Mayor of Bacoor

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Mayor of the City of Bacoor
Incumbent
Edwin M. Bautista
since June 30, 2022
Style The Honorable
(Formal)
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length 3 years
PrecursorGobernadorcillo de Bacoor (pre-Maura Law)
Capitán municipal de Bacoor (post-Maura Law)
Inaugural holderMateo Masacayan (as gobernadorcillo)
Formation1671

The mayor of Bacoor (Filipino : Punong Lungsod ng Bakoor) is the head of the executive branch of city government of Bacoor, a first-class urban component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor. The present office was established in 1908 during the American colonial period after the reconstitution of Bacoor in 1906 from Imus, succeeding the Spanish-era offices of the gobernadorcillo and capitán municipal of Bacoor. Twenty-one individuals have held this position since its formation.

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History

Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, [1] the Bacoor city government is to be composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice-mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Panlungsod alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms.

Elected to a term of three years and limited to three consecutive terms, the mayor of Bacoor holds office at Bacoor City Hall within the Bacoor Government Center in Brgy. San Nicolas II. He appoints the directors of each city department, which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office, and treasury office.

The first city mayor of Bacoor is Edwin M. Bautista, from the Lakas Party. He first assumed office on 30 June 2007, following his victory in the May 2007 municipal elections. [2] He was reelected in 2010 for a second term, during which, Bacoor was converted into a city. [3] He ran and won a third as city mayor in 2013 which expired in 2016. [4] Having served up to the constitutional limit of three terms, he ran and won as the city's representative in the Philippine House of Representatives, with his sister-in-law Lani Mercado-Revilla being elected as city mayor as his replacement. After Revilla served for two terms, she was reelected to the House of Representatives during the 2022 Philippine general election, with Bautista returning to city hall as the reelected mayor.

The city's vice mayor performs duties as acting governor in the absence of the mayor. The vice mayor also automatically succeeds as mayor upon the death of the incumbent and also convenes the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city's legislative body. The city's first vice mayor was Rosette Miranda-Fernando, who was Bautista's vice mayor from 2007 to 2013. Councilwoman Catherine Evaristo replaced Fernando in that role having won during the 2013 Philippine general election and served in the role during the Bautista and Revilla administrations until she decided to run again as councilwoman in the 2022 Philippine general election, having reached the constitutional three-term limit. The incumbent vice mayor of Bacoor is Rowena B. Mendiola, who is also a former city councilwoman and Bautista's sister.

List of mayors

Mayor Pablo Gomez Sarino (1911-1987) Mayor Pablo Sarino.jpg
Mayor Pablo Gomez Sarino
(1911-1987)

-Partial list of gobernadorcillos, capitanes municipales, and mayors of Bacoor

#NamePeriod
Gobernadorcillo under Spanish rule
1Julian de Ocampo1889-1890
2Epifanio Gómez1890-1892 [5]
3Benigno De Guia1892-1893
Capitán municipal under Spanish rule
(3)Benigno De Guia1893-1894
4Justo Narvaez1894-1896
During Philippine Revolution
(4)Justo Narvaez (retained by Spain due to the Revolution)1896-1898
Under American colonial rule
5Gregorio De Guia (Presidente municipal)1900–1903
6Felix Cuenca (Presidente municipal)1903–1906
7Luis Javier Landas1908–1911 [6]
(5)Gregorio De Guia1912–1915
8Hilarion Guzman1916–1919
9Simon Reyes1919–1922
10Francisco Gaudier1925–1928
11Marcelo F. Cuenca1928–1930
12Eduardo Ocampo1931–1934
Second World War
13Marcelo Miranda1942–1945
Post-Independence Era
14Dr. Generoso Sarino1946–1947
15Arsenio Castillo1948–1954
16Benigno Guinto1954–1959
17 Pablo Gomez Sarino 1959–1967 [7]
(16)Benigno Guinto1967–1971
(17) Pablo Gomez Sarino 1971–1986 [8]
18Benjamin T. Enriquez, Sr. (OIC)1986-1987
19Evelyn S. Maniquis1987-1988
20Angelito J. Miranda1988 [lower-alpha 1]
–Buencamino M. Cruz1988–1992
21Victor I. Miranda1992–1996
22Jose M. Francisco1996–1998
23Jessie Banayad Castillo1998–2007
24 Strike Revilla 2007–2016
25 Lani M. Revilla 2016–2022
(24) Strike Revilla 2022–present

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Assassinated a few days later.

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References

  1. ↑ "An Act Providing for a Local Government Code of 1991". 8th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Results". 2007 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results". 2010 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Results". 2013 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gobernadorcillos". Diario de Manila. Manila. May 8, 1890.
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