Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)
Philippine government official
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The secretary of trade and industry (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya) is the head of the Department of Trade and Industry and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.[1]
Member ofCabinet
AppointerThe president
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term lengthNo fixed term
| Secretary of Trade and Industry | |
|---|---|
| Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya | |
Official logo of the Department of Trade and Industry | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Appointer | The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | León María Guerrero |
| Formation | September 6, 1901 |
| Website | www |
List of secretaries of trade and industry
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1899)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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León María Guerrero (1853–1935) |
May 7, 1899 |
November 13, 1899 |
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Secretary of Commerce and Police (1901–1917)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Luke Edward Wright (1846–1922) [2] |
September 1, 1901 |
January 31, 1904 |
William Howard Taft |
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William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959) [2] |
June 16, 1904 |
November 10, 1909 |
Luke Edward Wright |
| Henry Clay Ide | ||||
| James Francis Smith | ||||
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Charles B. Elliott (1861–1935) [2][3] |
February 10, 1910 |
December 6, 1912 |
William Cameron Forbes |
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Clinton L. Riggs (1865–1938) [2] |
December 1, 1913 |
October 31, 1915 |
Francis Burton Harrison |
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Eugene E. Reed (1866–1940) [2] |
May 24, 1916 |
August 29, 1916 |
Secretary of Commerce and Communications (1917–1933)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dionisio Jakosalem (1878–1931) [4] |
January 18, 1917 |
October 31, 1922 |
Francis Burton Harrison |
| Charles Yeater | ||||
| Leonard Wood | ||||
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Miguel Unson Acting [5] |
October 1922 |
February 1923 | |
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Salvador Laguda (1872–1931) [6][5] |
February 9, 1923 |
July 17, 1923 | |
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Cipriano Unson Acting |
July 1923 |
September 1928 | |
| Eugene Allen Gilmore | ||||
| Henry L. Stimson | ||||
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Filemon Perez (1883–1943) [7] |
September 7, 1928 |
January 1, 1933 |
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1933–1935)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) |
January 1, 1933 |
July 26, 1934 |
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| Frank Murphy | ||||
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Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) |
July 26, 1934 |
November 15, 1935 |
Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1935–1941)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eulogio Rodriguez (1883–1964) [8] |
November 15, 1935 |
November 15, 1938 |
Manuel L. Quezon |
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Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947) [8] |
December 1, 1938 |
August 28, 1941 | |
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Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [9] |
August 28, 1941 |
December 24, 1941 |
Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce (1941–1944)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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José Abad Santos (1886–1942) [10] |
December 24, 1941 |
March 26, 1942 |
Manuel L. Quezon |
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Andrés Soriano (1898–1964) [10] |
March 26, 1942 |
July 31, 1944 |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce (1942–1943)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [11] |
January 26, 1942 |
October 14, 1943 |
Jorge B. Vargas |
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (1943–1945)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947) [11] |
October 19, 1943 |
March 20, 1945 |
Jose P. Laurel |
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1944–1947)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Manuel Nieto (1892–1970) |
August 8, 1944 |
February 27, 1945 |
Sergio Osmeña |
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Delfín Jaranilla (1883–1980) |
February 27, 1945 |
July 12, 1945 | |
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Vicente Singson Encarnacion (1875–1961) [12] |
July 12, 1945 |
May 28, 1946 | |
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Mariano Garchitorena (1898–1961) [13] |
May 28, 1946 |
July 1, 1947 |
Manuel Roxas |
Secretary of Commerce and Industry (1947–1974)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cornelio Balmaceda (1896–1982) |
1947 | 1953 | Manuel Roxas |
| Elpidio Quirino | ||||
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Oscar Ledesma (1902–1995) |
1953 | 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay |
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Pedro Hernaez (1899–1978) |
1957 | 1960 | Carlos P. Garcia |
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Manuel Lim | 1960 | 1962 | |
| Diosdado Macapagal | ||||
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Rufino Hechanova | 1962 | 1963 | |
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Cornelio Balmaceda (1896–1982) |
1963 | 1965 | |
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Marcelo Balatbat | 1966 | 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos |
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Leonides Sarao Virata (1918–1976) |
1969 | 1970 | |
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Ernesto Maceda (1935–2016) |
1970 | 1971 | |
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Troadio Quiazon | 1971 | 1972 |
Secretary of Trade and Tourism (1972–1973)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Troadio Quiazon | 1972 | 1973 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Secretary of Trade (1973–1978)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Troadio Quiazon | 1973 | 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Secretary of Industry (1974–1978)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vicente Paterno (1925–2014) |
1974 | 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
Minister of Trade (1978–1981)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Troadio Quiazon | 1978 | 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos |
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Roberto Ongpin (1937–2023) |
July 23, 1979 |
June 30, 1981 |
Minister of Industry (1978–1981)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vicente Paterno (1925–2014) |
1978 | 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos |
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Luis Villafuerte (1935–2021) |
July 23, 1979 |
June 30, 1981 |
Minister of Trade and Industry (1981–1987)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Roberto Ongpin (1937–2023) |
June 30, 1981 |
February 25, 1986 |
Ferdinand Marcos |
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Jose Concepcion Jr. (1931–2024) |
February 25, 1986 |
February 11, 1987 |
Corazon Aquino |
Secretary of Trade and Industry (since 1987)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jose Concepcion Jr. (1931–2024) |
February 11, 1987 |
January 8, 1991 |
Corazon Aquino |
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Peter Garrucho | January 9, 1991 |
February 12, 1992 | |
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Lilia Bautista | February 19, 1992 |
June 30, 1992 | |
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Rizalino Navarro (1938–2011) |
July 1, 1992 |
July 30, 1996 |
Fidel V. Ramos |
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Cesar Bautista | August 1, 1996 |
June 30, 1998 | |
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Jose Pardo | June 30, 1998 |
January 2, 2000 |
Joseph Estrada |
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Mar Roxas (born 1957) |
January 2, 2000 |
December 10, 2003 | |
| Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ||||
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Cesar Purisima (born 1960) |
December 10, 2003 |
February 15, 2005 | |
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Juan Santos | February 15, 2005 |
July 8, 2005 | |
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Peter Favila | July 8, 2005 |
March 15, 2010 | |
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Jesli Lapus (born 1949) |
March 15, 2010 |
June 30, 2010 | |
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Gregory Domingo | June 30, 2010 |
December 30, 2015 |
Benigno Aquino III |
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Adrian Cristobal Jr. (born 1963) [14] |
December 31, 2015 |
June 30, 2016 | |
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Ramon Lopez | June 30, 2016 |
June 30, 2022 |
Rodrigo Duterte |
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Alfredo E. Pascual (born 1948) [15][16] |
June 30, 2022 |
August 2, 2024 |
Bongbong Marcos |
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Cristina Aldeguer-Roque[a] [17] |
August 2, 2024 |
October 27, 2024 | |
| October 27, 2024 |
Incumbent |
Notes
- Cristina Aldeguer-Roque served in an acting capacity from August 2 until October 27, 2024.