Mayor of Quezon City
Local chief executive of Quezon City, Philippines
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The mayor of Quezon City (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Quezon) is the head of the executive branch of Quezon City's government. The mayor holds office at the Quezon City Hall.[citation needed]
StyleThe Honorable (formal)
SeatQuezon City Hall, Brgy. Central
Appointer
- Elected via popular vote
Termlength
- 3 years, maximum three consecutive terms
| Mayor of Quezon City | |
|---|---|
| Punong Lungsod ng Quezon | |
Seal of the Mayor of Quezon City | |
| Style | The Honorable (formal) |
| Seat | Quezon City Hall, Brgy. Central |
| Appointer |
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| Term length |
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| Inaugural holder | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Formation | October 12, 1939 |
| First holder | Tomas Morato |
| Website | Office of the Mayor of Quezon City |
Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor.
Until 1951, the Mayor of Quezon City was appointed by the President of the Philippines. Through Republic Act No. 537 signed by President Elpidio Quirino on June 16, 1950, Quezon City had its first mayoralty election on November 13, 1951.
List of mayors
| No. | Portrait | Name (lifespan) |
Term | Party | Election | Vice mayor | Era | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acting | _(cropped).jpg) |
Manuel L. Quezon (1878–1944) |
October 12, 1939 – November 4, 1939 |
Nacionalista | — | Vicente Fragante | Commonwealth | |
| 1 |  |
Tomas Morato (1887–1965) |
October 23, 1939[1][a] – July 19, 1942[b] |
Ponciano Bernardo | ||||
| Acting |  |
Jorge B. Vargas (1890–1980)[c] |
December 24, 1941 – January 27, 1942 |
Nacionalista (until 1942) |
None | |||
| KALIBAPI (from 1942) |
Second Republic | |||||||
| Acting |  |
León Guinto (1886–1962)[c] |
January 27, 1942 – July 17, 1944 |
KALIBAPI | ||||
| 2 |  |
Ponciano Bernardo (1905–1949) |
December 24, 1946 – April 28, 1949[d] |
Independent | Matias Defensor Sr. (until 1947) |
Third Republic | ||
| Gregorio B. Roxas (from 1948) | ||||||||
| 3 (Acting) |
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Nicanor A. Roxas (1899–1970) |
April 28, 1949 – January 6, 1950 |
Liberal | Francisco P. Batacan | |||
| 4 |  |
Ignacio Santos-Diaz | January 6, 1950 – December 30, 1953 |
Luis Sianghio | ||||
| 5 |  |
Norberto S. Amoranto (1908–1979) |
January 1, 1954 – March 30, 1976[e] |
Nacionalista | Ysidro Guevarra | |||
| 1959 | Vicente Novales | |||||||
| 1963 | Mariano Sta. Romana | |||||||
| 1967 | Mel Mathay | |||||||
| 1971 | Carlos Albert | |||||||
| Martial law | ||||||||
| — | Ronald Kookooritchkin (until 1976) | |||||||
| 6 |  |
Adelina Rodriguez (1920–2021) |
April 1, 1976 – April 14, 1986[e] |
Nacionalista | Ronald Kookooritchkin (from 1976) | |||
| KBL (from 1980) |
1980 | Stephen Sarino | ||||||
| Fourth Republic | ||||||||
| Provisional Government | ||||||||
| 7 (Acting) |
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Brigido Simon Jr. (born 1952) |
April 20, 1986 – November 30, 1987[e] |
Independent | — | Elmer Pormento | ||
| Fifth Republic | ||||||||
| Acting |  |
Reynaldo Bernardo | December 5, 1987 – December 7, 1987 |
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| Acting | |
Elmer Pormento | December 7, 1987 – January 29, 1988[f] |
Amado Zabala | ||||
| Acting | |
Leoncio de Pedro | January 29, 1988 – February 2, 1988 |
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| 8 | |
Brigido Simon Jr. (born 1952) |
February 2, 1988 – June 30, 1992 |
LDP (until 1992) |
1988 | Tito Sotto (until 1992) | ||
| Alicia Herrera (from 1992) | ||||||||
| PRP (from 1992) | ||||||||
| 9 |  |
Mel Mathay (1932–2013) |
June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001 |
Independent (until 1998) |
1992 | Charito Planas | ||
| 1995 | Herbert Bautista (until 1998) | |||||||
| Jorge Banal (1998) | ||||||||
| Lakas (1998) |
1998 | Fe Consuelo Angeles | ||||||
| Independent (from 1998) | ||||||||
| 10 | .jpg) |
Feliciano Belmonte Jr. (born 1936) |
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 |
Lakas (until 2009) |
2001 | Herbert Bautista | ||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| Liberal (from 2009) | ||||||||
| 11 | .jpg) |
Herbert Bautista (born 1968) |
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 |
Liberal (until 2017) |
2010 | Joy Belmonte | ||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| PDP–Laban (2017) | ||||||||
| NPC (from 2017) | ||||||||
| 12 | .jpg) |
Joy Belmonte (born 1970) |
June 30, 2019 – present |
SBP | 2019 | Gian Sotto | ||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||
Vice Mayor of Quezon City
| Vice Mayor of Quezon City | |
|---|---|
| Pangalawang Punong Lungsod ng Quezon | |
| Style | The Honorable (formal) |
| Appointer |
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| Inaugural holder | Vicente Fragante |
| Formation | November 10, 1939 |
| First holder | Ponciano Bernardo |
The vice mayor is the second-highest official in the city. The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.
The vice mayor is the presiding officer of the Quezon City Council. The vice mayor can only vote as the tiebreaker. When a mayor is removed from office, the vice mayor becomes the mayor until the scheduled next election.
List of vice mayors
| No. | Portrait | Name (lifespan) |
Term | Party | Election | Mayor | Era | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acting | |
Vicente Fragante | October 12, 1939 – November 10, 1939 |
Independent | — | Manuel L. Quezon | Commonwealth | |
| 1 | |
Ponciano Bernardo | November 10, 1939 – July 19, 1942 |
Tomas Morato | ||||
| None | July 19, 1942 – December 24, 1946 |
— | Jorge B. Vargas | |||||
| Second Republic | ||||||||
| León Guinto | ||||||||
| 2 | |
Matias Defensor Sr. | December 24, 1946 – December 30, 1947 |
Independent | Ponciano Bernardo | Third Republic | ||
| 3 | |
Gregorio B. Roxas | January 1, 1948 – April 28, 1949 |
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| Acting | |
Francisco P. Batacan | September 9, 1949 – December 30, 1949 |
Nicanor A. Roxas | ||||
| 4 | |
Luis Sianghio | January 6, 1950 – December 30, 1953 |
Ignacio Santos-Diaz | ||||
| 5 | |
Ysidro Guevarra | January 1, 1954 – December 30, 1959 |
Norberto S. Amoranto | ||||
| 6 | |
Vicente Novales | January 1, 1960 – December 30, 1963 |
Nacionalista | 1959 | |||
| 7 | |
Mariano Sta. Romana | January 1, 1964 – December 30, 1967 |
1963 | ||||
| 8 | |
Mel Mathay (1932–2013) |
January 1, 1968 – December 30, 1971 |
1967 | ||||
| 9 | |
Carlos L. Albert | January 1, 1972 – December 30, 1975 |
CLGG–Liberal | 1971 | |||
| Martial law | ||||||||
| 10 | |
Ronald Kookooritchkin | January 1, 1976 – January 30, 1980 |
Unknown | — | |||
| Adelina Rodriguez | ||||||||
| 11 | |
Stephen Sarino | January 30, 1980 – April 14, 1986 |
KBL | 1980 | |||
| Fourth Republic | ||||||||
| Provisional Government | ||||||||
| Acting | |
Elmer Pormento | April 20, 1986 – December 7, 1987 |
Independent | — | Brigido Simon Jr. | ||
| Fifth Republic | ||||||||
| Reynaldo Bernardo | ||||||||
| Acting | |
Amado Zabala | December 8, 1987 – February 1, 1988 |
Elmer Pormento | ||||
| Leoncio de Pedro | ||||||||
| 12 | .jpg) |
Tito Sotto (born 1948) |
February 2, 1988 – January 1, 1992 |
LDP | 1988 | Brigido Simon Jr. | ||
| Acting | |
Alicia Herrera | January 1, 1992 – June 30, 1992 |
Unknown | — | |||
| 13 | |
Charito Planas (1930–2017) |
June 30, 1992 – January 23, 1995 |
1992 | Mel Mathay | |||
| 14 | |
Herbert Bautista (born 1968) |
January 24, 1995 – April 6, 1998 |
NPC (until 1995) |
— | |||
| LDP (from 1995) |
1995 | |||||||
| Acting | |
Jorge Banal | April 7, 1998 – June 30, 1998 |
Unknown | — | |||
| 15 | |
Connie Angeles | June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001 |
Lakas | 1998 | |||
| 16 | |
Herbert Bautista (born 1968) |
June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2010 |
LDP (until 2002) |
2001 | Feliciano Belmonte Jr. | ||
| Lakas (2002–2009) | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| Liberal (from 2009) | ||||||||
| 17 | ![](#/media/File:Josefina_"Joy"_Belmonte.jpg) |
Joy Belmonte (born 1970) |
June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019 |
Liberal (until 2017) |
2010 | Herbert Bautista | ||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| PDP–Laban (2017–2018) | ||||||||
| SBP (from 2018) | ||||||||
| 18 | .jpg) |
Gian Sotto (born 1978) |
June 30, 2019 – present |
SBP | 2019 | Joy Belmonte | ||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2025 | ||||||||
Notes
- Appointed ad interim mayor by President Manuel L. Quezon effective October 23, 1939, but his appointment paper was signed by Quezon on November 10, 1939 showed the effective date from October 12, 1939
- Arrested by the Japanese forces during their occupation.
- Mayor of the City of Greater Manila which included Quezon City.
- Died in office.
- Resigned.
- Dismissed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government.