| Secretary of Agriculture | |
|---|---|
 Official seal of the Department of Agriculture | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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