Secretary of Public Works and Highways

Secretary of Public Works and Highways
Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan
Official seal of the Department of Public Works and Highways
Incumbent Manuel Bonoan since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Baldomero Aguinaldo
Formation	January 21, 1899 (126 years ago) (1899-01-21)
Website	www.dpwh.gov.ph

The secretary of public works and highways (Filipino: Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan) is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the national government of the Philippines, and is a member of the president's Cabinet. ^[1]

The current secretary is Manuel Bonoan. However Bonoan left his post with his resignation to be effective on September 1, 2025. Vince Dizon is expected to succeed Bonoan on an ad interim basis as he has yet to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments. ^[2]

List of secretaries of public works and highways

#	Image	Name	Position	Tenure started	Tenure ended	President
1		Baldomero Aguinaldo	Minister of Public Works and Communications	1898	1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
2		Mariano Trias	Secretary of War and Public Works	1899	1901	Emilio Aguinaldo
3		Antonio de las Alas	Secretary of Public Works and Communications	November 15, 1935	1936	Manuel Quezon
4		Mariano Jesús Cuenco		1936	1939
5		José Avelino		1939	1941
6		Basilio J. Valdes	Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor	December 24, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon
7		Jose Paez	Secretary of Public Works and Communications	August 8, 1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
8		Sotero Cabahug		February 27, 1945	May 28, 1946
9		Ricardo Nepumoceno		May 28, 1946	July 1, 1949	Manuel Roxas
						Elpidio Quirino
10		Prospero Sanidad		February 21, 1950	1951
11		Sotero Baluyut		January 6, 1951	1952
12		Pablo Lorenzo		May 6, 1952	1953
13		Vicente Ylagan Orosa Sr.	Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	March 10, 1954	1955	Ramon Magsaysay
14		Florencio Moreno		April 30, 1957	December 30, 1961
						Carlos P. Garcia
15		Marciano Bautista		1961	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
16		Paulino Cases		1962	1962
17		Brigido Valencia		1962	1963
18		Jorge Abad		1963	1965
19		Antonio Raquiza		August 24, 1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
20		Rene Espina		November 1968	September 1969
21		Manuel Syquio		September 1969	1970
22		David Consunji		1970	1975
23		Alfredo Juinio		1975	1978
24		Baltazar Aquino	Secretary of Public Highways	1974	1978
25		Alfredo Juinio	Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	1978	1981
(24)		Baltazar Aquino	Minister of Public Highways	1978	1979
26		Vicente Paterno		1979	1980
27		Jesus Hipolito		1980	1981
			Minister of Public Works and Highways	1981	1986
28		Rogaciano Mercado	Secretary of Public Works and Highways	February 25, 1986	November 1986	Corazon C. Aquino
29		Vicente Jayme		November 1986	1987
30		Juanito Ferrer		1987	1988
31		Fiorello Estuar		1988	1990
32		Jose de Jesus		1990	March 1, 1993
						Fidel V. Ramos
Act		Edmundo V. Mir		March 1, 1993	June 1, 1993
33		Gregorio Vigilar		June 1, 1993	January 20, 2001
						Joseph Ejercito Estrada
34		Simeon Datumanong		January 20, 2001	January 15, 2003	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
35		Bayani Fernando		January 15, 2003	April 15, 2003
Act		Florante Soriquez		April 15, 2003	February 15, 2005
36		Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr.		February 15, 2005	February 1, 2007
Act		Manuel Bonoan		February 5, 2007	July 3, 2007
(36)		Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr.		July 4, 2007	October 22, 2009
37		Victor Domingo		October 22, 2009	June 30, 2010
38		Rogelio Singson		June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno S. Aquino III
Act		Rafael Yabut		June 30, 2016	July 31, 2016	Rodrigo Duterte
39		Mark Villar		August 1, 2016	October 6, 2021
Act		Roger Mercado		October 13, 2021	June 30, 2022
40		Manuel Bonoan [3]		June 30, 2022	August 31, 2025	Bongbong Marcos
Ad interim		Vince Dizon		September 1, 2025	designate

External links

• DPWH website

References

1. "Former Secretaries". dpwh.gov.ph. DPWH. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
2. "Marcos accepts Bonoan's resignation, appoints Vince Dizon as DPWH secretary". GMA News. August 31, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
3. "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.