Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)

The Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Filipino: Kalihim ng Ugnayang Panlabas) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member in charge of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The current Secretary is Albert del Rosario.

List of Secretaries of Foreign Affairs

(*) Acting Capacity

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1	Apolinario Mabini	January 21, 1899	May 7, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
2	Felipe Buencamino	May 7, 1899	November 13, 1899
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
3	Elpidio Quirino	September 16, 1946	April 17, 1948	Manuel Roxas
4	Joaquin Miguel Elizalde	1948	1950	Elpidio Quirino
5	Carlos P. Romulo	1950	1952
(4)	Joaquin Miguel Elizalde	1952	December 30, 1953
6	Carlos P. Garcia	December 30, 1953	March 17, 1957	Ramon Magsaysay
7	Felixberto M. Serrano	1957	1961	Carlos P. Garcia
8	Emmanuel Pelaez	December 30, 1961	1963	Diosdado Macapagal
9	Salvador P. Lopez	1963	1963
10	Carlos P. Romulo	1963	1964
11	Mauro Mendez	1964	1965
12	Narciso Ramos	December 30, 1965	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
(10)	Carlos P. Romulo	1968	1978
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	Carlos P. Romulo	1978	1984	Ferdinand Marcos
*	Manuel Collantes	1984	1984
13	Arturo Tolentino	1984	1985
*	Pacifico A. Castro	1985	1986
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
14	Salvador Laurel	March 25, 1986	February 2, 1987	Corazon Aquino
15	Manuel Yan	February 2, 1987	October 15, 1987
16	Raul Manglapus	October 15, 1987	June 30,1992
17	Roberto Romulo	1992	1995	Fidel V. Ramos
18	Domingo Siazon, Jr.	1995	January 20, 2001
				Joseph Estrada
19	Teofisto Guingona, Jr.	February 9, 2001	July 15, 2002	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
20	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	July 15, 2002	July 16, 2002
21	Blas Ople	July 16, 2002	December 14, 2003
*	Franklin Ebdalin	2003	2003
(20)	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo	2003	2003
22	Delia Albert	December 22, 2003	August 18, 2004
23	Alberto Romulo	August 23, 2004	February 23, 2011
				Benigno Aquino III
24	Albert del Rosario	February 23, 2011	Incumbent (resigned effective March 7, 2016)

External links

• DFA website