Ma. Mimietta S. Bagulaya	2012–2013	Assumed office for the remainder of 7 months.
25		Leopoldo Dominico Petilla	2013–2022
(23)		Carlos Jericho L. Petilla	2022–incumbent

References

1. Commission (1900-1916), United States Philippine (1901). Public Laws and Resolutions Passed by the Philippine Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. Department, Bureau of Insular Affairs, War (1904). Fourth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War: Part 3, 1903. U.S. Government Printing Office.
3. Commission (1899-1900), United States Philippine (1903). Executive Minutes of the U.S. Philippine Commission.
4. Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898.
5. President, United States (1907). The Abridgment: Containing Messages of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
6. "DE VEYRA, Jaime C. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
7. Philippine Legislature (1913). DIRECTORIO OFICIAL DE LA ASAMBLEA FILIPINA (PDF). Bureau of Printing. pp. 77–78. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2025.
8. Philippine Education. F.R. Lutz. 1909.
9. Philippines (1910). Public Laws Enacted by the Philippine Legislature. Bureau of Printing.
10. "Jose Ma. Veloso". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
11. PNS (November 16, 1967). "Romualdez Scores Big Win; Other Local Results Here". Manila Bulletin . Tacloban City: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. p. 16. Former ambassador Benjamin 'Kokoy' Romualdez, Mrs. Imelda Marcos' youngest brother, won the Leyte gubernatorial race by a landslide. As of this afternoon [Nov. 15], Romualdez had overwhelmed his closest opponent, Leopoldo Petilla, L.P., by a majority of 30,000 votes.
12. "Petilla formally steps down as Leyte governor". INQUIRER.net. 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2020.