| Secretary of Education | |
|---|---|
| Kalihim ng Edukasyon | |
 Official seal of the Department of Education | |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | coterminous with President |
| Inaugural holder | Fred Atkinson |
| Formation | January 21, 1901 |
| Website | www |
The secretary of education (Filipino : Kalihim ng Edukasyon) is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Education (DepEd).
The current secretary is Sonny Angara, who was sworn in on July 19, 2024. [1] [2]
Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the Secretary exercises supervision and control over the entire department and performs the following functions:
| # | Image | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under President Emilio Aguinaldo, supervision on schools and basic education was put under the Department of the Interior. | First Republic | |||||
| The Department of Public Instruction was established in January 1901 upon the recommendation of the Taft Commission, with Dr. Fred Atkinson as the first General Superintendent. In 1916, the post was renamed as the Secretary of Public Instruction. The position was held by Americans until the proclamation of the Philippine Commonwealth. | Insular Government (American occupation) | |||||
| Secretaries of Public Instruction | Manuel Quezon [4] | Commonwealth | ||||
| 1 |  | Sergio Osmeña [lower-alpha 1] | November 15, 1935 | April 18, 1939 | ||
| 2 |  | Jorge Bocobo | April 19, 1939 | January 22, 1941 | ||
| Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare | Commonwealth (in exile) | |||||
| 3 | | Sergio Osmeña [lower-alpha 1] | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | ||
| Secretary of Public Instruction and Information | Sergio Osmeña [5] | |||||
| 4 |  | Carlos P. Romulo | October 1944 | February 1945 | ||
| Commissioner of Education, Health and Public Welfare | N/A | Japanese occupation | ||||
| – |  | Claro M. Recto | 1942 | October 1943 | ||
| Minister of Education | José P. Laurel [6] | Second Republic | ||||
| – |  | Camilo Osías | October 1943 | February 1945 | ||
| Secretaries of Instruction | Sergio Osmeña [5] | Commonwealth (restored) | ||||
| 5 | Maximo Kalaw | February 27, 1945 | May 4, 1945 | |||
| 6 | Jose Reyes | May 5, 1945 | January 3, 1946 | |||
| 7 | Francisco Benitez | January 3, 1946 | May 27, 1946 | |||
| 8 | Manuel Gallego | May 28, 1946 | July 4, 1946 | Manuel A. Roxas [7] | ||
| July 4, 1946 | October 1947 | Third Republic | ||||
| Secretaries of Education | ||||||
| – | Manuel Gallego | October 1947 | April 17, 1948 | |||
| April 17, 1948 | September 20, 1948 | Elpidio Quirino [8] | ||||
| 9 |  | Prudencio Langcauon | September 1948 | September 13, 1950 | ||
| 10 | Pablo Lorenzo | September 14, 1950 | April 3, 1951 | |||
| 11 | Teodoro Evangelista | May 18, 1951 | September 30, 1951 | |||
| 12 | Cecilio Putong | April 18, 1952 | December 30, 1953 | |||
| December 30, 1953 | January 13, 1954 | Ramon Magsaysay [9] | ||||
| 13 | Pastor Endencia | January 13, 1954 | June 30, 1954 | |||
| 14 | Gregorio Hernandez, Jr. | July 1, 1954 | March 28, 1957 | |||
| 15 | Martin Aguilar, Jr. | March 29, 1957 | September 2, 1957 | Carlos P. Garcia [10] | ||
| 16 | Manuel Lim | September 3, 1957 | November 17, 1957 | |||
| 17 | Daniel Salcedo | November 18, 1957 | May 31, 1959 | |||
| 18 |  | Jose E. Romero | June 1, 1959 | December 30, 1961 | ||
| December 30, 1961 | September 4, 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal [11] | ||||
| 19 | Jose Tuason | September 5, 1962 | December 30, 1962 | |||
| 20 |  | Alejandro Roces | December 30, 1962 | September 7, 1965 | ||
| 21 | | Carlos P. Romulo | December 30, 1965 | December 16, 1967 | Ferdinand Marcos [12] | |
| – | Onofre Corpuz | December 17, 1967 | April 20, 1971 | |||
| 22 | Juan Manuel | April 21, 1971 | September 23, 1972 | |||
| Secretary of Education and Culture | ||||||
| (22) | Juan Manuel | September 24, 1972 | June 1978 | |||
| Ministers of Education and Culture | ||||||
| (22) | Juan Manuel | June 1978 | June 1979 | |||
| 23 | Onofre Corpuz | July 1979 | February 1981 | |||
| February 1981 | September 10, 1982 | Fourth Republic | ||||
| Ministers of Education, Culture and Sports | ||||||
| (23) | Onofre Corpuz | September 11, 1982 | January 18, 1984 | |||
| 24 |  | Jaime C. Laya | January 18, 1984 | February 25, 1986 | ||
| Secretaries of Education, Culture and Sports | Corazon C. Aquino [13] | Fifth Republic | ||||
| 25 | Lourdes Quisumbing | February 25, 1986 | December 1989 | |||
| 26 | Isidro Cariño | January 3, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | |||
| 27 | Armand Fabella | July 1, 1992 | July 6, 1994 | Fidel V. Ramos [14] | ||
| 28 | Ricardo Gloria | July 7, 1994 | December 1997 | |||
| 29 | Erlinda Pefianco | February 2, 1998 | June 30, 1998 | |||
| 30 | Andrew Gonzalez | July 1, 1998 | January 22, 2001 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada [15] | ||
| 31 |  | Raul Roco | January 22, 2001 | August 10, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [16] | |
| Secretaries of Education | ||||||
| (31) | | Raul S. Roco | August 11, 2001 | August 2002 | ||
| 32 | Edilberto de Jesus | September 2002 | August 2004 | |||
| 33 |  | Florencio Abad | September 24, 2004 | July 8, 2005 | ||
| OIC | Ramon Bacani | July 8, 2005 | August 30, 2005 | |||
| OIC | Fe Hidalgo | August 31, 2005 | October 3, 2006 | |||
| 34 |  | Jesli Lapus | October 4, 2006 | March 15, 2010 | ||
| 35 | Mona D. Valisno | March 15, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | |||
| 36 |  | Armin Luistro | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno S. Aquino III | |
| 37 |  | Leonor Briones | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | Rodrigo Roa Duterte | |
| 38 |  | Sara Duterte [lower-alpha 1] [17] | June 30, 2022 | July 19, 2024 [18] [19] | Bongbong Marcos | |
| 39 |  | Sonny Angara [20] [19] | July 19, 2024 [1] [20] [19] | Incumbent | ||
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