| 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.
The following are the functions of the secretary of agriculture: [1]
| No. | Portrait | Secretary | Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | |||||
| 1 | José Alejandrino (1870–1951) | June 23, 1898 | January 21, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo | |
| Secretary of Welfare [a] | |||||
| 2 | Gracio Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 | May 7, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo | |
| Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | |||||
| 3 |  | León María Guerrero (1853–1935) | May 7, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| No. | Portrait | Secretary | Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources [2] | |||||
| 4 | Galicano Apacible (1864–1949) [3] [4] | January 11, 1917 | October 31, 1921 | Francis Burton Harrison | |
| Charles Yeater | |||||
| Leonard Wood | |||||
| 5 | Rafael Corpus (1880–1960) [4] [5] | November 2, 1921 | July 17, 1923 | ||
| – [b] | Silverio Apostol [6] | July 18, 1923 | September 6, 1928 | ||
| Eugene Allen Gilmore | |||||
| Henry L. Stimson | |||||
| 6 | Rafael Alunan [7] | September 6, 1928 | January 1, 1933 | ||
| Eugene Allen Gilmore | |||||
| Dwight F. Davis | |||||
| George C. Butte | |||||
| Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | |||||
| Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce [8] | |||||
| (6) |  | Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) | January 1, 1933 | July 26, 1934 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| Frank Murphy | |||||
| 7 |  | Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) | July 26, 1934 | November 15, 1935 | |
| No. | Portrait | Secretary | Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | |||||
| (7) | | Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) [9] | November 15, 1935 | November 15, 1938 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| 10 |  | Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947) [9] | December 1, 1938 | August 28, 1941 | |
| (5) |  | Rafael Alunan [10] | August 28, 1941 | December 24, 1941 | |
| Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce [11] | |||||
| 11 |  | José Abad Santos (1886–1942) [12] | December 24, 1941 | March 26, 1942 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| 12 | Andrés Soriano (1898–1964) [12] | March 26, 1942 | July 31, 1944 | ||
| Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
| (5) | Rafael Alunan [13] | January 26, 1942 | October 14, 1943 | Jorge B. Vargas [c] | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
| (5) | Rafael Alunan [14] | October 19, 1943 | March 20, 1945 | Jose P. Laurel | |
| Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce [15] | |||||
| 13 |  | Manuel Nieto (1892–1970) | August 8, 1944 | February 27, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 14 |  | Delfín Jaranilla (1883–1980) | February 27, 1945 | July 12, 1945 | |
| (6) | | Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) [16] | July 12, 1945 | May 28, 1946 | |
| 15 | Mariano Garchitorena (1898–1961) [17] | May 28, 1946 | July 1, 1947 | Manuel Roxas | |
| Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources [18] | |||||
| (15) | Mariano Garchitorena (1898–1961) | July 1, 1947 | September 1, 1948 | Manuel Roxas | |
| Elpidio Quirino | |||||
| 16 | Placido Mapa [19] | September 21, 1948 | September 14, 1950 | ||
| 17 [d] |  | Fernando Lopez (1904–1993) [19] [20] [21] | September 14, 1950 | May 26, 1953 | |
| – [b] | Placido Mapa [22] | May 26, 1953 | December 29, 1953 | ||
| 18 | Salvador Araneta (1902–1982) [23] | March 10, 1954 | August 13, 1955 | Ramon Magsaysay | |
| 19 | Juan Rodriguez | August 18, 1954 | March 3, 1960 | ||
| Carlos P. Garcia | |||||
| 20 | Cesar Fortich | March 3, 1960 | September 15, 1961 | ||
| – [b] |  | Jose Locsin (1891–1977) | September 15, 1961 | December 30, 1961 | |
| 21 | Benjamin Gozon | 1962 | 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal | |
| 22 | Jose Feliciano | 1963 | 1965 | ||
| (17) [d] | | Fernando Lopez (1904–1993) [24] | December 30, 1965 | January 15, 1971 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 23 | Arturo Tanco Jr. [24] | January 15, 1971 | May 17, 1974 | ||
| Secretary of Agriculture [25] | |||||
| (23) | Arturo Tanco Jr. | May 17, 1974 | June 2, 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Minister of Agriculture [26] | |||||
| (23) | Arturo Tanco Jr. | June 2, 1978 | June 27, 1984 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Food [27] | |||||
| 24 | Salvador Escudero (1942–2012) | June 30, 1984 | February 25, 1986 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| 25 |  | Ramon Mitra Jr. (1928–2000) | February 25, 1986 | January 30, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
| Minister of Agriculture [1] | |||||
| (25) | | Ramon Mitra Jr. (1928–2000) | January 30, 1987 | February 11, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
| Secretary of Agriculture [28] | |||||
| (25) | | Ramon Mitra Jr. (1928–2000) | February 11, 1987 | March 9, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
| 26 |  | Carlos Dominguez III (born 1945) | March 9, 1987 | December 31, 1989 | |
| 27 | Senen Bacani | January 1, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | ||
| 28 | Roberto Sebastian (1944–2012) | June 30, 1992 | January 31, 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos | |
| (24) | Salvador Escudero (1942–2012) | February 1, 1996 | June 30, 1998 | ||
| – [b] |  | William Dar (born 1953) | June 30, 1998 | May 24, 1999 | Joseph Estrada |
| 29 |  | Edgardo Angara (1934–2018) | May 25, 1999 | January 6, 2001 | |
| 30 | Domingo F. Panganiban (born 1939) | January 8, 2001 | March 31, 2001 | ||
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |||||
| 31 | Leonardo Montemayor | March 31, 2001 | December 8, 2002 | ||
| 32 | Luis Lorenzo Jr. | December 9, 2002 | August 15, 2004 | ||
| 33 |  | Arthur C. Yap (born 1965) [29] | August 23, 2004 | July 15, 2005 | |
| (30) | Domingo F. Panganiban (born 1939) | July 16, 2005 | October 22, 2006 | ||
| (33) | | Arthur C. Yap (born 1965) [30] | October 25, 2006 | February 24, 2010 | |
| – [b] | Bernie Fondevilla [31] | March 1, 2010 | March 8, 2010 | ||
| 34 | March 8, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | |||
| 35 |  | Proceso Alcala (born 1955) [32] | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno Aquino III |
| 36 |  | Emmanuel Piñol (born 1953) [33] [34] | June 30, 2016 | August 5, 2019 | Rodrigo Duterte |
| 37 | | William Dar (born 1953) [35] | August 5, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | |
| 38 [e] |  | Bongbong Marcos (born 1957) | June 30, 2022 | November 3, 2023 | Bongbong Marcos |
| 39 |  | Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (born 1966/1967) | November 3, 2023 | Incumbent | |
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