Secretary of Agriculture (Philippines)

Secretary of Agriculture Kalihim ng Pagsasaka
Official seal of the Department of Agriculture
Incumbent Emmanuel Piñol since June 30, 2016
Appointer	The President with the consent of Commission on Appointments
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 Manny Piñol, who assumed office on June 30, 2016.

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
9	Eulogio Rodriguez	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
	Mariano Garchitorena	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	Ramon Magsaysay^[7]
22	Juan G. Rodriguez	March 18, 1957	August 1960	Carlos P. Garcia^[8]
23	Cesar Fortich	1960	1961
24	Jose C. Locsin	September 1961	December 30, 1961
24	Jose C. Locsin	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
	Arturo R. Tanco, Jr.	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	March 9, 1987	Corazon C. Aquino	Fifth Republic
Secretaries of Agriculture
31	Carlos Dominguez III	March 9, 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	Fidel V. Ramos^[11]
*	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
36	Domingo F. Panganiban	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	June 30, 2016	Benigno S. Aquino III^[17]
44	Manny Piñol	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	Rodrigo Duterte

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.
1 2 "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.

External links

History of the Department of Agriculture: 'DA Then and Now'

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