Governor of Quezon

Governor of Quezon
Punong Lalawigan ng Quezon Punong Lalawigan ng Tayabas (previously)
Incumbent Angelina Tan (NPC) since June 30, 2025
Style	Mr./Ms./Mrs. Governor, Your Honor, Honorable (present) Don/The Most Excellent (spanish era)
Residence	Governor's Mansion, Lucena City
Seat	Tayabas Capitol
Term length	3 years, renewable for 3 consecutive terms
Precursor	Military Governor of Tayabas
Inaugural holder	Cornelius Gardener (R)
Formation	1901 (civil government)
Deputy	Vice Governor of Quezon
Website	quezon.gov.ph/executive

The governor of Quezon is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Quezon, which was previously called Tayabas until 1946. ^[1]

List of governors of Quezon

#	Portrait	Governor		Term of office	Party	Place of origin	Vice Governor
1			Cornelius Gardener	1901 – 1902	Republican	United States of America	None
2			Harry Hill Bandholtz	1902 – 1903	Republican	United States of America
3			Ricardo Parás	1903 – 1904	Independent	Boac
4			Manuel L. Quezon	1906 – 1907	Nacionalista	Baler
5			Alfredo Castro	1907 – 1908	Nacionalista	Atimonan
6			Domingo Lopez	1908 – 1909	Nacionalista	Tayabas
7			Primitivo San Agustin	1909 – 1912	Nacionalista	Tayabas
8			Vicente Lukban	1912 – 1916	Nacionalista	Lucban (Labo, Camarines Norte)
9			Maximo Rodríguez	1916 – 1922	Nacionalista	Sariaya
10			Filemon Pérez	1922 – 1928	Nacionalista	Lucena
11			León Guinto	1928 – 1933	Nacionalista	Atimonan (Bacoor, Cavite)
12			Maximo Rodríguez	1933 – 1938	Nacionalista	Sariaya
13			Casiano Sandoval	1938 – 1940	Nacionalista	Lucena
14			Natalio Enríquez	1940 – 1946	Nacionalista	Sariaya
15			Hilarion Yanza	1946 – 1947	Nacionalista	Lucena
16			Andrés Umali	1947 – 1948	Nacionalista	Tiaong
17			Gregorio Santayana	1948 – 1951	Liberal	Unisan
18			Vicente Constantino	1951 – 1955	Liberal	Unisan
19			León Guinto	1955 – 1959	Nacionalista	Atimonan (Bacoor, Cavite)
20			Claro Robles	1959 – 1963	Nacionalista [2]	Tiaong	Eladio Caliwara
					Liberal		Romualdo Vargas
21			Anacleto Alcala	1964 – November 2, 1980	Nacionalista	Lucena	León Guinto Jr.
							Godofredo Tan
							Amparo Lavides
					Liberal		Dante Diamante
							Medardo Tumagay
					KBL		Eladio Caliwara
22			Eladio Caliwara	1981 – 1986	UNIDO–Liberal	Alabat	Anacleto Alcala
							Hobart Dator
23			Cesar Bolaños [a]	April 10, 1986 – March 23, 1987	UNIDO–Liberal	Candelaria	Romeo Montano
–			Hjalmar Quintana [a]	March 24, 1987 – December 1, 1987	UNIDO–PDP–Laban	Mauban	Ismael Portes
24			Eduardo Rodriguez	February 3, 1988 – August 7, 1995 [b] [3]	PDP–Laban	Unisan	Robert Racelis
25			Robert Racelis	August 8, 1995 – July 25, 1996	PDP–Laban	Sariaya	Edelyn Loo
26			Eduardo Rodriguez	July 26, 1996 – June 30, 1998 [4]	PDP–Laban	Unisan	Robert Racelis
							Claro Talaga Jr.
27			Wilfrido Enverga	June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007 [5]	KNP	Mauban	Jovito Talabong
					Nacionalista		David Suarez
28			Rafael Nantes	June 30, 2007 – May 17, 2010 [c] [6] [7]	Liberal	Polillo	Kelly Portes
–			Kelly Portes [d]	May 17, 2010 – June 30, 2010	Liberal	Pagbilao	Lourdes de Luna-Pasatiempo
29			David Suarez	June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 [8] [9] [10]	Lakas	Unisan	Vicente Alcala
					NUP		Samuel Nantes
					Nacionalista	Tiaong
30			Danilo Suarez	June 30, 2019 – June 30, 2022 [11] [12]	Lakas	Lucena
31			Angelina Tan	June 30, 2022 – present [13] [14]	NPC	Gumaca (Rosario, Batangas)	Anacleto Alcala III
					Stand Up Quezon

Notes

1. Appointed Officer in charge
2. Temporary Restraining Order against him
3. Died in office.
4. Acting governor

Elections

• 1988 Quezon local elections
• 1992 Quezon local elections
• 1995 Quezon local elections
• 1998 Quezon local elections
• 2001 Quezon local elections
• 2004 Quezon local elections
• 2007 Quezon local elections
• 2010 Quezon local elections
• 2013 Quezon local elections
• 2016 Quezon local elections
• 2019 Quezon local elections
• 2022 Quezon local elections
• 2025 Quezon local elections

References

1. "Former Governors" . Retrieved January 1, 2022.
2. "Quezon's Caliwara shot in Coliseum". The Manila Times . The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc. November 17, 1963. pp. 1–2. (Robles won his gubernatorial post as an NP man. Before the Nov. 12 election, he joined the LP and was picked by President Macapagal to be the LP standard bearer).
3. "G.R. No. 120099 – Eduardo T. Rodriguez vs. Commission on Elections, Bienvenido O. Marquez, Jr". The LawPhil Project. July 24, 1996. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
4. "Governatorial bet aarestuhin sa kasong insurance fraud sa US". The Philippine Star. May 7, 2001. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
5. "Actor loses anew in mayoral bid". Philstar. May 22, 2004. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
6. "Nantes, 5 others killed in helicopter crash". Philippine Star. May 18, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
7. "FAST FACTS: Officials involved in crashes". Rappler. August 19, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
8. "2010 Election Results: Quezon | Comelec Live Data | Philippine National and Local Elections | Updated Real Time". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
9. Torrevillas, Domini M. (December 8, 2016). "Quezon Gov. David Suarez: A chip off the old block". Philstar. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
10. "David "Jay-Jay" Suarez". Rappler. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
11. Belen, Gideon (July 1, 2019). "Save coco industry, scrap palm oil importation: Suarez". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
12. Belen, Gideon (July 3, 2019). "Quezon guv pushes development of remote towns". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
13. Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (May 11, 2022). "Physician becomes Quezon's first female governor". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
14. Otordoz, Belinda (May 11, 2022). "Quezon province gets first female governor". PNA. Retrieved April 3, 2025.