Secretary of the Interior and Local Government | |
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Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal | |
![]() Official seal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government | |
Style | The Honorable |
Member of | Cabinet, National Security Council |
Appointer | The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length | At the president's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Pascual Alvarez |
Formation | March 22, 1897 |
Website | www |
The secretary of the interior and local government (Filipino: Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal) is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
The seat of the secretary of the interior and local government is currently held by Jonvic Remulla since 2024.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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1 | ![]() | Pascual Álvarez (1861–1923) | April 24, 1897 | October 31, 1897 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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2 | ![]() | Isabelo Artacho | November 1, 1897 | December 15, 1897 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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3 | ![]() | Leandro Ibarra | June 23, 1898 | December 1898 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
4 | ![]() | Teodoro Sandiko (1860–1939) | January 21, 1899 | May 7, 1899 | |
5 | ![]() | Severino de las Alas | May 7, 1899 | November 13, 1899 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
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6 | ![]() | Dean Conant Worcester (1866–1924) [2] | September 6, 1901 | September 15, 1913 | William Howard Taft |
Luke Edward Wright | |||||
Henry Clay Ide | |||||
James Francis Smith | |||||
William Cameron Forbes | |||||
Newton W. Gilbert | |||||
7 | ![]() | Winfred Thaxter Denison (1873–1919) [2] | January 27, 1914 | March 3, 1916 | Francis Burton Harrison |
8 | ![]() | Rafael Palma (1874–1939) [2] | January 11, 1917 | July 7, 1920 | |
9 | ![]() | Teodoro Kalaw (1884–1940) [2] | July 7, 1920 | December 31, 1922 | |
Charles Yeater | |||||
Leonard Wood | |||||
10 | ![]() | Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959) [3] | February 9, 1923 | July 17, 1923 | |
11 | ![]() | Felipe Agoncillo (1859–1941) [2] | July 18, 1923 | October 1, 1925 | |
12 | ![]() | Honorio Ventura [2] | October 1, 1925 | January 16, 1933 | |
Eugene Allen Gilmore | |||||
Henry L. Stimson | |||||
Eugene Allen Gilmore | |||||
Dwight F. Davis | |||||
George C. Butte | |||||
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | |||||
13 | ![]() | Teófilo Sison (1850–1975) [2] | January 16, 1933 | November 15, 1935 | |
Frank Murphy |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(13) | ![]() | Teófilo Sison (1850–1975) | November 15, 1935 | February 5, 1936 | Manuel L. Quezon |
14 | ![]() | Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956) | February 8, 1936 | September 27, 1938 | |
15 | ![]() | Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) | November 16, 1938 | August 29, 1941 | |
16 | ![]() | Francisco Zulueta (1891–1947) | August 29, 1941 | December 22, 1941 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission |
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17 | ![]() | Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947) | January 26, 1942 | December 4, 1942 | Jorge B. Vargas |
(10) | ![]() | Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959) | December 4, 1942 | October 14, 1943 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(10) [a] | ![]() | Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959) | October 14, 1943 | January 1, 1944 | Jose P. Laurel |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(10) [a] | ![]() | Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959) | January 1, 1944 | August 24, 1944 | Jose P. Laurel |
(13) | ![]() | Teófilo Sison (1850–1975) | August 24, 1944 | 1945 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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18 | ![]() | Tomás Confesor (1891–1951) | March 8, 1945 | July 10, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
19 | ![]() | Alfredo Montelibano Sr. (1905–1989) | July 11, 1945 | May 27, 1946 | |
20 | ![]() | Jose Zulueta (1889–1972) | May 28, 1946 | April 17, 1948 | Manuel Roxas |
21 | ![]() | Sotero Baluyut (1889–1975) | September 21, 1948 | December 22, 1950 | Elpidio Quirino |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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22 | Jose Roño (1923–2002) | January 1, 1973 | June 2, 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(22) | Jose Roño (1923–2002) | June 2, 1978 | February 28, 1982 | Ferdinand Marcos |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(22) | Jose Roño (1923–2002) | February 28, 1982 | February 25, 1986 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
23 | ![]() | Nene Pimentel (1933–2019) | February 25, 1986 | February 11, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(23) | ![]() | Nene Pimentel (1933–2019) | February 11, 1987 | December 7, 1986 | Corazon Aquino |
24 | ![]() | Jaime Ferrer (1916–1987) | December 8, 1986 | August 2, 1987 [b] | |
– [c] | ![]() | Lito Monico Lorenzana | August 3, 1987 | November 8, 1987 | |
25 | ![]() | Luis T. Santos | November 9, 1987 | December 13, 1990 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
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(25) | ![]() | Luis T. Santos | December 13, 1990 | December 10, 1991 | Corazon Aquino |
26 | ![]() | Cesar Sarino | December 11, 1991 | June 30, 1992 | |
27 | ![]() | Rafael Alunan III (born 1948) | June 30, 1992 | April 16, 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos |
28 | ![]() | Robert Barbers (1944–2005) | April 16, 1996 | February 4, 1998 | |
29 | ![]() | Epimaco Velasco (1935–2014) | February 4, 1998 | May 30, 1998 | |
– [d] | ![]() | Sonny Collantes (born 1952) | June 1, 1998 | June 30, 1998 | |
30 [a] | ![]() | Joseph Estrada (born 1937) | June 30, 1998 | April 12, 1999 | Joseph Estrada |
31 | ![]() | Ronaldo Puno (born 1948) | April 12, 1999 | January 10, 2000 | |
32 | ![]() | Alfredo Lim (1929–2020) | January 10, 2000 | January 20, 2001 | |
– [d] | ![]() | Anselmo Avelino Jr. | January 20, 2001 | January 28, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
33 | ![]() | Joey Lina (born 1951) | January 29, 2001 | July 11, 2004 | |
34 | ![]() | Angelo Reyes (1945–2011) | July 12, 2004 | February 16, 2006 | |
(31) | ![]() | Ronaldo Puno (born 1948) | April 4, 2006 | June 30, 2010 | |
– [e] | ![]() | Benigno Aquino III (1960–2021) | June 30, 2010 | July 9, 2010 | Benigno Aquino III |
35 | ![]() | Jesse Robredo (1958–2012) | July 9, 2010 | August 18, 2012 [b] | |
– [d] | ![]() | Paquito Ochoa Jr. (born 1960) | August 19, 2012 | September 19, 2012 | |
36 | ![]() | Mar Roxas (born 1957) | September 20, 2012 | September 11, 2015 | |
37 | ![]() | Mel Senen Sarmiento (born 1962) | September 14, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | |
38 | ![]() | Ismael Sueno (born 1947/1948) | June 30, 2016 | April 4, 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte |
– [d] | ![]() | Catalino Cuy (born 1957) | April 5, 2017 | January 4, 2018 | |
– [d] | ![]() | Eduardo Año (born 1961) [4] | January 5, 2018 | November 6, 2018 | |
39 | November 6, 2018 | June 30, 2022 | |||
40 | ![]() | Benhur Abalos (born 1962) [5] [6] | June 30, 2022 | October 7, 2024 | Bongbong Marcos |
41 | ![]() | Jonvic Remulla (born 1967) [7] | October 8, 2024 | Incumbent |