List of female governors in the Philippines
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Luzon
Ilocos Region
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Crisologo[1] |  |
Ilocos Sur | 1964 | 1971 | 7 years |
| Elizabeth Marcos-Keon[2] | |
Ilocos Norte | 30 December 1971 | 23 March 1983 | 11 years, 83 days |
| Anita Lorenzana[1] | |
Ilocos Sur | 1987 | 1988 | 1 year |
| Imee Marcos[3] |  |
Ilocos Norte | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Raphaelle Ortega-David[4] |  |
La Union | 30 June 2022 | 30 June 2025 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Cecilia Marcos[5] |  |
Ilocos Norte | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Cagayan Valley
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corazon Espino[6] | |
Nueva Vizcaya | 1962 | 1962 | <1 year |
| Teresa Dupaya[7] | |
Cagayan | 1964 | 1979 | 15 years |
| 1987 | 1987 | <1 year | |||
| Belen Calderon[6] | |
Nueva Vizcaya | 1976 | 1976 | <1 year |
| 1986 | 1987 | <1 year | |||
| Natalia Dumlao[6] | |
Nueva Vizcaya | 1962 | 1962 | <1 year |
| Aurora Abad |  |
Batanes | 18 June 1986 | 30 November 1987 | 1 year, 165 days |
| Ruth Padilla[6] | |
Nueva Vizcaya | 1987 | 1988 | <1 year |
| 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 | 3 years, 0 days | |||
| Josie Castillo-Co[8] | |
Quirino | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Grace Padaca[9] | |
Isabela | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2010 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Luisa Lloren Cuaresma[6] | .jpg) |
Nueva Vizcaya | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Marilou Cayco |  |
Batanes | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2025 | 9 years, 0 days |
Cordillera Administrative Region
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Zita Claustro-Valera | |
Abra | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Floydelia Diasen[10] | |
Kalinga | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Maria Jocelyn Bernos[11] |  |
Abra | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2022 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Eleanor Bulut Begtang[12] | .jpg) |
Apayao | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Central Luzon
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juanita Nepomuceno[13] | .jpg) |
Pampanga | 11 April 1976 | 13 March 1980 | 3 years, 337 days |
| Eunice Guerrero-Cucueco[14] | |
Aurora | 1 February 1988 | 17 February 1991 | 3 years, 16 days |
| Margarita Cojuangco[15] | ![](#/media/File:Margarita_"Tingting"_Cojuangco.jpg) |
Tarlac | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1998 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Josefina dela Cruz[16] | .jpg) |
Bulacan | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Ramoncita Ong[17] | |
Aurora | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Bellaflor Angara-Castillo[18] |  |
Aurora | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Lilia Pineda[19] |  |
Pampanga | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2025 | Incumbent[20] | 1 year, 75 days | |||
| Czarina Umali[21] |  |
Nueva Ecija | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Susan Yap[22] |  |
Tarlac | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2025 | 9 years, 0 days |
Metro Manila
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imelda Marcos |  |
Metro Manila | 27 February 1975 | 25 February 1986 | 10 years, 363 days |
Calabarzon
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teresita Lazaro | .jpg) |
Laguna | 30 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 151 days |
| Rebecca Ynares |  |
Rizal | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2022 | 9 years, 0 days | |||
| Vilma Santos-Recto |  |
Batangas | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2025 | Incumbent[23] | 1 year, 75 days | |||
| Angelina Tan | .png) |
Quezon | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days |
| Nina Ynares | _(cropped).jpg) |
Rizal | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days |
| Athena Tolentino[24] |  |
Cavite | 8 October 2024 | 30 June 2025 | 265 days |
| Sol Aragones[25] | .jpg) |
Laguna | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Mimaropa
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Sato |  |
Occidental Mindoro | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days | |||
| Carmencita Reyes[26] |  |
Marinduque | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2010 | 7 January 2019 | 8 years, 191 days | |||
| Amy Alvarez[27] |  |
Palawan | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
| Trina Firmalo-Fabic[28] |  |
Romblon | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Bicol Region
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paz Cea de Conde |  |
Camarines Sur | 1938 | 1938 | <1 year |
| Rosalie Alberto-Estacio[29] | |
Catanduanes | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1995 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Elisa Olga Kho[30] | .jpg) |
Masbate | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Sally Ante Lee | |
Sorsogon | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Rizalina Seachon-Lanete[30] | |
Masbate | 30 June 2010 | 25 February 2015 | 4 years, 240 days |
| Araceli Wong | |
Catanduanes | 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Baby Glenda Bongao[31] | |
Albay | 18 October 2024 | 30 June 2025 | 255 days |
Visayas
Western Visayas
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encarnacion Fornier | |
Antique | 1963 | 1967 | 4 years |
| Corazon Legaspi-Cabagnot | |
Aklan | 1 February 1988 | 30 June 1995 | 7 years, 149 days |
| Emily Lopez | |
Guimaras | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1995 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Salvacion Z. Perez | |
Antique | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Rhodora Cadiao |  |
Antique | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2025 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Lucille Nava[32] | .jpg) |
Guimaras | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Central Visayas
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwendolyn Garcia |  |
Cebu | 30 June 2004 | 19 December 2012 | 8 years, 172 days |
| 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2025 | 6 years, 0 days | |||
| Agnes Magpale |  |
Cebu | 19 December 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 193 days |
| Tita Baja[33] |  |
Bohol | 17 July 2024 | 31 July 2024 | 14 days |
| Pamela Baricuatro[34] |  |
Cebu | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Eastern Visayas
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Salud Vivero-Parreno |  |
Leyte | 1946 | 1948 | 2 years |
| Irene Balite | |
Northern Samar | 30 December 1967 | 30 December 1971 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Salvacion Yñiguez | |
Southern Leyte | 1 January 1968 | 15 March 1986 | 18 years, 73 days |
| Remedios Petilla | |
Leyte | 30 June 1995 | 30 June 2004 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Madeleine Ong | |
Northern Samar | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Rosette Lerias | |
Southern Leyte | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Clotilde Hilaria Japzon-Salazar | |
Eastern Samar | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Milagrosa Tan[35] |  |
Samar | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Sharee Ann Tan | |
Samar | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days | |||
| Maria Mimietta Bagulaya | |
Leyte | 4 November 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 238 days |
Mindanao
Zamboanga Peninsula
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Adaza | |
Zamboanga del Norte | 1955 | 1955 | <1 year |
| 1959 | 1963 | 4 years | |||
| Aurora Cerilles[36] | .jpg) |
Zamboanga del Sur | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Rosalina Jalosjos |  |
Zamboanga del Norte | 30 June 2022 | 30 June 2025 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Dulce Ann Hofer | |
Zamboanga Sibugay | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days |
| Divina Grace Yu[37] | .jpg) |
Zamboanga del Sur | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Northern Mindanao
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth de Lara-Guingona |  |
Misamis Oriental | 1998 | 1998 | <1 year |
| Imelda Dimaporo[38] |  |
Lanao del Norte | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2025 | 9 years, 0 days | |||
| Herminia Ramiro[39] | |
Misamis Occidental | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Maria Luisa Romualdo[40] | |
Camiguin | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Juliette Uy[41] | |
Misamis Oriental | 30 June 2025 | Incumbent | 1 year, 75 days |
Davao Region
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josefina Sibala[42] | |
Davao Oriental | April 1987 | November 1987 | 7 months |
| 12 August 1992 | 30 June 1992 | 323 days | |||
| Cecilia de la Paz[43] | |
Davao del Norte | 4 January 1988 | 3 February 1988 | 30 days |
| Rosalind Lopez[42] | |
Davao Oriental | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Luz Sarmiento | |
Compostela Valley | 27 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 95 days |
| Maria Elena Palma Gil[42] | |
Davao Oriental | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2007 | 6 years, 0 days |
| Corazon Malanyaon[44] | |
Davao Oriental | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2022 | 29 June 2023 | 364 days | |||
| Dorothy Gonzaga[45] | .jpg) |
Davao de Oro | 30 June 2022 | 30 June 2025 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Yvonne Roña Cagas[46] |  |
Davao del Sur | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days |
Soccsksargen
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosario Diaz[47] | |
Cotabato | 1986 | 1987 | <1 year |
| 2 February 1988 | 27 March 1998 | 10 years, 53 days | |||
| Priscilla Chiongbian[48] | |
Sarangani | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Rosila Jamison | |
Sultan Kudarat | 26 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 96 days |
| Agnes Amador | |
Cotabato | 27 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 95 days |
| Daisy Avance Fuentes[49] |  |
South Cotabato | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2019 | 6 years, 0 days | |||
| Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza[47] | .jpg) |
Cotabato | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days | |||
| Nancy Catamco[50] |  |
Cotabato | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Caraga
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adela Serra-Ty[51] | |
Surigao del Sur | |||
| Consuelo Calo[52] | |
Agusan | 1966 | 17 June 1967 | <1 year |
| Agusan del Norte | 17 June 1967 | 15 March 1986 | 18 years, 271 days | ||
| Salvacion Cejoco[53] | |
Surigao del Sur | 1 February 1988 | 30 June 1992 | 4 years, 150 days |
| Angelica Amante[52] | Agusan del Norte | 30 June 1995 | 30 June 2004 | 9 years, 0 days | |
| 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2019 | 6 years, 0 days | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 4 years, 75 days | |||
| Valentina Plaza[54] | |
Agusan del Sur | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Maria Valentina Plaza[54] | .jpg) |
Agusan del Sur | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Geraldine Ecleo-Villaroman | |
Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Glenda Ecleo[55] | .jpg) |
Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Sol Matugas[56] |  |
Surigao del Norte | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Kaka Bag-ao[57] | .jpg) |
Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Bangsamoro
| Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end |
Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Tarhata Alonto-Lucman[58] | |
Lanao del Sur | 1971 | 1975 | 4 years |
| Jum Jainudin Akbar[59] | .jpg) |
Basilan | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
| Bai Nariman Ambolodto[60] | |
Maguindanao | November 2009 | 30 June 2010 | <1 year |
| Soraya Bedjora Adiong[61] |  |
Lanao del Sur | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
| Bai Mariam Mangudadatu[62] |  |
Maguindanao | 30 June 2019 | 13 October 2022 | 3 years, 105 days |
| Maguindanao del Sur | 13 October 2022 | 30 June 2025 | 3 years, 0 days | ||
| Bai Ainee Sinsuat[63] |  |
Maguindanao del Norte | 13 October 2022 | 5 April 2023 | 174 days |