Mayor of Cagayan de Oro

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Mayor of Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro official seal, 2014.png
Seal of Cagayan de Oro
Rolando Uy (18th Congress).jpg
Incumbent
Rolando Adlao Uy
since June 30, 2022
Style The Honorable
(Formal)
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length 3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms
Inaugural holderToribio Chaves
Formation1898
Mariano A. Velez appointed Military Mayor after World War II to rehabilitate the city. Mariano A Velez.jpg
Mariano A. Velez appointed Military Mayor after World War II to rehabilitate the city.

The mayor of Cagayan de Oro (Filipino : Punong lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro) is the head of the local government of the city who elected to three year terms. The Mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.

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Cagayan de Misamis

No.PhotoMayorPeriodVice MayorNote
1 Toribio Chavez.png Toribio Chaves [1] December 1898 – 1900the first Municipal Mayor
2 Tirso Neri.png Tirso Neri 1901-1904
3 Cayetano Pacana.png Cayetano Pacana 1904-1905
4 Pedro Velez Mayor of Cagayan de Misamis.png Pedro VélezJanuary–April, 1906
5 Cipriano Vamenta.png Cipriano Vamenta, Sr.1906-1908
6 Isidro Vamenta.png Isidro Vamenta 1908-1909
5 Ramon Neri.png Ramon B. Neri January 3, 1910 – October 21, 1912
6 Uldarico Akut.png Uldarico Akut1912-1916
7 Segundo Gaston.png Segundo Gaston 1916-1919
8 Pedro Mabulay.png Pedro P. Mabulay1919-1922Appointed by Insular Government of the Philippine Islands United States Territorial Government
9 Fernando Pacana Sr.png Fernándo Pacana, Sr.1922-1925
10 Vicente Castro.png Vicente P. Castro1925-1928Mariano A. Velez
11 Apolinar Velez.png Don Apolinar Vélez 1928-1931Mariano A. Velez
12 Lucio Ramos.png Lucio S. Ramos1931-1934
13 Julio Pacana.png Julio B. Pacana(1934-1940 died in office)Roque Chávez
14 Roque Chaves.png Roque Chávez1940-1945Patricia Velez y Mercado [2] Then vice mayor Roque Chaves assumed the post of Mayor after the untimely demise of Julio Pacana in 1940. Patricia Mercado Velez as the #1 Municipal Councilor assume the vacated Vice Mayor position. Patricia Mercado became the first female council and eventually the first female vice mayor.
15 Herminigildo Avancena.png Herminigildo Avanceña1941-1945, 1946Salvador Pacana (1945-1947)restored to office.

Post World War II

No.PhotoMayorPeriodVice MayorNote
16 Lucio Ramos.png Lucio S. Ramos [3] 1946-1947on his second term as Municipal Mayor.
17 Marino Velez sr.png Mariano A. Vélez Sr. [4] 1948appointed as Military Mayor entrusted for the post-World War II rehabilitation.

City of Cagayan de Oro

No.PhotoMayorPeriodVice Mayor
1 Maximo Y. Suniel.png Máximo Y. Suniel 1948-1953Pedro E. Pimentel
2 Pedro Baculio.png Pedro SA. Baculio 1953-1954Osmundo R. Waga (1952-1962)
Alejandro M. Velez (1963)
Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. (1964)
3 Justiniano Borja.png Justiniano R. Borja 1954-1964
4 Jesus Serina.png Jesús V. Seriña, Sr.1964-1971Pio Roa (1966-1967)
Cecilio Luminarias (1966-1976)
5 Ruben R Canoy.png Reuben R. Canoy 1971-1976
6 Concordio Diel.png Concordio C. Diel1976-1978
7 Pedro Oloy Roa.png Pedro "Oloy" N. Roa1978-1980
8 Aquilino Pimentel Jr 1980.png Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. 1980-1984Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas (1980-1984)
9 Pablo Magtajas.png Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas1984–1998Henry J. Bacal (1984–1987)
Erasmo Damásing (1988–1992)
Antonio Soriano (1992-1995)
John L. Elizaga (1995-2004)
10 Manolo Tagarda.png Manolo Z. Tagarda1998
11 John Elizaga.png John L. Elizaga1998
12 Vicente Emano2.png Vicente Yap Emano 1998–2007John L. Elizaga (1998-2004)
Michelle J. Tagarda-Spiers (2004–2007)
13 Mayor Constantino Jaraula.jpg Constantino Jaraula 2007–2010Vicente Yap Emano (2007–2010)
(12) Dongkoy Emano.jpg Vicente Yap Emano2010–2013Cesar Ian Acenas (2010–2016)
13 Mayor Oscar S. Moreno.png Oscar S. Moreno 2013–2022
Raineir Joaquín Vélez Uy (2016–2022)
14 Rolando Uy (18th Congress).jpg Rolando A. Uy 2022–presentJocelyn B. Rodriguez

Vice Mayor

The Vice Mayor is the second-highest official of the city The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.

The Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the 19-man Cagayan de Oro City Council, and he can only vote in case of a tiebreaker. If the mayor dies or is either suspended or removed from office, the vice mayor assumes the functions as city mayor and serve out his remaining term until the next election.

In case that the vice mayor dies while in office or is either removed or suspended, his duties will be carried out by the No.1 councilor, which is the councilor who garnered the most votes in the immediately preceding election.

The incumbent Vice Mayor is Jocelyn B. Rodriguez as of June 30, 2022.


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