List of mayors of Marikina

Marikina was founded as Jesus dela Peña (lit. 'Jesus of the Rocks') by the Jesuits in 1630 and went on to be populated as a town. The Spanish colonial government declared the locality a pueblo in 1787 and renamed it Mariquina. During the American occupation, the First Philippine Commission localized the municipality's name to "Marikina" and declared it a component of the newly formed province of Rizal.

In 1959, Osmundo de Guzman was elected mayor, beginning a 27-year-long mayoralty which went on to be the longest in Marikina's history.^[2] During his tenure, the municipality was incorporated into the National Capital Region in 1975 through a presidential decree.^[3]

De Guzman's tenure ended in 1986, after President Corazon Aquino ordered all local government heads to resign from their posts as part of reorganization efforts following the People Power Revolution.^[4] Several caretakers then administered Marikina as officers-in-charge, including former mayor de Guzman, Guillermo Flores, Alfonso Salvador, and Rodolfo B. Valentino.^[5] Valentino himself would be elected mayor in 1988 before losing reelection in 1992 to Bayani Fernando.^[6][7][8] Cityhood efforts began during the Fernando mayoralty, during which he and Representative Romeo Candazo coordinated in successfully pursuing legislation calling for a cityhood plebiscite that voted in favor of converting Marikina into a highly urbanized city.^[9][10]

After Fernando left office, his wife, Marides, succeeded him, continuing many of his policies until her third term ended in 2010.^[11][12] Del de Guzman defeated their preferred candidate, Marion Andres, and went on to institute a "gentler" style of governance in contrast to their nearly two decades in office.^[13]

Marcelino Teodoro defeated de Guzman in his 2013 reelection campaign and went on to be reelected twice.^[14] In March 2025, during his final term, the Office of the Ombudsman suspended Teodoro and members of his administration for six months in response to allegations of misusing PhilHealth funds under his mayoralty.^[15][16] As a result, the Department of the Interior and Local Government appointed Rommel Acuña as acting mayor.^[17] Teodoro maintained his popularity during his suspension, which contributed to the election of his wife, Maan, as mayor.^[18]

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List of mayors of Marikina

No.	Image	Mayor	Term in office	Party		Election	Vice Mayor
1		Claudio Cruz	1861 – 1861		Unknown	—		Unknown
2		Vivencio Cruz	1889 – 1889
3		Remigio Victorino	1893 – 1894
4		Domingo Victoriano	1895 – 1896
5		Vicente Gomez	1900 – 1903
(4)		Domingo Victoriano	1904 – 1905
5		Ceferino Legazpi	1908 – 1909
6		Isabello Mendoza	1910 – 1911
7		Catalino Cruz	1912 – 1918
8		Jesus Villalon	1918 – 1928
9		Wenceslao C. de la Paz	1933 – 1938
–		Juan Chanyungco Acting	1938 – 1945
10		Enrique de la Paz	1945 – 1946
–		Gil Fernando (1905–2001) Acting	December 1, 1946 – December 30, 1947		Liberal
11		Gil Fernando (1905–2001)	December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1951		Liberal	1947
12		Juan Chanyungco	December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1955		Nacionalista	1951
(11)		Gil Fernando (1905–2001)	December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1959		Liberal	1955
13		Osmundo S. de Guzman	December 30, 1959 – 1986		GA (1959–61)	1959 1963 1967 1971 1980		Jose S. Andres (1959–1967)
					Nacionalista (1961–1978)
								Manuel T. Santos (1967–1971)
								Nonong Molina Jr. (1971–1980)
					KBL (1978–1986)
								Teofisto R. Santos (1980–1986)
–		Teofisto R. Santos Acting	1986		Unknown	—[a]		Unknown
–		Rodolfo B. Valentino Acting	1986 – 1987			—[a]		Alfonso D. Salvador[19]
–		Guillermo S. Flores Acting	1987 – 1988			—[b]		Osmundo de Guzman Jr.[19]
14		Rodolfo B. Valentino	1988 – June 30, 1992 (lost re-election)		PDP–LnB	1988		Doy Del Castillo
15		Bayani Fernando (1946–2023)	June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001 (term-limited)		Lakas	1992 1995 1998		Del de Guzman
16		Marides Fernando (born 1957)	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 (term-limited)		Lakas (2001–09)	2001 2004 2007		Marion Andres
					Bagumbayan (2009–10)
17		Del de Guzman (born 1963)	June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2016 (lost re-election)		Liberal	2010 2013		Jose Fabian Cadiz (2010–2019)
18		Marcelino Teodoro (born 1970)	June 30, 2016 – June 30, 2025 (term-limited)[c]		NPC (2016–17)	2016 2019 2022
					PDP–Laban (2017–21)			Marion Andres (2019–2025)
					UNA (2021–24)
					NUP (2024–25)
–		Rommel Acuña (born 1973) Acting	March 26, 2025 – June 30, 2025 (Interim mayoralty ended)		Lakas	—[d]		Ronnie Acuña Acting
19		Maan Teodoro (born 1981)	June 30, 2025 – Incumbent		NUP	2025		Del de Guzman

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After leaving office, several mayors remained active in politics.

• Bayani Fernando was appointed as the chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 5, 2002. During his tenure as chairman, he concurrently served in her cabinet as the 35th secretary of public works and highways from January 15 to April 15, 2003.^[20] In 2010, he ran for vice president as the running mate of Dick Gordon, and lost, placing fourth.^[21] He was later elected to the House of Representatives in 2016 as the representative for the first district.^[22] He sought a return to the mayoralty in 2022 and lost to incumbent mayor Marcelino Teodoro.^[23]
• Del de Guzman sought a return to the House of Representatives in 2022 and lost to incumbent representative Stella Quimbo.^[24] When Quimbo ran for mayor in the 2025 Marikina local elections, he ran as her running mate and was elected vice mayor.^[25]
• Marcelino Teodoro was elected as the representative for the first district in 2025.^[26][27][28] While his proclamation as representative was suspended by the Commission of Elections, he was later allowed to sit as a representative after the commission reversed a division's earlier decision to cancel his candidacy for the seat.^[29][30]

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