Secretary of Agriculture (Philippines)

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Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture of the Philippines.svg
Official seal of the Department of Agriculture
Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (cropped).jpg
since November 3, 2023 [1]
Style The Honorable
AppointerThe president with the consent of Commission on Appointments
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Jose Alejandrino
FormationJune 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.

Contents

The current secretary is Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., who assumed office on November 3, 2023. [1]

Functions

The following are the functions of the secretary of agriculture: [2]

List

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1898–1899)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
1 Jose Alejandrino's passport application (cropped).jpg José Alejandrino
(1870–1951)
June 23,
1898
January 21,
1899
Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Welfare (1899)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
2 Gracio Gonzaga, Governor of Cagayan (Portrait, 1905).jpg Gracio GonzagaJune 23,
1898
January 21,
1899
Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1899)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
3 Leon Ma. Guerrero (1908).png León María Guerrero
(1853–1935)
May 7,
1899
November 13,
1899
Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1917–1933)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeGovernor-General
4 Galicano Apacible's passport application.jpg Galicano Apacible
(1864–1949)
[3] [4]
January 11,
1917
October 31,
1921
Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater
Leonard Wood
5 Rafael Corpus, Member of the Philippine Assembly, published 1913.jpg Rafael Corpus
(1880–1960)
[4] [5]
November 2,
1921
July 17,
1923
[a] Silverio Apostol's passport application.jpg Silverio Apostol
[6]
July 18,
1923
September 6,
1928
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
6 Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg Rafael Alunan Sr.
(1885–1947)
[7]
September 6,
1928
January 1,
1933
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1933–1935)

Act No. 4007 was approved on December 5, 1932, renaming the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce on January 1, 1933. [8]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeGovernor-General
(6) Vicente Singson Encarnacion.jpg Vicente Singson Encarnacion
(1875–1961)
January 1,
1933
July 26,
1934
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Frank Murphy
7 Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez
(1883–1964)
July 26,
1934
November 15,
1935

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1935–1941)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(7) Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez.jpg Eulogio Rodriguez
(1883–1964)
[9]
November 15,
1935
November 15,
1938
Manuel L. Quezon
10 Benigno Simeon Aquino Sr.jpg Benigno Aquino Sr.
(1894–1947)
[9]
December 1,
1938
August 28,
1941
(5) Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg Rafael Alunan Sr.
(1885–1947)
[10]
August 28,
1941
December 24,
1941

Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce (1941–1944)

President Manuel L. Quezon issued Executive Order No. 396 on December 24, 1941, reorganizing the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce as the Department of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce. [11]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
11 Jose Abad Santos.jpg José Abad Santos
(1886–1942)
[12]
December 24,
1941
March 26,
1942
Manuel L. Quezon
12 Andres Roxas Soriano (cropped).jpg Andrés Soriano
(1898–1964)
[12]
March 26,
1942
July 31,
1944

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce (1942–1943)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officeChairman of the Philippine Executive Commission
(5) Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg Rafael Alunan Sr.
(1885–1947)
[13]
January 26,
1942
October 14,
1943
Jorge B. Vargas

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (1943–1945)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(5) Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg Rafael Alunan Sr.
(1885–1947)
[13]
October 19,
1943
March 20,
1945
Jose P. Laurel

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1944–1947)

President Sergio Osmeña issued Executive Order No. 15-W on August 8, 1944, reorganizing the Department of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce as the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. [14]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
13 Colonel Manuel Nieto.jpg Manuel Nieto
(1892–1970)
August 8,
1944
February 27,
1945
Sergio Osmeña
14 NL-HaNA 2.21.273 1 0099 11 (cropped).jpg Delfín Jaranilla
(1883–1980)
February 27,
1945
July 12,
1945
(6) Vicente Singson Encarnacion.jpg Vicente Singson Encarnacion
(1875–1961)
[15]
July 12,
1945
May 28,
1946
15 Mariano Garchitorena.jpg Mariano Garchitorena
(1898–1961)
[16]
May 28,
1946
July 1,
1947
Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources (1947–1974)

President Manuel Roxas issued Executive Order No. 94 on October 4, 1947, reorganizing the Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources as of July 1, 1947. [17]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(15) Mariano Garchitorena.jpg Mariano Garchitorena
(1898–1961)
July 1,
1947
September 1,
1948
Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
16 3x4.svg Placido Mapa
[18]
September 21,
1948
September 14,
1950
17 [b] Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
[18] [19] [20]
September 14,
1950
May 26,
1953
[a] 3x4.svg Placido Mapa
[21]
May 26,
1953
December 29,
1953
18 3x4.svg Salvador Araneta
(1902–1982)
[22]
March 10,
1954
August 13,
1955
Ramon Magsaysay
19 3x4.svg Juan RodriguezAugust 18,
1954
March 3,
1960
Carlos P. Garcia
20 Cesar Fortich.jpg Cesar FortichMarch 3,
1960
September 15,
1961
[a] Senator Jose C. Locsin.jpg Jose Locsin
(1891–1977)
September 15,
1961
December 30,
1961
21 Benjamin Gozon.jpg Benjamin Gozon19621963 Diosdado Macapagal
22 Jose Yusi Feliciano.jpg Jose Feliciano19631965
(17) [b] Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
[23]
December 30,
1965
January 15,
1971
Ferdinand Marcos
23 Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg Arturo Roxas Tanco Jr.
[23]
January 15,
1971
May 17,
1974

Secretary of Agriculture (1974–1978)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 461 on May 17, 1974, creating the Department of Agriculture from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. [24]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(23) Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg Arturo Roxas Tanco Jr.May 17,
1974
June 2,
1978
Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Agriculture (1978–1984)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1397 on June 2, 1978, converting all departments into ministries headed by ministers. [25]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(23) Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg Arturo Roxas Tanco Jr.June 2,
1978
June 27,
1984
Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Agriculture and Food (1984–1984)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Executive Order No. 967 on June 30, 1984, renaming the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. [26]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
24 Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III (8th Congress).jpg Salvador Hatoc Escudero III
(1942–2012)
June 30,
1984
February 25,
1986
Ferdinand Marcos
25 Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg Ramon Villarosa Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)
February 25,
1986
January 30,
1987
Corazon Aquino

Minister of Agriculture (1987)

President Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 116 on January 30, 1987, renaming the Ministry of Agriculture and Food back to the Ministry of Agriculture. [2]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(25) Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg Ramon Villarosa Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)
January 30,
1987
February 11,
1987
Corazon Aquino

Secretary of Agriculture (from 1987)

President Corazon Aquino issued Administrative Order No. 15 on February 11, 1987, converting all ministries into departments headed by secretaries. [27]

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Took officeLeft officePresident
(25) Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg Ramon Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)
February 11,
1987
March 9,
1987
Corazon Aquino
26 Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (cropped).jpg Carlos Dominguez III
(born 1945)
March 9,
1987
December 31,
1989
27 3x4.svg Senen BacaniJanuary 1,
1990
June 30,
1992
28 3x4.svg Roberto Sebastian
(1944–2012)
June 30,
1992
January 31,
1996
Fidel V. Ramos
(24) Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III (8th Congress).jpg Salvador Escudero
(1942–2012)
February 1,
1996
June 30,
1998
[a] Agriculture Acting Secretary William Dar - 2019 (cropped).jpg William Dar
(born 1953)
June 30,
1998
May 24,
1999
Joseph Estrada
29 Edgardo Angara picture.jpg Edgardo Angara
(1934–2018)
May 25,
1999
January 6,
2001
30 3x4.svg Domingo F. Panganiban
(born 1939)
January 8,
2001
March 31,
2001
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
31 3x4.svg Leonardo MontemayorMarch 31,
2001
December 8,
2002
32 3x4.svg Luis Lorenzo Jr.December 9,
2002
August 15,
2004
33 Arthur Yap (cropped).jpg Arthur C. Yap
(born 1965)
[28]
August 23,
2004
July 15,
2005
(30) 3x4.svg Domingo F. Panganiban
(born 1939)
July 16,
2005
October 22,
2006
(33) Arthur Yap (cropped).jpg Arthur C. Yap
(born 1965)
[29]
October 25,
2006
February 24,
2010
[a] 3x4.svg Bernie Fondevilla
[30]
March 1,
2010
March 8,
2010
34March 8,
2010
June 30,
2010
35 PhotoRelease DA 140609 (cropped).jpg Proceso Alcala
(born 1955)
[31]
June 30,
2010
June 30,
2016
Benigno Aquino III
36 Manny Pinol - 2017 (cropped).jpg Emmanuel Piñol
(born 1953)
[32] [33]
June 30,
2016
August 5,
2019
Rodrigo Duterte
37 Agriculture Acting Secretary William Dar - 2019 (cropped).jpg William Dar
(born 1953)
[34]
August 5,
2019
June 30,
2022
38 [c] Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr (cropped portrait).jpg Bongbong Marcos
(born 1957)
June 30,
2022
November 3,
2023
Bongbong Marcos
39 Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (cropped).jpg Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. [1]
(born 1966/1967)
November 3,
2023
Incumbent

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Acting secretary.
  2. 1 2 In concurrent capacity as Vice President.
  3. In concurrent capacity as President.

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