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 | |
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| 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
| # | Image | Name | Position | Tenure started | Tenure ended | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .png) | León María Guerrero | Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce | May 7, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| 2 |  | Luke Edward Wright | Secretary of Commerce and Police | September 1, 1901[2] | January 31, 1904[2] | William Howard Taft (Governor General) |
| 3 | .jpg) | William Cameron Forbes | June 16, 1904[2] | November 10, 1909[2] | Luke Edward Wright (Governor General) | |
| 4 | .jpg) | Charles Burke Elliott[3] | February 10, 1910[2] | December 6, 1912[2] | William Cameron Forbes (Governor General) | |
| 5 |  | Clinton L. Riggs | December 1, 1913[2] | October 31, 1915[2] | Francis Burton Harrison (Governor General) | |
| 6 | _(3x4a).jpg) | Eugene E. Reed | May 24, 1916[2] | August 29, 1916[2][a] | ||
| 7 |  | Rafael Alunan Sr. | Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce | 1932 | 1932 | Insular Government |
| 8 |  | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | 1933 | 1934 | ||
| 9 |  | Eulogio Rodriguez | July 26, 1934 | November 15, 1935 | ||
| November 15, 1935 | 1938 | Manuel Quezon | ||||
| 10 |  | Benigno Aquino Sr. | 1938 | 1940 | ||
| 11 | | Rafael Alunan Sr. | 1940 | 1941 | ||
| 12 | .jpg) | Andrés Soriano Sr. | Secretary of Finance, Agriculture, and Commerce | March 26, 1942 | July 31, 1944 | |
| 13 |  | Manuel Nieto | Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce | 1944 | 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 14 | .jpg) | Delfín Jaranilla | Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce | February 27, 1945 | July 12, 1945 | |
| 15 | | Vicente Singson Encarnacion | Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce | July 12, 1945 | 1946 | |
| 16 |  | Cornelio Balmaceda | Secretary of Commerce and Industry | 1947 | 1953 | Manuel Roxas |
| Elpidio Quirino | ||||||
| 17 |  | Oscar Ledesma | 1953 | 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay | |
| 18 |  | Pedro Hernaez | 1957 | 1960 | Carlos P. Garcia | |
| 19 |  | Manuel Lim | 1960 | 1962 | ||
| Diosdado Macapagal | ||||||
| 20 | Rufino Hechanova | 1962 | 1963 | |||
| (16) | | Cornelio Balmaceda | 1963 | 1965 | ||
| 21 |  | Marcelo Balatbat | 1966 | 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
| 22 | Leonides Sarao Virata | 1969 | 1970 | |||
| 23 |  | Ernesto Maceda | 1970 | 1971 | ||
| 24 | Troadio Quiazon | 1971 | 1974 | |||
| 25 | .png) | Vicente Paterno | Secretary of Industry | 1974 | 1978 | |
| Minister of Industry | 1978 | 1979 | ||||
| 26 | Roberto Ongpin | July 23, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | |||
| 27 |  | Luis Villafuerte Sr. | Minister of Commerce | July 23, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | |
| (26) | Roberto Ongpin | Minister of Commerce and Industry | June 30, 1981 | February 25, 1986 | ||
| 28 | Jose Concepcion Jr. | Secretary of Trade and Industry | February 25, 1986 | January 8, 1991 | Corazon C. Aquino | |
| 29 | Peter Garrucho | January 9, 1991 | February 1992 | |||
| 30 | Lilia Bautista | February 1992 | June 30, 1992 | |||
| 31 | Rizalino Navarro | July 1, 1992 | July 30, 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos | ||
| 32 | Cesar B. Bautista | August 1, 1996 | June 30, 1998 | |||
| 33 | Jose Pardo | June 30, 1998 | January 2, 2000 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada | ||
| 34 | .jpg) | Mar Roxas | January 2, 2000 | December 10, 2003 | ||
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ||||||
| 35 | .jpg) | Cesar Purisima | December 10, 2003 | February 15, 2005 | ||
| 36 | Juan Santos | February 15, 2005 | July 8, 2005 | |||
| 37 | Peter B. Favila | July 8, 2005 | March 15, 2010 | |||
| 38 |  | Jesli Lapus | March 15, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | ||
| 39 | .jpg) | Gregory Domingo | June 30, 2010 | December 30, 2015 | Benigno S. Aquino III | |
| 40 | Adrian Cristobal Jr.[4] | December 31, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | |||
| 41 | .jpg) | Ramon Lopez | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | Rodrigo Roa Duterte | |
| 42 | .jpg) | Alfredo E. Pascual[5][6] | June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022) | August 2, 2024 | Bongbong Marcos | |
| 43 | | Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque[7] | August 2, 2024 | October 27, 2024 | ||
| October 27, 2024 | Incumbent |
Notes
- ^ Abolishment of the Philippine Commission
References
- ^ "The Secretary". dti.gov.ph. DTI. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
- ^ "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.
