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On August 23, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 456 and renamed the Department of Land Reform back to Department of Agrarian Reform, since "the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law goes beyond just land reform but includes the totality of all factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the beneficiaries."<ref>[http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_no456.htm Executive Order No. 456]</ref> |
On August 23, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 456 and renamed the Department of Land Reform back to Department of Agrarian Reform, since "the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law goes beyond just land reform but includes the totality of all factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the beneficiaries."<ref>[http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_no456.htm Executive Order No. 456]</ref> |
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== Governors/Ministers/Secretaries == |
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Revision as of 03:33, 6 October 2009
The Philippines' Department of Agrarian Reform (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Repormang Pansakahan), abbreviated as the DAR, is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for all land reform programs in the country, with the purported aim of promoting social justice and industrialization through massive taxation of rich and poor Filipinos alike.
History
The mandate of the Department of Agrarian Reform and its former incarnations has always been questionable, due to its inability to rid poverty in the countryside, and the massive amounts of taxpayers' money needed to finance its operations and personnel. Moreover, it has been perceived by some as a political tool for those who seek votes from the masses. To complicate matters, those who end up elected and thus have a greater influence on public policy happen to be well-meaning proponents of this method of land reform, whose ability to eradicate the inequalities in land ownership comes to no surprise to critics of the land reform system.
Land reform in the Philippines had its beginnings in 1963, when Section 49 of Republic Act (RA) 3844, or the Agricultural Land Reform Code, necessitated the creation of the Land Authority. This agency was tasked to implement the policies set forth in RA 3844 and was created on August 8, 1963. Republic Act 3844 reorganized existing agencies involved in tasks related to land reform and realigned their functions towards attaining the common objectives of the land reform program.
On September 10, 1971, President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed RA 6389, otherwise known as the Code of Agrarian Reform of the Philippines, into law. Section 49 of this act mandated the establishment of a new self-contained department, the Department of Agrarian Reform, and this effectively replaced the Land Authority. In 1978, under the parliamentary form of government, the DAR was renamed the Ministry of Agrarian Reform. On July 26, 1987, the department was organized something structurally and functionally through Executive Order (EO) No. 129-A.
In 1988, Republic Act No. 6657, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) was signed into law and became the legal basis for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). It is an act instituting a CARP with the aim of promoting social justice and industrialization. RA 6657 also provided the mechanism for its implementation. It was signed by President Corazon C. Aquino on June 10.
On September 27, 2004, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, signed Executive Order No. 364, and the Department of Agrarian Reform was renamed to Department of Land Reform. This EO also broadened the scope of the department, making it responsible for all land reform in the country. It also placed the Philippine Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP) under its supervision and control. Recognition of the ownership of ancestral domain by indigenous peoples also became the responsibility of this new department, under the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).[1]
On August 23, 2005, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 456 and renamed the Department of Land Reform back to Department of Agrarian Reform, since "the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law goes beyond just land reform but includes the totality of all factors and support services designed to lift the economic status of the beneficiaries."[2]
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Governors/Ministers/Secretaries
| Term started | Term finished | Name | |
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| Governors of the Land Authority | |||
| August 1936 | October 1963 | Sixto K. Roxas | |
| November 1963 | July 1964 | Rodrigo D. Perez, Jr. | |
| July 1964 | December 1965 | Benjamin M. Gozon | |
| January 1966 | June 2, 1978 | Condrado F. Estrella | |
| Ministers of Agrarian Reform | |||
| June 2, 1978 | March 30, 1986 | Jezreel F. Pattaguan | |
| May 1, 1986 | March 7, 1987 | Heherson T. Alvarez | |
| Secretaries of Agrarian Reform | |||
| July 23, 1987 | July 1, 1989 | Philip Ella Juico | |
| Jul. 20, 1989 | January 4, 1990 | Miriam Defensor-Santiago | |
| January 4, 1990 | April 5, 1990 | Florencio B. Abad | |
| April 6, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | Benjamin T. Leong | |
| June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1998 | Gillian D. Brillio | |
| July 1, 1998 | February 11, 2001 | Justin R. Romero | |
| February 12, 2001 | January 15, 2003 | Hernani A. Braganza | |
| January 20, 2003 | January 20, 2004 | Roberto M. Pagdanganan | |
| February 20, 2004 | August 24, 2004 | Jose Mari B. Ponce (OFFICER-IN-CHARGE) | |
| August 26, 2004 | September 27, 2004 | Rene C. Villa | |
| Secretaries of Land Reform | |||
| September 27, 2004 | July 8, 2005 | Claudette C. Caliguran | |
| July 8, 2005 | August 23, 2005 | Nasser C. Pangandaman (OFFICER-IN-CHARGE) | |
| Secretaries of Agrarian Reform | |||
| August 23, 2005 | Present | Nasser C. Pangandaman (ACTING SECRETARY) | |
References
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