Secretary of the Interior and Local Government

Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal
Official seal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
Incumbent Jonvic Remulla since October 8, 2024
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.dilg.gov.ph

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 current secretary is Jonvic Remulla who assumed office on October 8, 2024.

Powers and functions

• Assist the President in the exercise of general supervision over local governments;
• Advise the President in the promulgation of policies, rules, regulations and other issuances on the general supervision over local governments and on public order and safety;
• Establish and prescribe rules, regulations and other issuances implementing laws on public order and safety, the general supervision over local governments and the promotion of local autonomy and community empowerment and monitor compliance thereof;
• Provide assistance towards legislation regarding local governments, law enforcement and public safety; Establish and prescribe plans, policies, programs and projects to promote peace and order, ensure public safety and further strengthen the administrative, technical and fiscal capabilities of local government offices and personnel;
• Formulate plans, policies and programs which will meet local emergencies arising from natural and man-made disasters; Establish a system of coordination and cooperation among the citizenry, local executives and the Department, to ensure effective and efficient delivery of basic services to the public;
• Organize, train and equip primarily for the performance of police functions, a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character. ^[1]

List

#	Image	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President	Period
Director of the Interior					Emilio Aguinaldo [2]	Katipunan Revolutionary Government (Tejeros Convention)
1		Pascual Alvarez	April 17, 1897	October 31, 1897
Minister of the Interior						Biak-na-Bato Republic
2		Isabelo Artacho	November 1, 1897	December 15, 1897
3		Leandro Ibarra	June 23, 1898	December 1898		Revolutionary Government
4		Teodoro Sandiko	January 21, 1899	May 7, 1899		First Republic
5		Severino de las Alas	May 7, 1899	November 13, 1899
Secretary of the Interior					N/A	"Insular Government" (1900–1935) (American occupation)
A new Department of the Interior was created by the Philippine Commission in September 1901.
6		Dean Worcester	September 6, 1901	September 15, 1913
7		Winfred T. Denison	January 27, 1914	March 3, 1916
Act		Francis Burton Harrison [3]	September 28, 1915	March 29, 1916
8		Rafael Palma	January 11, 1917	July 7, 1920
9		Teodoro M. Kalaw	July 7, 1920	December 31, 1922
Act		Antonio de las Alas	April 29, 1922	May 23, 1922
10		Jose P. Laurel	February 9, 1923	July 17, 1923 [4]
11		Felipe Agoncillo	1923	1925
12		Honorio Ventura	1925	1933
13		Teofilo Sison	1933	1935
14		Elpidio Quirino	1935	1938	Manuel L. Quezon [5]	Commonwealth
15		Rafael Alunan Sr.	1938	August 29, 1941
16		Francisco Zulueta	August 29, 1941	December 22, 1941
Commissioner of the Interior					N/A	Japanese occupation
17		Benigno Aquino Sr.	1942	1942
Minister of the Interior
(10)		Jose P. Laurel	December 2, 1942 [4]	October 14, 1943
Secretary of the Interior					Sergio Osmeña [6]	Commonwealth (restored)
18		Tomas Confesor	March 8, 1945	July 10, 1945
Secretary of National Defense and the Interior
19		Alfredo Montelibano, Sr.	July 11, 1945	May 27, 1946
Secretaries of the Interior					Manuel Roxas [7]	Third Republic
20		José Zulueta	May 28, 1946	April 17, 1948
21		Sotero J. Baluyut	September 21, 1948	December 22, 1950	Elpidio Quirino [8]
The Department of the Interior was abolished in 1950.
In 1956, the office of the Presidential Assistants on Community Development (PACD) was created, having roles resembling that of the Department of the Interior, except supervision over the police force. Notable PACD executive officers are Rafael Binamira, Hilarion Henares, Jr., Cesar Climaco and Ernesto Maceda.
Secretary of General Services					Ferdinand Marcos [9]
22		Vicente Duterte	December 30, 1965	February 21, 1968
Secretary of Local Government and Community Development						Fourth Republic
23		Jose Roño	January 1, 1973	1978
Minister of Local Government and Community Development
(23)		Jose Roño	1978	1982
Ministers of Local Government
Act		Jose Roño	1982	February 25, 1986
24		Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	February 26, 1986	March 25, 1986	Corazon Aquino [10]	Fifth Republic
Secretaries of Local Government
(24)		Aquilino Pimentel Jr.	March 25, 1986	December 7, 1986
25		Jaime Ferrer	December 8, 1986	August 2, 1987
Act		Lito Monico Lorenzana	August 3, 1987	November 8, 1987
26		Luis T. Santos	November 9, 1987	December 10, 1991
Secretaries of Interior and Local Government
27		Cesar Sarino	December 11, 1991	June 30, 1992
28		Rafael M. Alunan III	June 30, 1992	April 16, 1996	Fidel V. Ramos [11]
29		Robert Z. Barbers	April 16, 1996	February 4, 1998
30		Epimaco Velasco	February 4, 1998	May 30, 1998
OIC		Nelson Collantes	June 1, 1998	June 30, 1998
31		Joseph Estrada [A]	June 30, 1998	April 12, 1999	Joseph Ejercito Estrada [12]
32		Ronaldo Puno	April 12, 1999	January 10, 2000
33		Alfredo Lim	January 10, 2000	January 20, 2001
OIC		Anselmo Avelino Jr.	January 20, 2001	January 28, 2001	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [13]
34		Jose Lina Jr.	January 29, 2001	July 11, 2004
35		Angelo Reyes	February 16, 2006
Act		Ronaldo Puno	April 4, 2006	June 30, 2010
OIC		Benigno Aquino III [A]	June 30, 2010	July 9, 2010	Benigno S. Aquino III [14]
36		Jesse Robredo	July 9, 2010	August 18, 2012
OIC		Paquito Ochoa Jr.	August 19, 2012	September 19, 2012
37		Mar Roxas	September 20, 2012	September 11, 2015
38		Mel Senen Sarmiento	September 14, 2015	June 30, 2016
39		Ismael Sueno	June 30, 2016	April 4, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte
OIC		Catalino Cuy	April 5, 2017	January 4, 2018
40		Eduardo Año [15]	January 5, 2018 [B]	November 6, 2018
			November 6, 2018	June 30, 2022
41		Benhur Abalos [16] [17]	June 30, 2022	October 7, 2024	Bongbong Marcos
42		Jonvic Remulla [18]	October 8, 2024	Incumbent

Notes:

• ^A In concurrent capacity as President.

References

1. "DILG Secretary Powers and Duties".
2. "Emilio Aguinaldo - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
3. "MASTERLIST OF CABINET SECRETARIES/MINISTERS" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
4. "Jose P. Laurel A Register of His Papers in the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-Museum" (PDF). E-LIS repository. Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library. 1982. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
5. "Manuel L. Quezon - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
6. "Sergio Osmeña - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
7. "Manuel Roxas - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
8. "Elpidio Quirino - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
9. "Ferdinand Marcos - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
10. "Corazon C. Aquino - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
11. "Fidel V. Ramos - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
12. "Joseph Ejercito Estrada - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
13. "Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
14. "Benigno S. Aquino III - Presidential Museum and Library" . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
15. "Año is now officially DILG chief". Abs-CBN News. November 5, 2018.
16. "Benhur Abalos next DILG chief". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
17. "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
18. "New DILG Secretary Remulla assumes office; banks on decades of local governance experience in running DILG". dilg.gov.ph/. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

External links

• DILG website