Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)

Secretary of Transportation
Kalihim ng Transportasyon
Official seal of the Department of Transportation
Incumbent Vince Dizon since February 21, 2025
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Maximo Paterno
Formation	January 23, 1899 (1899-01-23)[1]
Website	dotr.gov.ph

The secretary of transportation (Filipino: Kalihim ng Transportasyon) is the head of the Department of Transportation and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.^[1]

The current secretary is Vince Dizon, who assumed office on February 21, 2025.

#	Image	Name	Position	Tenure started	Tenure ended	President
1		Maximino Paterno	Minister of Public Works and Communications	January 21, 1899	November 13, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
2		Antonio de las Alas	Secretary of Public Works and Communications	November 15, 1935	1936	Manuel Quezon
3		Mariano Jesús Cuenco		1936	1939
4		José Avelino		1939	1941
5		Basilio Valdes	Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor	December 23, 1941	August 1, 1944
6		Jose Paez	Secretary of Public Works and Communications	1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
7		Sotero Cabahug		1945	May 28, 1946
8		Ricardo Nepumoceno		May 28, 1946	July 1, 1949	Manuel Roxas
						Elpidio Quirino
9		Prospero Sanidad		February 21, 1950	1951
10		Sotero Baluyut		January 6, 1951	1952
11		Pablo Lorenzo		May 6, 1952	1953
12		Vicente Orosa	Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	March 10, 1954	1955	Ramon Magsaysay
13		Florencio Moreno		April 30, 1955	December 30, 1961
						Carlos P. Garcia
14		Marciano Bautista		1961	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
15		Paulino Cases		1962	1962
16		Brigido Valencia		1962	1963
17		Jorge Abad		1963	1965
18		Antonio Raquiza		August 24, 1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
19		Rene Espina		November 1968	September 1969
20		Manuel Syquio		September 1969	1970
21		David Consunji		1970	1975
22		Alfredo Juinio		1975	1978
			Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications	1978	1981
23		Jose P. Dans	Minister of Transportation and Communications	1981	1986
24		Hernando Perez	Secretary of Transportation and Communications	February 25, 1986	March 1987	Corazon C. Aquino
25		Rainerio O. Reyes		March 1987	1989
26		Oscar Orbos		January 3, 1990	December 9, 1990
27		Arturo Corona		1990	1992
28		Pete Nicomedes Prado		1992	1992
29		Jesus Garcia		July 1992	March 1996	Fidel V. Ramos
30		Amado S. Lagdameo		April 1996	April 1997
31		Arturo Enrile		April 1997	January 1998
32		Josefina Trinidad-Luchauco		January 1998	June 30, 1998
33		Vicente C. Rivera		June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
34		Pantaleon Alvarez		January 20, 2001	July 3, 2002	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
35		Leandro Mendoza		July 3, 2002	February 23, 2010
Act		Anneli R. Lontoc		March 9, 2010	June 30, 2010
36		Jose de Jesus		June 30, 2010	July 4, 2011	Benigno S. Aquino III
37		Mar Roxas		July 4, 2011	October 18, 2012
38		Jun Abaya		October 18, 2012	June 30, 2016
39		Arthur Tugade	Secretary of Transportation	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
40		Jaime Bautista		June 30, 2022	February 21, 2025	Bongbong Marcos
41		Vince Dizon		February 21, 2025	Incumbent

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