Secretary of Health | |
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Kalihim ng Kalusugan | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Sergio Osmeña |
Formation | November 15, 1935 |
Website | www |
The secretary of health (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). [1] [2]
The following are the functions of a secretary: [3]
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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1 [a] | ![]() | Sergio Osmeña (1878–1961) [4] | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | Manuel L. Quezon |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission |
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2 | ![]() | Claro M. Recto (1890–1960) [5] | January 26, 1942 | October 14, 1943 | Jorge B. Vargas |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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– [b] | ![]() | Gabriel Mañalac [6] | October 20, 1943 | January 1, 1944 | Jose P. Laurel |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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3 | ![]() | Emiliano Tría Tirona (1883–1952) [7] | January 4, 1944 | 1945 | Jose P. Laurel |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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4 | ![]() | Basilio Valdes (1892–1970) | February 27, 1945 | April 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
5 | ![]() | Jose Locsin (1891–1977) | June 29, 1945 | May 27, 1946 | |
6 | ![]() | Antonio Villarama | May 28, 1946 | October 4, 1947 | Manuel Roxas |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(6) | ![]() | Antonio Villarama | October 4, 1947 | December 31, 1949 | Manuel Roxas |
Elpidio Quirino | |||||
7 | ![]() | Juan Salcedo Jr. (1904–1988) | December 14, 1950 | May 1954 | |
Ramon Magsaysay | |||||
8 | ![]() | Paulino Garcia | June 1954 | June 1958 | |
Carlos P. Garcia | |||||
9 | ![]() | Elpidio Valencia | July 1958 | December 30, 1961 | |
10 | ![]() | Francisco Duque Jr. | December 30, 1961 | July 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal |
11 | ![]() | Floro Dabu | July 1963 | December 1964 | |
12 | ![]() | Manuel A. Cuenco (1907–1970) | December 1964 | December 30, 1965 | |
(8) | ![]() | Paulino Garcia | December 30, 1965 | August 2, 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos |
13 | ![]() | Amadeo Cruz | August 2, 1968 | December 25, 1971 | |
14 | ![]() | Clemente Gatmaitan | December 25, 1971 | June 2, 1978 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(14) | ![]() | Clemente Gatmaitan | June 2, 1978 | July 23, 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos |
15 | ![]() | Enrique Garcia | July 24, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | |
16 | ![]() | Jesus C. Azurin (1916–1990) | July 25, 1981 | February 25, 1986 | |
17 | ![]() | Alfredo Bengzon (born 1935) | March 25, 1986 | February 11, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(17) | ![]() | Alfredo Bengzon (born 1935) | February 11, 1987 | February 7, 1992 | Corazon Aquino |
18 | ![]() | Antonio Periquet | February 10, 1992 | June 30, 1992 | |
19 | ![]() | Juan Flavier (1935–2014) | July 1, 1992 | January 30, 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos |
20 | ![]() | Jaime Galvez-Tan | January 30, 1995 | July 5, 1995 | |
21 | ![]() | Hilarion Ramiro Jr. | July 10, 1995 | March 22, 1996 | |
22 | ![]() | Carmencita Reodica | April 8, 1996 | June 29, 1998 | |
23 | ![]() | Felipe Estrella | June 30, 1998 | September 13, 1998 | Joseph Estrada |
24 | ![]() | Alberto Romualdez (1940–2013) | September 14, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | |
25 | ![]() | Manuel Dayrit | January 20, 2001 | June 1, 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
26 | ![]() | Francisco Duque III (born 1957) | June 1, 2005 | September 1, 2009 | |
27 | ![]() | Esperanza Cabral | September 1, 2009 | June 30, 2010 | |
28 | ![]() | Enrique Ona (born 1939) [8] | June 30, 2010 | December 19, 2014 | Benigno Aquino III |
29 | ![]() | Janette Garin (born 1972) | February 17, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | |
– [c] | ![]() | Paulyn Ubial (born 1962) [9] [10] | June 30, 2016 | October 10, 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte |
– [d] | ![]() | Herminigildo Valle [11] | October 12, 2017 | October 25, 2017 | |
(26) | ![]() | Francisco Duque III (born 1957) [12] | October 26, 2017 | June 30, 2022 | |
– [d] | ![]() | Maria Rosario Vergeire | July 14, 2022 | June 5, 2023 | Bongbong Marcos |
30 | ![]() | Ted Herbosa (born 1959) | June 5, 2023 | Incumbent |
The Secretary of Health shall be the ex officio Chairperson