Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
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Secretary of Social Welfare and Development | |
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Kalihim ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad | |
since January 31, 2023 | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | Cabinet |
Appointer | The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Gracio Gonzaga |
Formation | January 21, 1899 |
Website | www |
The secretary of social welfare and development (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad) is the head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and is a member of the President's Cabinet.[1]
The current secretary is Rex Gatchalian, who assumed office on January 31, 2023.
List of secretaries of social welfare and development
[edit]# | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President |
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Minister of Welfare | ||||
1 | Gracio Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 | May 7, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
Commissioner of Public Welfare | ||||
2 | Jose Fabella | November 15, 1921 | November 15, 1935 | Insular Government (American occupation) |
Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare | ||||
3 | Juan Nolasco | November 15, 1935 | December 24, 1941 | Manuel L. Quezon |
4 | Sergio Osmeña | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | |
Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare | ||||
5 | Honorario Poblador Sr. | August 1, 1944 | December 25, 1944 | Sergio Osmeña |
Act | Mariano A. Eraña | December 25, 1944 | February 17, 1945 | |
Secretary of Health and Public Welfare | ||||
6 | Juan Salcedo | February 17, 1945 | November 10, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
7 | Jose Locsin | November 10, 1945 | May 28, 1946 | |
Secretary of Social Welfare | ||||
8 | Asuncion Perez | 1950 | 1953 | Elpidio Quirino |
9 | Pacita Madrigal-Warns | 1954 | 1955 | Ramon Magsaysay |
10 | Amparo Villamor | 1960 | 1961 | Carlos P. Garcia |
11 | Tecla San Andres Ziga | 1962 | 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal |
12 | Jose O. Pelayo | 1963 | 1965 | |
13 | Francisco T. Remotigue | 1966 | 1967 | Ferdinand E. Marcos |
14 | Gregorio Feliciano | 1967 | 1971 | |
15 | Estefania Aldaba-Lim | April 11, 1971 | 1976 | |
Secretary of Social Services and Development | ||||
(15) | Estefania Aldaba-Lim | 1976 | November 30, 1977 | Ferdinand E. Marcos |
16 | Nathaniel Tablante | December 1, 1977 | March 28, 1978 | |
Minister of Social Services and Development | ||||
17 | Sylvia P. Montes | March 28, 1978 | February 25, 1986 | Ferdinand E. Marcos |
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development | ||||
18 | Mita Pardo de Tavera | February 25, 1986 | June 30, 1992 | Corazon C. Aquino |
19 | Corazon Alma de Leon | June 30, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos |
20 | Lina B. Laigo | June 30, 1995 | June 30, 1998 | |
21[A] | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | June 30, 1998 | October 12, 2000 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
22 | Dulce Saguisag | October 12, 2000 | January 19, 2001 | |
23 | Corazon Soliman | January 20, 2001 | July 8, 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Act | Luwalhati Pablo | July 8, 2005 | July 20, 2005 | |
24 | Esperanza Cabral | July 21, 2005 | August 31, 2009 | |
25 | Celia Yangco | September 1, 2009 | June 30, 2010 | |
(23) | Corazon Soliman | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno S. Aquino III |
Ad Int | Judy Taguiwalo | June 30, 2016 | August 16, 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte |
OIC | Emmanuel Leyco[2] | August 19, 2017 | May 9, 2018 | |
Act | Virginia Orogo | May 10, 2018 | October 16, 2018 | |
26 | Lt. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, AFP (Ret.) | October 17, 2018 | June 30, 2022 | |
27 | Erwin Tulfo[3] | June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022) | December 27, 2022 | Bongbong Marcos |
Act | Eduardo Punay (OIC) | December 27, 2022 | January 31, 2023 | |
28 | Rex Gatchalian | January 31, 2023 | present |
Notes:
- A in concurrent capacity as Vice President
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DSWD Organizational Structure". dswd.gov.ph. DSWD. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Cepeda, Mara (August 19, 2017). "Usec Emmanuel Leyco is DSWD OIC – Malacañang". Rappler. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
- ^ Mercado, Neil Arwin (August 19, 2017). "Erwin Tulfo to serve as DSWD secretary; 4 other Marcos Cabinet members named". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 30, 2022.