Governor of Cavite

SeatCavite Provincial Capitol

Term length3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms

Governor of Cavite
Incumbent Abeng Remulla since June 30, 2025
Style	The Honorable
Seat	Cavite Provincial Capitol
Term length	3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms
Inaugural holder	Mariano Trias
Formation	1614 (as politico-military governor)
Website	https://cavite.gov.ph/

The governor of Cavite is the local chief executive of the Province of Cavite in the Philippines.

During most part of the Spanish colonial era, Cavite was administered by the alcalde mayor, who was the representative of the governor and captain-general in Manila. As the alter ego of the Governor-General, the alcalde mayor exercised over all executive, judicial, and legislative functions of Cavite. By the Decree dated June 25, 1847, the title of alcalde mayor was changed to politico-military governor. This time, judicial functions were stripped off from the chief executive. Col. Fernando Pargas was the last Spanish politico-military governor of Cavite before three Filipino politico-military governors assumed the position during the First Philippine Republic.^[1]

List of governors of Cavite

The following is the list of governors of Cavite from the creation of the politico-military province of Cavite in 1614 during the First Philippine Republic to the present Republic of the Philippines:^[2]

No.	Image	Name	Term in office		Notes
No.	Image	Name	Start term	End term	Notes
Revolutionary Republic (First Philippine Republic)
1		Mariano Trias	July 15, 1898	August 10, 1898
2		Emiliano Riego De Dios	August 10, 1898	October 7, 1898
3		Ladislao Diwa	October 7, 1898	May 13, 1901^[3]
Civil government under colonial rule
4		Mariano Trías	Appointed June 22, 1901	1903	Resigned^[4]^[5]
5		Major David C. Shanks	July 8, 1903	September 30, 1905	Relieved^[5]^[6]
6		Capt. Louis J. Van Schaick	October 12, 1905	1907^[6]	Military Governor
7		Leonardo R. Osorio	1908	1909
8		Tomás Mascardo	1910	1912
9		Antero S. Soriano	1912	1919
10		Luis O. Ferrer, Sr.	1919	1921
11		Raymundo C. Jeciel	1922	1925
12		Fabian Pugeda	1925	1931
13		Pedro F. Espiritu	1931	1934
Philippine Commonwealth
14		Ramon Q. Samonte	1935	1940
15		Emilio P. Virata	1939	1939	Acting Governor
16		Luis Y. Ferrer, Jr.	1940	1941
Japanese Occupation
16		Luis Y. Ferrer, Jr.	1941	1944
17		Mariano N. Castañeda	1944	1944	Military Governor
Second Philippine Republic
18		Dominador M. Camerino	December 1944	February 1945
19		Mariano N. Castañeda	February 1945	1945	Military Governor
Philippines Commonwealth (continuation)
20		Rafael F. Trias	1945	1945
21		Francisco T. Arca	1945	1946
Third Philippine Republic
22		Dominador M. Camerino	1946	1954
23		Mariano B. Villanueva	1954	1954	Acting Governor
24		Horacio Rodriguez	1954	1954	Acting Governor
25		Dominador Mangubat	May 1954	1956	Appointed Governor
26		Delfin N. Montano^[7]	1956	1971
27		Lino D. Bocalan	January 1972	24 September 1972	Removed from office after imposition of Martial Law.^[8]
28		Dominador M. Camerino	1 October 1972	24 July 1979	Vice Governor elevated to finish Bocalan's term. Died in office.^[8]
29		Juanito Remulla	September 24, 1979	June 30, 1980
Fourth and Fifth Philippine Republic
29		Juanito Remulla	June 30, 1980	February 19, 1986	Resigned
30		Fernando Campos	February 19, 1986	February 2, 1988	Appointed Governor^[8]
31		Juanito Remulla	February 2, 1988	June 30, 1995
32		Epimaco Velasco	June 30, 1995	February 4, 1998	Resigned on appointment as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
33		Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr.	February 6, 1998	June 30, 2001	Vice Governor elevated to finish Velasco's term
34		Erineo S. Maliksi	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2010
35		Juanito Victor C. Remulla	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016
36		Jesus Crispin C. Remulla	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2019
37		Juanito Victor C. Remulla	June 30, 2019	October 8, 2024	Resigned on appointment as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
38		Athena Tolentino	October 8, 2024	June 30, 2025	First woman and the youngest to become the Governor of Cavite. Vice Governor elevated to finish Remulla's term.
39		Abeng Remulla	June 30, 2025	Incumbent

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