Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)
| Secretary of Trade and Industry | |
|---|---|
| Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya | |
Official logo of the Department of Trade and Industry | |
since August 2, 2024 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Appointer | The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | León María Guerrero |
| Formation | September 6, 1901 |
| Website | www |
The secretary of trade and industry (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya) is the head of the Department of Trade and Industry and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.[1]
List of secretaries of trade and industry
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1899)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| León María Guerrero (1853–1935) |
May 7, 1899 |
November 13, 1899 |
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Secretary of Commerce and Police (1901–1917)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Edward Wright (1846–1922) [2] |
September 1, 1901 |
January 31, 1904 |
William Howard Taft | |
| William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959) [2] |
June 16, 1904 |
November 10, 1909 |
Luke Edward Wright | |
| Henry Clay Ide | ||||
| James Francis Smith | ||||
| Charles B. Elliott (1861–1935) [2][3] |
February 10, 1910 |
December 6, 1912 |
William Cameron Forbes | |
| Clinton L. Riggs (1865–1938) [2] |
December 1, 1913 |
October 31, 1915 |
Francis Burton Harrison | |
| Eugene E. Reed (1866–1940) [2] |
May 24, 1916 |
August 29, 1916 |
Secretary of Commerce and Communications (1917–1933)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dionisio Jakosalem (1878–1931) [4] |
January 18, 1917 |
October 31, 1922 |
Francis Burton Harrison | |
| Charles Yeater | ||||
| Leonard Wood | ||||
| Miguel Unson Acting [5] |
October 1922 |
February 1923 | ||
| Salvador Laguda (1872–1931) [6][5] |
February 9, 1923 |
July 17, 1923 | ||
| Cipriano Unson Acting |
July 1923 |
September 1928 | ||
| Eugene Allen Gilmore | ||||
| Henry L. Stimson | ||||
| Filemon Perez (1883–1943) [7] |
September 7, 1928 |
January 1, 1933 |
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1933–1935)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) |
January 1, 1933 |
July 26, 1934 |
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. | |
| Frank Murphy | ||||
| Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) |
July 26, 1934 |
November 15, 1935 |
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1935–1941)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) [8] |
November 15, 1935 |
November 15, 1938 |
Manuel L. Quezon | |
| Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947) [8] |
December 1, 1938 |
August 28, 1941 | ||
| Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [9] |
August 28, 1941 |
December 24, 1941 |
Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce (1941–1944)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Abad Santos (1886–1942) [10] |
December 24, 1941 |
March 26, 1942 |
Manuel L. Quezon | |
| Andrés Soriano (1898–1964) [10] |
March 26, 1942 |
July 31, 1944 |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce (1942–1943)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [11] |
January 26, 1942 |
October 14, 1943 |
Jorge B. Vargas |
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (1943–1945)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [11] |
October 19, 1943 |
March 20, 1945 |
Jose P. Laurel |
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1944–1947)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Nieto (1892–1970) |
August 8, 1944 |
February 27, 1945 |
Sergio Osmeña | |
| Delfín Jaranilla (1883–1980) |
February 27, 1945 |
July 12, 1945 | ||
| Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) [12] |
July 12, 1945 |
May 28, 1946 | ||
| Mariano Garchitorena (1898–1961) [13] |
May 28, 1946 |
July 1, 1947 |
Manuel Roxas |
Secretary of Commerce and Industry (1947–1974)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelio Balmaceda (1896–1982) |
1947 | 1953 | Manuel Roxas | |
| Elpidio Quirino | ||||
| Oscar Ledesma (1902–1995) |
1953 | 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay | |
| Pedro Hernaez (1899–1978) |
1957 | 1960 | Carlos P. Garcia | |
| Manuel Lim | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| Diosdado Macapagal | ||||
| Rufino Hechanova | 1962 | 1963 | ||
| Cornelio Balmaceda (1896–1982) |
1963 | 1965 | ||
| Marcelo Balatbat | 1966 | 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Leonides Sarao Virata (1918–1976) |
1969 | 1970 | ||
| Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016) |
1970 | 1971 | ||
| Troadio Quiazon | 1971 | 1972 |
Secretary of Trade and Tourism (1972–1973)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troadio Quiazon | 1972 | 1973 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Secretary of Trade (1973–1978)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troadio Quiazon | 1973 | 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Secretary of Industry (1974–1978)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Paterno (1925–2014) |
1974 | 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Minister of Trade (1978–1981)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troadio Quiazon | 1978 | 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Roberto Ongpin (1937–2023) |
July 23, 1979 |
June 30, 1981 |
Minister of Industry (1978–1981)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Paterno (1925–2014) |
1978 | 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Luis Villafuerte (1935–2021) |
July 23, 1979 |
June 30, 1981 |
Minister of Trade and Industry (1981–1987)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Ongpin (1937–2023) |
June 30, 1981 |
February 25, 1986 |
Ferdinand Marcos | |
| Jose Concepcion Jr. (1931–2024) |
February 25, 1986 |
February 11, 1987 |
Corazon Aquino |
Secretary of Trade and Industry (since 1987)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Concepcion Jr. (1931–2024) |
February 11, 1987 |
January 8, 1991 |
Corazon Aquino | |
| Peter Garrucho | January 9, 1991 |
February 12, 1992 | ||
| Lilia Bautista | February 19, 1992 |
June 30, 1992 | ||
| Rizalino Navarro (1938–2011) |
July 1, 1992 |
July 30, 1996 |
Fidel V. Ramos | |
| Cesar Bautista | August 1, 1996 |
June 30, 1998 | ||
| Jose Pardo | June 30, 1998 |
January 2, 2000 |
Joseph Estrada | |
| Mar Roxas (born 1957) |
January 2, 2000 |
December 10, 2003 | ||
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ||||
| Cesar Purisima (born 1960) |
December 10, 2003 |
February 15, 2005 | ||
| Juan Santos | February 15, 2005 |
July 8, 2005 | ||
| Peter Favila | July 8, 2005 |
March 15, 2010 | ||
| Jesli Lapus (born 1949) |
March 15, 2010 |
June 30, 2010 | ||
| Gregory Domingo | June 30, 2010 |
December 30, 2015 |
Benigno Aquino III | |
| Adrian Cristobal Jr. (born 1963) [14] |
December 31, 2015 |
June 30, 2016 | ||
| Ramon Lopez | June 30, 2016 |
June 30, 2022 |
Rodrigo Duterte | |
| Alfredo E. Pascual (born 1948) [15][16] |
June 30, 2022 |
August 2, 2024 |
Bongbong Marcos | |
| Cristina Aldeguer-Roque[a] [17] |
August 2, 2024 |
October 27, 2024 | ||
| October 27, 2024 |
Incumbent |
Notes
- ^ Cristina Aldeguer-Roque served in an acting capacity from August 2 until October 27, 2024.
References
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- ^ a b c d e Elliott, Charles Burke (1917). The Philippines to the End of the Commission Government: A Study in Tropical Democracy. Greenwood Press.
- ^ "Library Research Guides: Charles B. Elliott, Associate Justice 1905-1909: Biography". mncourts.libguides.com. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Service, Philippines Bureau of Civil (July 1, 1918). Official Roster of Officers and Employees in the Civil Service of the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Printing.
- ^ a b Governor, Philippines (1925). Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands.
- ^ Ybiernas, Vicente Angel S. (2012). "Governor-General Leonard Wood's neoliberal agenda of privatizing public assets stymied, 1921-1927". Social Science Diliman: A Philippine Journal of Society and Change. 8 (1). ISSN 2012-0796.
- ^ Miguel Cornejo (1939). Cornejo's Commonwealth Directory Of The Philippines. p. 2013.
- ^ a b Third Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States. Government Printing Office. 1943. p. 33.
- ^ "Appointments and Designations: August 30, 1941". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- ^ a b The Sixth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States Covering the Fiscal Year July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1943. p. 79.
- ^ a b Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 1. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1942. p. 15.
- ^ "Appointments and Designations: July, 1945". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- ^ "Appointments and Designations: May, 1946". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- ^ "Cristobal is new DTI chief". ABS-CBN News. December 29, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ "Ex-UP president Alfred Pascual is next DTI chief, Bongbong Marcos says". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
- ^ "Cristina Aldeguer-Roque named DTI Acting Secretary". ABS-CBN. August 2, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2024.