The secretary of labor and employment (Filipino: Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo) is the head of the Department of Labor and Employment and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.[1]
Secretary of Labor and Employment | |
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Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo | |
Official seal of the Department of Labor and Employment | |
since June 30, 2022 | |
Style | The Honorable |
Member of | Cabinet |
Appointer | The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Ramon Torres |
Formation | December 8, 1933 |
Website | www |
The current secretary is Bienvenido Laguesma, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.[2]
List of secretaries of labor and employment
edit# | Image | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President |
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Secretary of Labor | |||||
1 | Ramon Torres | December 8, 1933 | November 15, 1935 | Insular Government (American occupation) | |
2 | Jose Avelino | November 15, 1935 | November 1938 | Manuel L. Quezon | |
3 | Hermenegildo Villanueva | December 1938 | April 1939 | ||
4 | Sotero Baluyut | April 1939 | 1940 | ||
5 | Leon Guinto | 1940 | December 1941 | ||
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor | |||||
6 | Basilio J. Valdes | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | Manuel L. Quezon | |
Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare | |||||
7 | Mariano Eraña | August 8, 1944 | July 11, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña | |
8 | Marcelo Adurru | July 12, 1945 | May 28, 1946 | ||
Secretary of Labor | |||||
9 | Pedro Magsalin | May 28, 1946 | April 15, 1948 | Manuel A. Roxas | |
April 17, 1948 | September 21, 1948 | Elpidio Quirino | |||
10 | Primitivo Lovina | September 21, 1948 | October 4, 1950 | ||
11 | Jose Figueras | October 4, 1950 | December 30, 1953 | ||
12 | Eleuterio Adeveso | March 10, 1954 | April 21, 1954 | Ramon Magsaysay | |
13 | Angel M. Castaño | August 22, 1954 | March 17, 1957 | ||
March 17, 1957 | December 30, 1961 | Carlos P. Garcia | |||
Act | Norberto B. Romualdez Jr. | January 1962 | 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal | |
14 | Bernardino R. Ables | 1962 | 1964 | Diosdado Macapagal | |
15 | Jose B. Lingad | October 1964 | December 30, 1965 | ||
16 | Emilio Q. Espinosa Jr. | December 30, 1965 | September 16, 1967 | Ferdinand E. Marcos | |
17 | Blas F. Ople | September 16, 1967 | 1971 | ||
18 | Adrian E. Cristobal | 1971 | 1972 | ||
19 | Blas F. Ople | 1972 | June 30, 1978 | ||
Minister of Labor and Employment | |||||
(19) | Blas F. Ople | June 30, 1978 | February 25, 1986 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
Secretary of Labor and Employment | |||||
20 | Augusto S. Sanchez | March 25, 1986 | January 4, 1987 | Corazon Aquino | |
21 | Franklin M. Drilon | January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1990 | ||
22 | Dionisio C. dela Serna | January 3, 1990 | January 19, 1990 | ||
23 | Ruben D. Torres | January 20, 1990 | February 11, 1992 | ||
22 | Ma. Nieves R. Confessor | February 12, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos | |
23 | Jose S. Brillantes | July 1, 1995 | January 16, 1996 | ||
24 | Leonardo A. Quisumbing | January 16, 1996 | January 26, 1998 | ||
Act | Cresenciano Trajano | January 26, 1998 | June 30, 1998 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada | |
25 | Bienvenido Laguesma | June 30, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | ||
26 | Patricia Santo Tomas | January 20, 2001 | July 3, 2006 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |
27 | Arturo Brion | July 3, 2006 | March 17, 2008 | ||
28 | Marianito D. Roque | March 17, 2008 | June 30, 2010 | ||
29 | Rosalinda Baldoz | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno S. Aquino III | |
30 | Silvestre Bello III | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | Rodrigo Duterte | |
(25) | Bienvenido Laguesma | June 30, 2022 | Present | Bongbong Marcos |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Key Officials". dole.gov.ph. DOLE. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Laguesma back at DOLE, seeks dialogues with labor groups". pna.gov.ph. PNA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.