Metro Manila is a metropolitan area in the Philippines, consisting of 16 cities and a municipality, designated as the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country.
The mayors in Metro Manila are considered as the local chief executives of their respective localities and they also form part of the Metro Manila Council of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). [1]
The following is the lists of mayors of Metro Manila's 17 local government units since 1901.
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Pedro Silva | 1902–1904 | First municipal president |
2 | Silverio Baltazar | 1904–1906 | |
3 | Tomás Susano | 1906–1908 | |
4 | León Nadurata | 1908–1910 | |
5 | Emilio Sánchez | 1910–1913 | |
6 | Godofredo Herrera | 1913–1915 | |
7 | José Sánchez | 1915–1921 | |
8 | Dominador Aquino | 1922–1925 | |
9 | Pablo Pablo | 1926–1928 | |
10 | Dominador Aquino | 1928–1931 | |
11 | Pablo Pablo | 1932–1940 | |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
12 | Cornelio Cordero | 1941–1944 | District Chief of Caloocan under the City of Greater Manila [2] |
13 | Oscar Baello | 1945–1946 | |
14 | Jesús Basa | 1946–1951 | |
15 | Macario Asistio Sr. | 1952–1971 | First city mayor |
16 | Marcial Samson | 1972–1976 | |
17 | Alejandro Fider | 1976–1978 | |
18 | Toribio Paulino | 1978–1978 | |
19 | Alejandro Fider | 1978–1978 | |
20 | Virgilo Robles | 1978–1979 | |
21 | Macario Asistio Jr. | 1980–1986 | |
* | Virgilio Robles | 1986–1986 | Acting mayor |
* | Antonio Martínez | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Críspulo San Gabriel | 1987–1988 | Acting mayor |
21 | Macario Asistio Jr. | 1988–1995 | |
22 | Reynaldo Malonzo | 1995–2004 | |
23 | Enrico Echiverri | 2004–2013 | |
24 | Oscar Malapitan | 2013–2022 | |
25 | Dale Gonzalo Malapitan | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Juan Tiongkiao | 1908–1913 | |
2 | Mariano Santos | 1913–1916 | |
3 | Rufino De Leon | 1916–1918 | |
4 | Manuel Arevalo | 1918–1922 | |
5 | Clemente Dalandan | 1922–1925 | |
6 | Elías Aldana | 1925–1934 | |
7 | Eugenio Trinidad | 1935–1937 | |
8 | Bernardo Aldana | 1938–1946 | |
9 | Eugenio Trinidad | 1947–1951 | |
10 | Pedro de la Cruz | 1952–1959 | |
11 | Francisco Antonio | 1959–1963 | |
12 | Filemón Aguilar | 1964–1986 | |
* | Alfredo Juntilla | 1986–1988 | Acting mayor |
13 | Rosalino Riguera | 1988–1992 | |
14 | Gabriel Casimiro | 1992–1995 | |
15 | Vergel Aguilar | 1995–2004 | First city mayor |
16 | Imelda Aguilar | 2004–2007 | |
* | Vergel Aguilar | 2007–2016 | |
* | Imelda Aguilar | 2016–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Marcelino Magsaysay | 1901–1903 | First municipal president of San Pedro de Macati |
2 | Eusebio Arpilleda | 1903–1908 | |
3 | Hermogenes Santos | 1908–1911 | |
4 | Urbano Navarro | 1911–1913 | |
5 | José Magsaysay | 1913–1916 | First municipal president of Makati renamed from San Pedro de Macati |
6 | Pedro Domingo | 1917–1919 | |
7 | Ricardo Arpilleda | 1919–1920 | |
8 | Igmidio Flores | 1920–1922 | |
9 | Nicanor García | 1922–1934 | |
10 | José Villena | 1935–1944 | District Chief of Makati under the City of Greater Manila (1941–1944) [2] |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
11 | Pablo Cortés | 1944–1947 | |
* | José Villena | 1948–1954 | |
12 | Ignacio Babasa | 1954 | |
13 | Bernardo Umali | 1954 | |
14 | Máximo Estrella | 1956–1969 | |
15 | José Luciano | 1969–1971 | Died in office |
* | César Alzona | 1971–1971 | Acting mayor |
16 | Nemesio Yabut | 1972–1986 | Died in office |
* | Jejomar Binay | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Sergio Santos | 1988–1988 | Acting mayor |
17 | Jejomar Binay | 1988–1998 | First city mayor |
18 | Elenita Binay | 1998–2001 | First Female City Mayor |
* | Jejomar Binay | 2001–2010 | |
19 | Jejomar Binay Jr. | 2010–2015 | |
* | Romulo Peña Jr. | 2015–2016 | Acting mayor |
20 | Abigail Binay | 2016–present | Second Female City Mayor |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Bernardo Dagala | 1903–1905 | Municipal president of Malabon after amalgamation with Navotas |
2 | Ángel Luna | 1909–1911 | |
3 | Basilio Bautista | 1918–1921 | |
4 | Teófilo Santos | 1922–1927 | |
5 | Sinfroso Pascual | 1928–1930 | |
6 | Teófilo Santos | 1931–1936 | |
7 | Eleutério de Jesús | 1937–1939 | |
8 | Francisco Barican | 1939–1939 | |
9 | José Geukeko | 1940–1945 | |
* | Victor Gaza | 1945–1945 | |
10 | Patério Aquino | 1946–1951 | |
11 | Florante Villegas | 1952–1955 | |
12 | Lucio Gutiérrez | 1960–1971 | |
* | José Cruz | 1971–1971 | Died in office |
13 | Maynardo Espíritu | 1972–1986 | |
* | Cipriano Lacson | 1987–1988 | |
14 | Prospero "Pong" Oreta | 1988–1995 | |
15 | Amado "Boy" Vicencio | 1995–2004 | First city mayor |
16 | Canuto Senen "Tito" Oreta | 2004–2012 | Uncle of former Mayor Antolin Oreta III |
17 | Antolin "Lenlen" Oreta III | 2012–2022 | Son of former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta |
18 | Jeannie Ng-Sandoval | 2022–present | First female mayor of the city. [3] |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Buenaventura Domingo | 1901 | First municipal president of San Felipe Neri |
2 | Dr. Antonio Fernando | 1902 | |
3 | Januario Coronado | 1902 | |
4 | Miguel Vergara | 1902 | |
5 | Pantaleón Blas | 1903 | Municipal president after the annexation of San Juan [4] |
6 | Claro Castañeda | 1905 | Municipal president after the restoration of San Juan [4] |
7 | Apolinar Coronado | 1907–1909 | |
* | Januario Coronado | 1909–1912 | |
8 | Marcelo Lerma | 1912–1916 | |
9 | Mariano Castañeda | 1916–1922 | |
10 | Clemente Fernando | 1922–1925 | |
11 | Gregorio Pedro | 1925–1928 | |
* | Clemente Fernando | 1928–1934 | First municipal mayor of Mandaluyong renamed from San Felipe Neri |
12 | Isaac López | 1935–1939 | |
13 | Ponciano Enríquez | 1940–1941 | |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
14 | Pedro Cruz | 1941–1944 | District Chief of Mandaluyong under the City of Greater Manila (1941–1944) [2] |
15 | Primo Guzmán | 1945 | |
* | Pedro Cruz | 1946 | |
16 | Bonifacio Javier | 1946–1955 | |
* | Pedro Cruz | 1956–1959 | |
* | Bonifacio Javier | 1960–1962 | |
17 | Amado T. Reyes | 1963–1963 | |
18 | Melchor Arcangel | 1963–1963 | |
19 | Macario Trinidad | 1963–1963 | |
20 | Filemón Javier | 1964–1971 | |
21 | Renato López | 1972–1980 | |
22 | Ernesto Domingo | 1980–1986 | |
* | Benjamin Abalos Sr. | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Román de los Santos | 1987–1988 | Acting mayor |
23 | Benjamin Abalos Sr. | 1988–1998 | First city mayor |
24 | Benjamin Abalos Jr. | 1998–2004 | |
25 | Neptali Gonzales II | 2004–2007 | |
* | Benjamin Abalos Jr. | 2007–2016 | |
26 | Carmelita Abalos | 2016–2022 | |
* | Benjamin Abalos Sr. | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Arsenio Cruz Herrera | 1901–1905 | First appointed City Mayor |
2 | Félix Roxas | 1905–1917 | |
3 | Justo Lukbán | 1917–1920 | |
4 | Ramón Fernández | 1920–1923 | |
5 | Eulogio Rodríguez | 1923–1924 | |
6 | Miguel Romuáldez | 1924–1927 | |
7 | Tomás Earnshaw | 1927–1933 | |
8 | Juan Posadas | 1934–1940 | |
(5) | Eulogio Rodríguez | 1940–1941 | |
9 | Juan Nolasco | 1941–1941 | |
10 | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Concurrently as Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
11 | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Concurrently as Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
12 | Hermenegildo Atienza | 1944–1945 | |
(9) | Juan Nolasco | 1945–1946 | |
13 | Valeriano Fugoso | 1946–1947 | |
14 | Manuel de la Fuente | 1948–1951 | |
15 | Arsenio Lacson | 1952–1962 | First elected Mayor |
16 | Antonio Villegas | 1962–1971 | |
17 | Ramon Bagatsing | 1972–1986 | |
18 | Mel Lopez | 1986–1987 | Acting City Mayor |
19 | Gregorio Ejército | 1987–1988 | Acting City Mayor |
(18) | Mel Lopez | 1988–1992 | |
20 | Alfredo S. Lim | 1992–1998 | |
21 | Jose L. Atienza, Jr. | 1998–2007 | |
(20) | Alfredo S. Lim | 2007–2013 | |
22 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada | 2013–2019 | |
23 | Isko Moreno Domagoso | 2019–2022 | Youngest person to become mayor of Manila since Antonio Villegas |
24 | Honey Lacuna-Pangan | 2022–present | First female mayor of the city [5] |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Wenceslao de la Paz | 1933–1938 | |
2 | Juan Chanyungco | 1938–1945 | |
3 | Enrique de la Paz | 1945–1947 | |
4 | Gil Estanislao Fernando | 1947–1951 | |
* | Juan Chanyungco | 1951–1955 | |
* | Gil Estanislao Fernando | 1955–1959 | |
5 | Osmundo de Guzman | 1959–1986 | |
* | Teofisto Santos | 1986–1986 | |
6 | Rodolfo B. Valentino | 1986–1987 | |
* | Guillermo S. Flores | 1987–1988 | Appointed "caretaker" [6] |
* | Rodolfo B. Valentino | 1988–1992 | |
7 | Bayani Fernando | 1992–2001 | First city mayor |
8 | Maria Lourdes Fernando | 2001–2010 | First Female City Mayor |
9 | Del de Guzman | 2010–2016 | |
10 | Marcelino Teodoro | 2016–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Vidal Joaquín | 1918–1919 | |
2 | Primo Ticman | 1919–1922 | |
3 | Melencio Espeleta | 1922–1924 | |
4 | Pedro Díaz | 1925–1930 | |
5 | Tomás Molina | 1931–1933 | |
6 | Marciano Arciaga | 1934–1936 | |
7 | León Mendiola | 1937–1939 | |
8 | Francisco Gilbuena | 1945–1945 | |
* | Baldomero Viñalon | 1945–1946 | |
9 | Bonifacio Ticman | 1946–1951 | |
10 | Baldomero Viñalon | 1952–1959 | |
11 | Francisco de Mesa | 1960–1964 | Died in office |
* | Demetrio Loresca | 1964–1964 | Acting mayor |
12 | Maximino Argana | 1964–1966 | |
13 | Demetrio Loresca | 1966–1971 | |
* | Maximino Argana | 1972–1985 | |
14 | Santiago Carlos | 1985–1986 | |
* | Victor Aguinaldo | 1987–1988 | Acting mayor |
15 | Ignacio Bunye | 1986–1998 | First city mayor |
16 | Jaime Fresnedi | 1998–2007 | |
17 | Aldrin San Pedro | 2007–2013 | |
* | Jaime Fresnedi | 2013–2022 | |
18 | Ruffy Biazon | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
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1 | Canuto Celestino | 1901–1903 | First municipal president |
2 | Bernardo Dagala | 1903–1905 | Municipal president of Malabon after annexation of Navotas |
3 | Hermogenes Monroy | 1905–1907 | Municipal president of Navotas after restoration |
4 | Rufino Hernández | 1907–1909 | |
5 | José Pascual | 1909–1916 | |
6 | Ángelo Ángeles | 1916–1919 | |
7 | Arsenio Roldan | 1919–1922 | |
8 | Alejandro Leóngson | 1922–1928 | |
9 | Ángel Santiago | 1928–1931 | |
* | Alejandro Leóngson | 1931–1934 | |
10 | Benjamín Alonzo | 1934–1937 | First municipal mayor |
11 | Félix Monroy | 1937–1946 | |
12 | Nemesio Ángeles | 1944–1944 | |
* | Félix Monroy | 1944–1946 | |
13 | Tomás Gómez | 1946–1947 | |
14 | Pacífico Javier | 1948–1951 | |
15 | Roberto Monroy | 1952–1963 | |
16 | Felipe del Rosario Sr. | 1964–1980 | |
17 | Victor Javier | 1980–1986 | |
18 | Felipe del Rosario Jr. | 1986–1998 | |
19 | Cipriano Bautista | 1998–2000 | Died in office |
20 | Tobias Tiangco | 2000–2010 | First city mayor |
21 | John Rey Tiangco | 2010–2019 | |
* | Tobias Tiangco | 2019–2022 | |
* | John Rey Tiangco | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
* | Santiago García | 1897–1897 | |
* | Timoteo Bernabé | 1898–1899 | |
* | Máximo Rodríguez | 1900–1901 | |
1 | Patricio Bernabé | 1902–1903 | |
2 | Valentino de León | 1904–1908 | |
3 | Flaviano Rodríguez | 1908–1912 | |
4 | Nicanor Mayuga | 1912–1916 | |
5 | Francisco Cruz | 1916–1916 | |
6 | Andrés Buenaventura | 1916–1922 | |
7 | Victor Medina | 1922–1925 | |
8 | Juan Gabriel | 1925–1928 | |
9 | Olímpico Peña | 1928–1931 | |
10 | Sabas de Guzmán | 1931–1934 | |
11 | Francisco Gabriel | 1934–1937 | |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
12 | José Luciano | 1945–1945 | |
13 | Laureano Capistrano | 1945–1945 | |
14 | Nicanor Cruz | 1946–1955 | |
15 | Eleuterio de León | 1956–1964 | |
16 | Florencio Bernabé Sr. | 1965–1986 | |
* | Rodolfo Buenavista | 1986–1987 | |
17 | Walfrido Ferrer | 1988–1992 | |
18 | Pablo Olivarez | 1992–1995 | |
19 | Joselito Marquez | 1995–2004 | First city mayor |
20 | Florencio Bernabe Jr. | 2004–2013 | |
21 | Edwin Olivarez | 2013–2022 | |
22 | Eric Olivarez | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pascual Villanueva | 1900–1905 | First municipal president of Pasay renamed from Pineda |
2 | Gregorio Villanueva | 1906–1908 | |
3 | Mauro Reyes | 1908–1910 | |
4 | Eugenio Villanueva | 1910–1912 | |
* | Pascual Villanueva | 1912–1919 | |
5 | Miguel Cornejo | 1919–1922; 1928–1931 | |
6 | Moises San Juan | 1931–1937 | |
7 | Rufino Mateo | 1937–1940 | |
* | Moises San Juan | 1940–1942 | District Chief of Pasay under the City of Greater Manila (1941–1942) [2] |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | Adolfo Santos | 1942–1942 | District Chief of Pasay under the City of Greater Manila (1942) [2] |
* | Enrique Manaloto | 1942–1945 | District Chief of Pasay under the City of Greater Manila (1942–1944) [2] |
* | Alipio Pestañas | 1945–1945 | |
* | Nicanor Santos | 1945–1945 | |
* | Adolfo Santos | 1945–1945 | |
* | Rufino Mateo | 1946–1950 | |
8 | Carlos Rivilla | 1950–1951 | |
9 | Primitivo Lovina | 1951–1952 | |
10 | Pablo Cuneta | 1953–1963 | First elected mayor |
11 | Jovito Claudio | 1968–1971 | |
* | Pablo Cuneta | 1972–1986 | |
* | Eduardo Calixto | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor, father of Mayor Imelda Calixto-Rubiano and Rep. Antonino Calixto. |
* | Norman Urbina | 1987–1988 | Acting mayor |
* | Pablo Cuneta | 1988–1998 | Father of megastar Sharon Cuneta |
* | Jovito Claudio | 1998–2000 | |
12 | Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad | 2000–2006 | |
* | Allan Panaligan | 2006–2007 | Acting mayor, former city councilor |
* | Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad | 2007–2010 | |
13 | Antonino Calixto | 2010–2019 | |
14 | Imelda Calixto-Rubiano | 2019–present | First female city mayor |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Felipe Benicio Gómez | 1902–1904 | First municipal president |
2 | Julio Raymundo | 1904–1906 | |
3 | José Feliciano | 1906–1909 | |
4 | Lupo Miguel | 1910–1912 | |
5 | Francisco Reyes | 1912–1915 | |
6 | Alejandro Ramos | 1915–1918 | |
7 | Fortunato Concepción | 1918–1921 | |
8 | José Pérez | 1921–1924 | |
9 | Sixto Antonio | 1924–1935 | |
10 | Cipriano Raymundo | 1936–1945 | |
11 | Bibiano Reynoso | 1945–1945 | |
12 | Apolonio Santiago | 1945–1945 | |
* | Cipriano Raymundo | 1945–1946 | |
13 | Francisco Legaspi | 1946–1951 | |
* | Cipriano Raymundo | 1952–1955 | |
14 | Emiliano Caruncho | 1956–1986 | |
15 | Mario Raymundo | 1986–1992 | |
16 | Vicente Eusebio | 1992–2001 | First city mayor |
17 | Soledad Eusebio | 2001–2004 | |
* | Vicente Eusebio | 2004–2007 | |
18 | Robert Eusebio | 2007–2013 | |
19 | Maribel Andaya-Eusebio | 2013–2016 | |
* | Robert Eusebio | 2016–2019 | |
20 | Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Sotto | 2019–present | Youngest elected city mayor |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes [7] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gregorio Flores | 1900–1906 | |
2 | Julio Tangco | 1907–1912 | |
3 | Estanislao Calingo Sr. | 1913–1917 | |
4 | Simplicio Manalo | 1918–1920 | |
5 | Adriano Almeda | 1921–1925 | |
6 | Juan Sanchez | 1926–1930 | |
7 | Emiliano Almeda | 1931–1934 | |
8 | Moises Flores | 1934–1940 | |
9 | Delfin Salonga | 1941–1944 | |
10 | Melchor Menguito | 1944–1945 | |
11 | Antonino Ponce Sr. | 1946–1947 | |
* | Moises Flores | 1947–1951 | |
* | Antonino Ponce Sr. | 1952–1959 | |
12 | Eustacio Flores | 1960–1971 | |
13 | Nestor Ponce Sr. | 1972–1979 | Died in office |
14 | Normando Sta. Ana | 1980–1986 | |
15 | Cesar Borja | 1986–1989 | Died in office |
16 | Jose Capco Jr. | 1989–2001 | |
17 | Rosendo Capco | 2001–2007 | |
18 | Jaime Medina | 2007–2016 | |
19 | Miguel Ponce III | 2016–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
* | Manuel Quézon | 1939–1939 | Acting mayor |
1 | Tomás Morato | 1939–1942 | First appointed mayor |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Mayor of the City of Greater Manila |
2 | Ponciano Bernardo | 1946–1949 | Died in office |
3 | Nicanor Roxas | 1949–1950 | Acting mayor |
4 | Ignacio Díaz | 1950–1953 | First elected mayor |
5 | Norberto Amoranto | 1954–1976 | |
6 | Adelina Rodriguez | 1976–1986 | |
* | Brigido Simón | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Reynaldo Bernardo | 1987–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Elmer Pormento | 1987–1988 | Acting mayor |
* | Leoncio de Perio | 1988–1988 | Acting mayor |
7 | Brigido Simón | 1988–1992 | |
8 | Ismael Mathay Jr. | 1992–2001 | |
9 | Feliciano Belmonte Jr. | 2001–2010 | |
10 | Herbert Bautista | 2010–2019 | |
11 | Josefina "Joy" Belmonte | 2019–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andres Soriano | 1901–1903 | First municipal president of San Juan [4] |
* | Pantaleon Blas | 1903 | Municipal president of San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong) after annexation of San Juan |
* | Miguel Vergara | 1904-1904 | |
* | Claro Castañeda | 1905–1906 | |
2 | Marcelo Luna | 1907–1910 | First municipal president after restoration |
3 | Juan Domingo de Mesa | 1910–1912 | |
4 | Juan Gutiérrez | 1912–1916 | |
5 | Valentín Ibáñez | 1928–1931 | |
6 | Graciano Santos | 1931–1933 | First elected mayor [4] |
7 | Máximo Reyes | 1933–1934 | First elected municipal president [4] |
8 | Engracio Santos | 1935–1938 | Elected mayor |
9 | Daniel Santiago | 1939–1942 | Elected mayor |
* | Aquilino de Guzman | 1942–1943 | District Chief of San Juan under the City of Greater Manila [2] |
* | Regino Eustanquio | 1944–1945 | District Chief of San Juan under the City of Greater Manila [2] |
* | Jorge Vargas | 1941–1942 | Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila [4] |
* | León Guinto | 1942–1944 | Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila. [4] |
* | Daniel Santiago | 1945–1946 | Appointed mayor [4] |
10 | Engracio Santos | 1946–1954 | Elected mayor [4] |
* | Mariano Domingo | 1954–1955 | Acting mayor [4] |
11 | Nicanor Salaysay | 1954–1955 | Acting appointed mayor [4] |
12 | Nicanor Ibuna | 1956–1967 | |
13 | Braulio Santo Domingo | 1968–1969 | |
14 | Joseph Estrada | 1969–1986 | |
* | Reynaldo San Pascual | 1986–1987 | Officer in charge following the People Power Revolution [4] |
* | Antonio Quirino | 1986–1987 | Officer in charge [4] |
15 | Adolfo Santo Domingo | 1988–1992 | |
16 | Jinggoy Estrada | 1992–2001 | |
17 | JV Ejercito | 2001–2010 | First city mayor [4] |
18 | Guia Gomez | 2010–2019 | |
19 | Francis Zamora | 2019–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Feliciano Pagcalinauan | 1901–1903 | First municipal president |
2 | Felipe Rayos del Sol | 1904–1910 | |
3 | Braulio Pagcalinauan | 1911–1912 | |
4 | Graciano Juta | 1912–1916 | |
5 | José Pagtakhan | 1916–1925 | |
6 | Eusebio Santos | 1925–1931 | |
7 | Cleto Mastrili | 1931–1934 | |
8 | Artemio Natividad | 1934–1942 | |
9 | Leocadio de León | 1942–1945 | |
* | Pedro Cruz | 1945–1945 | |
* | Leocadio de León | 1946–1946 | |
10 | Pedro Cruz | 1946–1947 | |
11 | Nicanor Cruz | 1948–1951 | |
12 | Bonifacio Relón | 1952–1955 | |
13 | Monico Tanyag | 1956–1975 | |
14 | Levi Mariano | 1976–1986 | |
* | Isidro García | 1986–1988 | |
15 | Rodolfo de Guzman | 1988–1992 | |
16 | Ricardo Papa Sr. | 1992–1995 | |
17 | Isidro García | 1995–1998 | |
* | Ricardo Papa Sr. | 1998–2001 | |
18 | Sigfrido Tiñga | 2001–2010 | First city mayor |
19 | Lani Cayetano | 2010–2019 | |
20 | Lino Cayetano | 2019–2022 | |
* | Lani Cayetano | 2022–present |
# | Mayor | Dates in Office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Pío Valenzuela | 1899–1901 | First municipal president of Polo |
2 | Nemencio Santiago | 1901–1903 | |
3 | Rufino Valenzuela | 1903–1907 | |
4 | Inoc Guansing | 1908–1909 | |
5 | Melencio Hernández | 1910–1912 | |
6 | José Serapio | 1912–1917 | |
* | Fortunato Rivera | 1917–1917 | Acting mayor |
* | Rufino Valenzuela | 1917–1919 | |
7 | Tomás de Castro | 1920–1922 | |
8 | Arcadio Deato | 1922–1928 | |
9 | Barcenico Espíritu | 1928–1931 | |
10 | Andrés Fernando | 1931–1937 | |
11 | Leopoldo Santiago | 1937–1940 | |
* | Andrés Fernando | 1940–1942 | |
12 | Feliciano Ponciano | 1942–1943 | |
13 | Pedro de Guía | 1944–1945 | |
14 | Faustino Cruz | 1945–1946 | |
15 | Florentino Deato | 1946–1951 | |
16 | Avelino Deato | 1952–1955 | |
17 | Ignacio Santiago Sr. | 1956–1959 | |
* | Florentino Deato | 1960–1963 | Last mayor of Polo |
* | Enrique Bautista | 1960–1960 | First appointed mayor of Valenzuela carved out from Polo |
* | Pío Ángeles | 1960–1961 | |
* | Gregorio Marcelo | 1961–1962 | |
* | Faustino Lázaro | 1962–1963 | |
* | Ignacio Santiago Sr. | 1964–1967 | First mayor of Valenzuela after amalgamation with Polo |
18 | Gerónimo Ángeles | 1968–1986 | First mayor of Valenzuela after annexation to Metro Manila |
* | Wilfredo Chongco | 1986–1987 | Acting mayor |
* | Artemio Andrés | 1988–1988 | Acting mayor |
* | Linda Santos | 1988–1988 | Acting mayor |
* | Romeo Llenado | 1988–1988 | Acting mayor |
19 | Santiago de Guzman | 1988–1995 | |
20 | Jose Emmanuel Carlos | 1995–2004 | First city mayor |
21 | Sherwin Gatchalian | 2004–2013 | |
22 | Rexlon Gatchalian | 2013–2022 | |
23 | Weslie Gatchalian | 2022–present |
Metropolitan Manila, commonly shortened to Metro Manila and formally the National Capital Region, is the capital region and largest metropolitan area of the Philippines. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, the region lies between the Central Luzon and Calabarzon regions. Encompassing an area of 636.00 km2 (245.56 sq mi) and with a population of 13,484,462 as of 2020, it consists of sixteen highly urbanized cities: Manila—the capital city—Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, along with one independent municipality, Pateros. As the second most populous and the most densely populated region in the Philippines, it ranks as the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Asia and the 6th most populous urban area in the world.
Muntinlupa, officially the City of Muntinlupa, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 543,445 people.
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. Manila is the world's most densely populated city proper, with 43,611.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (112,953/sq mi) and a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020; it is also the historic core of a built-up area that extends well beyond its administrative limits and includes some 24 million people. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated by Philippine Commission Act No. 183 on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade. This marked the first time an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the planet had been established.
In the Philippines, regions are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs). Most national government offices provide services through their regional branches instead of having direct provincial or city offices. Regional offices are usually but not necessarily located in the city designated as the regional center.
Quezon City, also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C., is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines.
Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people.
Marikina, officially the City of Marikina, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 456,159 people.
Pateros, officially the Municipality of Pateros, is the lone municipality of Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,227 people.
Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan, is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most populous city in the Philippines.
San Juan, officially the City of San Juan, is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 126,347 people. It is geographically located at Metro Manila's approximate center and is also the country's smallest city in terms of land area.
Amadeo, officially the Municipality of Amadeo, is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,901 people.
Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu, is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby island of Mactan. It accounts for 19.9 percent of the land area and 61.5 percent of the population of the entire province of Cebu.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is a government agency of the Philippines responsible for constituting the regional government of Metro Manila, comprising the capital city of Manila, the cities of Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas and San Juan, and the municipality of Pateros.
Oscar "Oca" Gonzales Malapitan is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the representative from the 1st District of Caloocan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2022 and previously from 2004 to 2013. He also served as Mayor of Caloocan from 2013 to 2022, Vice Mayor of Caloocan from 2001 to 2004, and City Councilor from 1992 to 1998. He also unsuccessfully ran for representative in 2001. He is currently a member of the Nacionalista Party.
Metro Davao, officially Metropolitan Davao, is a metropolitan area in Mindanao, Philippines. It includes the cities of Davao, Digos, Mati, Panabo, Samal and Tagum and spanned parts of all five provinces of the Davao Region. Metro Davao is one of three metropolitan areas in the Philippines. It is administered by the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority. It is the largest metropolitan region by land area and the second most populous in the Philippines.
The Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS) is a public water bus service based in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is currently the only water-based transportation service in Metro Manila that cruises the length of the Pasig River and Marikina River, passing through the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina, and Taguig.
Benjamin "Benhur" de Castro Abalos Jr. is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government from 2022 to 2024 in the Cabinet of President Bongbong Marcos. He served as chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in the Duterte administration from 2021 to 2022. In his hometown of Mandaluyong, he previously served as mayor, representative (2004–2007), and councilor (1995–1998). His father and namesake, Benjamin Abalos, is a former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chairman, and like Benhur, also served as mayor of Mandaluyong and MMDA chairman.
The National Housing Authority (NHA) is a government agency responsible for public housing in the Philippines. Established on July 31, 1975, it is organized as a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development as an attached agency.
The No Contact Apprehension Policy (NCAP) refers to different active traffic management and road traffic safety measures being implemented by local government units all over the Philippines.