Governor of Isabela

There have been 28 governors of Isabela since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.^[2]

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Governors of the Province of Isabela

Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Vice Governor	Era
		Gonzalez Montero	c. 1868	Appointed by Governor-General José de la Gándara y Navarro		Office did not exist	Captaincy General of the Philippines
		Jose Perez	c. 1898	Appointed by the Spanish Governor-General[a]
		Daniel Tirona (1864–1939)	1898	Appointed by President Emilio Aguinaldo			Revolutionary Government
		Dimas Guzman (d. 1909)	1898–1901
							First Republic
		William Johnston Jr. (1861–1933)	August 1901 – February 1902	Appointed by U.S. President William McKinley			U.S. Insular Government
		Francisco Dichoso	February 1902 – 1903	Unaffiliated	1902
		George Curry (1861–1947)	1903 – April 5, 1905	Appointed by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
		Blas Villamor	April 6, 1905 – 1907
		Eliseo Claravall (1871–1924)	1907 – August 1909	Progresista	1907
		Romualdo Mina (1875–1948)	August – December 31, 1909	Appointed by U.S. President William Howard Taft
		Thomas Gollayan (c. 1883 – c. 1950)	January 1, 1910 – October 15, 1916	Unknown	1909
					1912
		Pascual Paguirigan (d. 1936)	October 16, 1916 – October 15, 1922	Nacionalista	1916
					1919
		Ventura Guzman	October 16, 1922 – October 15, 1925	Unknown	1922
		Primo Gaffud	October 16, 1925 – October 15, 1928		1925
		Florentino Nicolas	October 16, 1928 – October 15, 1931		1928
		Fortunato Bulan (1886–1961)	October 16, 1931 – October 15, 1937		1931
					1934
							Commonwealth
		Agustin Pintang	January 1, 1938 – October 5, 1939		1937
		Lino Castillejo	October 6, 1939 – December 31, 1940	Appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon
		Gabriel Visaya (1899–1978)	January 1, 1941 – May 2, 1942	Unknown	1940
		Agustin Bersamin (1888–1970)	May 3, 1942 – February 1944		Appointed by the Japanese Military Administration		Second Republic
		Lino Castillejo	February 1944 – August 11, 1945	KALIBAPI
		Gregorio Formoso	August 12 – September 24, 1945	KALIBAPI
		Gabriel Visaya	September 25, 1945 – June 11, 1946	Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña			Commonwealth
		Silvino Gumpal (1901–1977	June 12, 1946 – December 31, 1951	Appointed by President Manuel Roxas			Third Republic
				Nacionalista	1947
		Felix Caro	January 1, 1952 – December 31, 1959	Unknown	1951
					1955
		Melanio Singson (1914–1992)	January 1, 1960 – September 15, 1965	Liberal	1959	Rodolfo Albano Jr.
					1963	Leocadio Ignacio
		Leocadio Ignacio (1920–2013)	September 16, 1965 – December 31, 1967	Unknown	Succeeded from vice governor	Marcelo Padilla
		Samuel Reyes (1916–1990)	January 1, 1968 – December 31, 1971	Liberal	1967	Eugenio Guillermo
		Faustino Dy Sr. (1925–1993)	January 1, 1972 – December 31, 1975	Liberal (until 1978)	1971	Wilson Nuesa
							Martial law
			January 1, 1976 – January 31, 1980		Appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos
				KBL (from 1978)
			February 1, 1980 – May 1986		1980
							Fourth Republic
							Provisional Government
		Melanio Singson (1914–1992)	May 1986 – December 5, 1987	Liberal	Appointed by President Corazon Aquino	Leocadio Ignacio
							Fifth Republic
		Silvestre Bello Jr. (born 1934)	December 6, 1987 – February 5, 1988	Unknown		Celso Gangan
		Faustino Dy Sr. (1925–1993)	February 6, 1988 – June 30, 1992	LnB (until 1991)	1988	Manuel Binag
				Lakas (from 1991)
		Benjamin Dy (1952–2013)	June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001	NPC	1992
					1995	Edwin Uy
					1998
		Faustino Dy Jr. (born 1946)	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2004	NPC	2001	Santiago Respicio
		Grace Padaca (born 1963)	June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010	Aksyon (until 2007)	2004	Ramon Reyes
				Liberal (from 2007)	2007
		Bojie Dy (born 1961)	June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019	NPC (until 2018)	2010	Rodolfo Albano III
					2013	Tonypet Albano
					2016
				PDP–Laban (from 2018)
		Rodolfo Albano III (born 1959) [3]	June 30, 2019 – Incumbent	PDP–Laban (until 2024)	2019	Bojie Dy
					2022
				PFP (from 2024)
					2025	Francis Dy

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