Secretary of Agriculture (Philippines)
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Secretary of Agriculture | |
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Kalihim ng Pagsasaka | |
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since June 30, 2010 | |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Jose Alejandrino |
Formation | June 23, 1898 |
Website | http://www.da.gov.ph |
The Secretary of Agriculture (Filipino: Kalihim ng Pagsasaka) is the member of the President's Cabinet in charge of the Department of Agriculture.
The current Secretary is Proceso Alcala, who assumed office on June 30, 2010.
List
# | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Period |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | Emilio Aguinaldo[1] | First Republic | |||
1 | Jose Alejandrino | June 23, 1898 | January 21, 1899 | ||
The department was clustered under the Ministry of Welfare from January to May 1899 | |||||
2 | Graciano Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 | May 7, 1899 | ||
3 | León María Guerrero | May 7, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | ||
The department was demoted to a bureau, the Bureau of Agriculture, subordinate to the Department of the Interior from 1902 to 1910, then under the Department of Public Instruction from 1910 to 1917. |
NA | Insular Government (American occupation) | |||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |||||
4 | Galicano Apacible | 1917 | 1921 | ||
5 | Rafael Corpus | 1921 | 1923 | ||
6 | Silvestre Apostol | 1923 | 1928 | ||
7 | Rafael Alunan, Sr. | 1928 | 1932 | ||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
Rafael Alunan, Sr. | 1932 | 1932 | |||
8 | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | 1933 | 1934 | ||
9 | Eulogio Rodriguez | July 26, 1934 | November 15, 1935 | ||
November 15, 1935 | 1938 | Manuel L. Quezon[2] | Commonwealth | ||
10 | Benigno Aquino, Sr. | 1938 | 1941 | ||
11 | Rafael Alunan, Sr. | 1941 | 1941 | ||
Secretaries of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce | Commonwealth (in exile) | ||||
12 | Jose Abad Santos | December 26, 1941 | March 26, 1942 | ||
13 | Andrés Soriano, Sr. | March 26, 1942 | July 31, 1944 | ||
14 | Manuel Nieto | August 8, 1944 | February 27, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña[3] | |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | José P. Laurel[4] | Second Republic | |||
Rafael Alunan, Sr. | January 23, 1942 | October 14, 1943 | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
Rafael Alunan, Sr. | October 14, 1943 | March 20, 1945 | |||
Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce | Sergio Osmeña[3] | Commonwealth (restored) | |||
15 | Delfin Jaranilla | February 27, 1945 | July 12, 1945 | ||
Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||
16 | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | July 12, 1945 | 1946 | ||
17 | Mariano Garchitorena | May 28, 1946 | 1947 | Manuel Roxas[5] | Third Republic |
Secretaries of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |||||
Mariano Garchitorena | 1947 | April 15, 1948 | |||
April 15, 1948 | September 1948 | Elpidio Quirino[6] | |||
18 | Placido L. Mapa | September 21, 1948 | 1950 | ||
19 | Fernando Lopez[A] | December 14, 1950 | 1953 | ||
20 | Placido L. Mapa | 1953 | 1953 | ||
21 | Salvador Z. Araneta | March 10, 1954 | 1955 | Ramon Magsaysay[7] | |
22 | Juan G. Rodriguez | April 12, 1956 | March 17, 1957 | ||
March 18, 1957 | August 1960 | Carlos P. Garcia[8] | |||
23 | Cesar Fortich | 1960 | 1961 | ||
24 | Jose C. Locsin | September 1961 | December 30, 1961 | ||
December 30, 1961 | 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal[9] | |||
25 | Benjamin M. Gozon | 1962 | 1963 | ||
26 | Jose Y. Feliciano | 1963 | 1965 | ||
27 | Fernando Lopez[A] | December 30, 1965 | 1971 | Ferdinand E. Marcos[10] | |
28 | Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. | 1971 | May 17, 1974 | ||
Secretary of Agriculture | |||||
Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. | May 17, 1974 | June 1978 | |||
Minister of Agriculture | |||||
Arturo R. Tanco, Jr. | June 1978 | June 30, 1981 | |||
June 30, 1981 | June 1984 | Fourth Republic | |||
Ministers of Agriculture and Food | |||||
29 | Salvador H. Escudero III | 1984 | 1986 | ||
30 | Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. | March 25, 1986 | June 30, 1987 | Corazon C. Aquino | Fifth Republic |
Secretaries of Agriculture | |||||
31 | Carlos G. Dominguez | 1987 | 1989 | ||
32 | Senen C. Bacani | 1990 | June 30, 1992 | ||
33 | Roberto S. Sebastian | June 30, 1992 | January 31, 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos[11] | |
34 | Salvador H. Escudero III | February 1, 1996 | June 30, 1998 | ||
* | William D. Dar[B] | June 30, 1998 | May 24, 1999 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada[12] | |
35 | Edgardo Angara | May 25, 1999 | January 6, 2001 | ||
36 | Domingo F. Panganiban | January 8, 2001 | January 20, 2001 | ||
January 20, 2001 | February 11, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo[13] | |||
37 | Leonardo Q. Montemayor | February 12, 2001 | December 8, 2002 | ||
38 | Luis P. Lorenzo, Jr. | December 9, 2002 | August 15, 2004 | ||
39 | Arthur C. Yap | August 23, 2004 | June 30, 2005[14] | ||
40 | Domingo F. Panganiban | July 16, 2005 | October 25, 2006 | ||
41 | Arthur C. Yap | October 25, 2006[15] | February 24, 2010 | ||
42 | Bernie Fondevilla[C] | March 8, 2010[16] | June 30, 2010 | ||
43 | Proceso Alcala | June 30, 2010 | Present | Benigno S. Aquino III[17] |
Notes:
- A In concurrent capacity as Vice President
- B Served in an acting capacity
- C Acting Secretary from March 1–8, 2010
References
- ^ "Emilio Aguinaldo - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Manuel L. Quezon - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ a b "Sergio Osmeña - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Jose P. Laurel - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Manuel Roxas - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-27.
- ^ "Elpidio Quirino - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Ramon Magsaysay - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Carlos P. Garcia - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Diosdado Macapagal - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Ferdinand E. Marcos - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Fidel V. Ramos - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Joseph Ejercito Estrada - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- ^ "Yap resigns as DA chief". Philstar.com. 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Philippines Agricultural Situation DA Leadership Change 2006". USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
- ^ "Palace assures continuity as PGMA swears in new Cabinet members". Balita.ph. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ^ "Benigno S. Aquino III - Presidential Museum and Library". Retrieved 2012-10-28.