Secretary of Agriculture | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | The President with the consent of Commission on Appointments |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Jose Alejandrino |
Formation | June 23, 1898 |
Website | http://www.da.gov.ph |
The secretary of agriculture (Filipino: Kalihim ng Pagsasaka) is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Agriculture.
# | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Period |
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Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | Emilio Aguinaldo [1] | First Republic | |||
1 | Jose Alejandrino | June 23, 1898 | January 21, 1899 | ||
The department was clustered under the Ministry of Welfare from January to May 1899. | |||||
2 | Graciano Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 | May 7, 1899 | ||
3 | León María Guerrero | May 7, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | ||
The department was demoted to a bureau, the Bureau of Agriculture, subordinate to the Department of the Interior from 1902 to 1910, then under the Department of Public Instruction from 1910 to 1917. | NA | Insular Government (American occupation) | |||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |||||
4 | Galicano Apacible | 1917 | 1921 | ||
5 | Rafael Corpus | 1921 | 1923 | ||
6 | Silverio Apóstol | 1923 | 1928 | ||
7 | Rafael Alunan Sr. | 1928 | 1932 | ||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
(7) | Rafael Alunan Sr. | 1932 | 1932 | ||
8 | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | 1933 | 1934 | ||
9 | Eulogio Rodriguez | July 26, 1934 | November 15, 1935 | ||
November 15, 1935 | 1938 | Manuel L. Quezon [2] | Commonwealth | ||
10 | Benigno Aquino Sr. | 1938 | 1941 | ||
(7) | Rafael Alunan Sr. | 1941 | 1941 | ||
Secretaries of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce | Commonwealth (in exile) | ||||
11 | José Abad Santos | December 26, 1941 | March 26, 1942 | ||
12 | Andrés Soriano Sr. | March 26, 1942 | July 31, 1944 | ||
13 | Manuel Nieto | August 8, 1944 | February 27, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña [3] | |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | José P. Laurel [4] | Second Republic | |||
(7) | Rafael Alunan Sr. | January 23, 1942 | October 14, 1943 | ||
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
(7) | Rafael Alunan Sr. | October 14, 1943 | March 20, 1945 | ||
Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce | Sergio Osmeña [3] | Commonwealth (restored) | |||
14 | Delfín Jaranilla | February 27, 1945 | July 12, 1945 | ||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
15 | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | July 12, 1945 | 1946 | ||
16 | Mariano Garchitorena | May 28, 1946 | 1947 | Manuel Roxas [5] | Third Republic |
Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |||||
(16) | Mariano Garchitorena | 1947 | April 15, 1948 | ||
April 15, 1948 | September 1, 1948 | Elpidio Quirino [6] | |||
17 | Placido L. Mapa | September 21, 1948 | 1950 | ||
18 | Fernando Lopez [A] | December 14, 1950 | 1953 | ||
19 | Placido L. Mapa | 1953 | 1953 | ||
20 | Salvador Z. Araneta | March 10, 1954 | 1955 | Ramon Magsaysay [7] | |
21 | Juan G. Rodriguez | April 12, 1956 | March 17, 1957 | ||
March 18, 1957 | August 1960 | Carlos P. Garcia [8] | |||
22 | Cesar Fortich | 1960 | 1961 | ||
23 | Jose C. Locsin | September 1961 | December 30, 1961 | ||
December 30, 1961 | 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal [9] | |||
24 | Benjamin M. Gozon | 1962 | 1963 | ||
25 | Jose Y. Feliciano | 1963 | 1965 | ||
26 | Fernando Lopez [A] | December 30, 1965 | 1971 | Ferdinand E. Marcos [10] | |
27 | Arturo R. Tanco Jr. | 1971 | May 17, 1974 | ||
Secretary of Agriculture | |||||
(27) | Arturo R. Tanco Jr. | May 17, 1974 | June 1978 | ||
Minister of Agriculture | |||||
(27) | Arturo R. Tanco Jr. | June 1978 | June 30, 1981 | ||
June 30, 1981 | June 1984 | Fourth Republic | |||
Ministers of Agriculture and Food | |||||
28 | Salvador H. Escudero III | 1984 | 1986 | ||
29 | Ramon V. Mitra Jr. | March 25, 1986 | March 9, 1987 | Corazon C. Aquino | Fifth Republic |
Secretaries of Agriculture | |||||
30 | Carlos Dominguez III | March 9, 1987 | December 31, 1989 | ||
31 | Senen C. Bacani | January 1, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | ||
32 | Roberto S. Sebastian | June 30, 1992 | January 31, 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos [11] | |
33 | Salvador H. Escudero III | February 1, 1996 | June 30, 1998 | ||
Act | William D. Dar [B] | June 30, 1998 | May 24, 1999 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada [12] | |
34 | Edgardo Angara | May 25, 1999 | January 6, 2001 | ||
35 | Domingo F. Panganiban | January 8, 2001 | January 20, 2001 | ||
January 20, 2001 | March 31, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [13] | |||
36 | Leonardo Q. Montemayor | March 31, 2001 | December 8, 2002 | ||
37 | Luis P. Lorenzo Jr. | December 9, 2002 | August 15, 2004 | ||
38 | Arthur C. Yap | August 23, 2004 | June 30, 2005 [14] | ||
39 | Domingo F. Panganiban | July 16, 2005 | October 25, 2006 | ||
40 | Arthur C. Yap | October 25, 2006 [15] | February 24, 2010 | ||
41 | Bernie Fondevilla [C] | March 8, 2010 [16] | June 30, 2010 | ||
42 | Proceso Alcala | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno S. Aquino III [17] | |
43 | Emmanuel Piñol | June 30, 2016 | August 5, 2019 | Rodrigo Duterte | |
44 | William D. Dar [18] | August 5, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | ||
45 | Bongbong Marcos D | June 30, 2022 | November 3, 2023 | Bongbong Marcos | |
46 | Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. | November 3, 2023 | Incumbent |
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