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Secretary of Agriculture (Philippines)

Cabinet position in the Philippines

Summary

Cabinet position in the Philippines

Field	Value
post	Secretary of Agriculture
insignia	Department of Agriculture of the Philippines.svg
insigniasize	150px
insigniacaption	Official seal of the Department of Agriculture
image	Sec.-Laurel.png
incumbent	Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
incumbentsince	November 3, 2023
style	The Honorable
appointer	The president with the consent of Commission on Appointments
termlength	No fixed term
formation	June 23, 1898
inaugural	Jose Alejandrino
website	http://www.da.gov.ph

The secretary of agriculture (Filipino: Kalihim ng Pagsasaka) is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Agriculture.

The current secretary is Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., who assumed office on November 3, 2023.

Functions

The following are the functions of the secretary of agriculture:

Advise the president on agriculture and fishery;
Establish policies and standards for the department's operations;
Promulgate rules, regulations and other issuances;
Exercise supervision and control over the department's functions and activities;
Delegate authority to any undersecretary or other officers in the department;
Perform other functions provided by law or assigned by the president.

List

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1898–1899)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Honorable Jose Alejandrino (Delegates from the Philippines).jpg	135x135px]]	José Alejandrino
(1870–1951)	June 23,
1898	January 21,
1899	Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Welfare (1899)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Gracio Gonzaga, Governor of Cagayan (Portrait, 1905).jpg	138x138px]]	Gracio Gonzaga	June 23,
1898	January 21,
1899	Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1899)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Leon Ma. Guerrero (1908).png	125x125px]]	León María Guerrero
(1853–1935)	May 7,
1899	November 13,
1899	Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources (1917–1933)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Governor-General
[[File:Galicano Apacible's passport application.jpg	120x120px]]	Galicano Apacible
(1864–1949)
January 11,
1917	October 31,
1921	Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater
Leonard Wood
[[File:Rafael Corpus, Member of the Philippine Assembly, published 1913.jpg	120x120px]]	title=Annual Report of the Governor General Philippine Islands, 1923	publisher=Government Printing Office	year=1925	location=Washington	pages=35}}	November 2,
1921	July 17,
1923
[[File:Silverio Apóstol's passport application.jpg	148x148px]]	**Silverio Apostol
**Acting
July 18,
1923	September 6,
1928
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
[[File:Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg	130x130px]]	Rafael Alunan Sr.
(1885–1947)
September 6,
1928	January 1,
1933
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1933–1935)

Act No. 4007 was approved on December 5, 1932, renaming the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce on January 1, 1933.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Governor-General
[[File:Vicente Singson Encarnacion.jpg	155x155px]]	Vicente Singson Encarnacion
(1875–1961)	January 1,
1933	July 26,
1934	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Frank Murphy
[[File:Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez.jpg	140x140px]]	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
[[File:Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez.jpg	140x140px]]	title=Third Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States	publisher=Government Printing Office	year=1943	pages=33}}	November 15,
1935	November 15,
1938	Manuel L. Quezon
[[File:Benigno Simeón Aquino Sr.jpg	128x128px]]	Benigno Aquino Sr.
(1894–1947)
December 1,
1938	August 28,
1941
[[File:Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg	130x130px]]	Rafael Alunan Sr.**
**(1885–1947)
August 28,
1941	December 24,
1941

Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce (1941–1944)

President Manuel L. Quezon issued Executive Order No. 396 on December 24, 1941, reorganizing the Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce as the Department of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:José Abad Santos.jpg	132x132px]]	title=The Sixth Annual Report of the United States High Commissioner to the Philippine Islands to the President and Congress of the United States Covering the Fiscal Year July 1, 1941 to June 30, 1942	publisher=Government Printing Office	year=1943	location=Washington	pages=79}}	December 24,
1941	March 26,
1942	Manuel L. Quezon
[[File:Andrés Roxas Soriano (cropped).jpg	100x100px]]	Andrés Soriano
(1898–1964)
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
[[File:Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg	130x130px]]	Rafael Alunan Sr.**
**(1885–1947)
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
[[File:Rafael Rivas Alunan Sr.jpg	130x130px]]	Rafael Alunan Sr.**
**(1885–1947)
October 19,
1943	March 20,
1945	Jose P. Laurel

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1944–1947)

President Sergio Osmeña issued Executive Order No. 15-W on August 8, 1944, reorganizing the Department of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce as the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Colonel Manuel Nieto.jpg	139x139px]]	Manuel Nieto
(1892–1970)	August 8,
1944	February 27,
1945	Sergio Osmeña
[[File:NL-HaNA 2.21.273 1 0099 11 (cropped).jpg	104x104px]]	Delfín Jaranilla
(1883–1980)	February 27,
1945	July 12,
1945
[[File:Vicente Singson Encarnacion.jpg	155x155px]]	title=Appointments and Designations: July, 1945	url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1945/07/01/appointments-and-designations-july-1945/	website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}	July 12,
1945	May 28,
1946
[[File:Mariano Garchitorena.jpg	127x127px]]	title=Appointments and Designations: May, 1946	url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1946/05/01/appointments-and-designations-may-1946/	website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}	May 28,
1946	July 1,
1947	Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources (1947–1974)

President Manuel Roxas issued Executive Order No. 94 on October 4, 1947, reorganizing the Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources as of July 1, 1947.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Mariano Garchitorena.jpg	127x127px]]	Mariano Garchitorena
(1898–1961)	July 1,
1947	September 1,
1948	Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part IV, From 1946 through 1950, Series E, Asia, 1950	publisher=University Publications of America	year=2000	editor-last=Preston	editor-first=Paul	volume=11	pages=308	editor-last2=Partride	editor-first2=Michael	editor-last3=Best	editor-first3=Anthony}}	September 21,
1948	September 14,
1950
[[File:Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg	126x126px]]	Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
September 14,
1950	May 26,
1953
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part V, From 1951 through 1956, Series E, Asia, 1954	publisher=University Publications of America	year=2000	editor-last=Preston	editor-first=Paul	volume=7	pages=526-527	editor-last2=Partride	editor-first2=Michael	editor-last3=Best	editor-first3=Anthony}}	May 26,
1953	December 29,
1953
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	title=Appointments and Designations: March, 1954	url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1954/03/01/appointments-and-designations-march-1954/	website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}	March 10,
1954	August 13,
1955	Ramon Magsaysay
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Juan Rodriguez	August 18,
1955	March 3,
1960
Carlos P. Garcia
[[File:César Fortich.jpg	128x128px]]	Cesar Fortich	March 3,
1960	September 15,
1961
[[File:Senator Jose C. Locsin.jpg	154x154px]]	Jose Locsin
(1891–1977)
Acting	September 15,
1961	December 30,
1961
[[File:Benjamin Gozon.jpg	100x100px]]	Benjamin Gozon	1962	1963	Diosdado Macapagal
[[File:José Yusi Feliciano.jpg	135x135px]]	Jose Feliciano	1963	1965
[[File:Fernando Lopez Sr.jpg	126x126px]]	Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
December 30,
1965	January 15,
1971	Ferdinand Marcos
[[File:Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg	100x100px]]	Arturo Tanco Jr.
January 15,
1971	May 17,
1974

Secretary of Agriculture (1974–1978)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 461 on May 17, 1974, creating the Department of Agriculture from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg	100x100px]]	Arturo Tanco Jr.	May 17,
1974	June 2,
1978	Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Agriculture (1978–1984)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1397 on June 2, 1978, converting all departments into ministries headed by ministers.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Arturo Tanco Jr.jpg	100x100px]]	Arturo Tanco Jr.	June 2,
1978	June 27,
1984	Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Agriculture and Food (1984–1984)

President Ferdinand Marcos issued Executive Order No. 967 on June 30, 1984, renaming the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III (8th Congress).jpg	145x145px]]	Salvador Escudero
(1942–2012)	June 30,
1984	February 25,
1986	Ferdinand Marcos
[[File:Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Ramon Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)	February 25,
1986	January 30,
1987	Corazon Aquino

Minister of Agriculture (1987)

President Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 116 on January 30, 1987, renaming the Ministry of Agriculture and Food back to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Ramon Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)	January 30,
1987	February 11,
1987	Corazon Aquino

Secretary of Agriculture (from 1987)

President Corazon Aquino issued Administrative Order No. 15 on February 11, 1987, converting all ministries into departments headed by secretaries.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
[[File:Speaker Ramon Mitra (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Ramon Mitra Jr.
(1928–2000)	February 11,
1987	March 9,
1987	Corazon Aquino
[[File:Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (cropped).jpg	126x126px]]	Carlos Dominguez III
(born 1945)	March 9,
1987	December 31,
1989
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Senen Bacani	January 1,
1990	June 30,
1992
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Roberto Sebastian
(1944–2012)	June 30,
1992	January 31,
1996	Fidel V. Ramos
[[File:Rep. Salvador H. Escudero III (8th Congress).jpg	145x145px]]	Salvador Escudero
(1942–2012)	February 1,
1996	June 30,
1998
[[File:Agriculture Acting Secretary William Dar - 2019 (cropped).jpg	145x145px]]	William Dar
(born 1953)
Acting	June 30,
1998	May 24,
1999	Joseph Estrada
[[File:Edgardo Angara picture.jpg	128x128px]]	Edgardo Angara
(1934–2018)	May 25,
1999	January 6,
2001
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Domingo F. Panganiban
(born 1939)	January 8,
2001	March 31,
2001
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Leonardo Montemayor	March 31,
2001	December 8,
2002
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Luis Lorenzo Jr.	December 9,
2002	August 15,
2004
[[File:Arthur Yap (cropped).jpg	139x139px]]	date=2005-07-01	title=Yap resigns as DA chief	url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/284326/yap-resigns-da-chief	access-date=2014-07-21	work=Philstar.com}}	August 23,
2004	July 15,
2005
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Domingo F. Panganiban
(born 1939)	July 16,
2005	October 22,
2006
[[File:Arthur Yap (cropped).jpg	139x139px]]	Arthur C. Yap
(born 1965)
October 25,
2006	February 24,
2010
[[File:3x4.svg	133x133px]]	Bernie Fondevilla
March 1,
2010	March 8,
2010
March 8,
2010	June 30,
2010
[[File:PhotoRelease DA 140609 (cropped).jpg	142x142px]]	title=Benigno S. Aquino III	url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/presidents/fifth-republic/benigno-aquino-iii/	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706080719/http://malacanang.gov.ph/presidents/fifth-republic/benigno-aquino-iii/#efs-tabpane-1-1	archive-date=July 6, 2016	access-date=June 25, 2022	website=Presidential Museum and Library}}	June 30,
2010	June 30,
2016	Benigno Aquino III
[[File:Manny Piñol - 2017 (cropped).jpg	135x135px]]	last1=Viray	first1=Patricia Lourdes	date=June 30, 2016	title=Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting	url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701152211/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting	archive-date=July 1, 2016	work=The Philippine Star}}	June 30,
2016	August 5,
2019	Rodrigo Duterte
[[File:Agriculture Acting Secretary William Dar - 2019 (cropped).jpg	145x145px]]	date=August 5, 2019	title=Duterte appoints William Dar to replace Piñol as Agriculture Secretary	url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/8/5/William-Dar-Agriculture-Secretary.html	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805135201/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/8/5/William-Dar-Agriculture-Secretary.html	archive-date=August 5, 2019	work=CNN Philippines}}	August 5,
2019	June 30,
2022
[[File:Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr (cropped portrait).jpg	117x117px]]	Bongbong Marcos
(born 1957)	June 30,
2022	November 3,
2023	Bongbong Marcos
[[File:Sec.-Laurel.png	100x100px]]	Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
(born 1966/1967)
****	November 3,
2023	Incumbent

Notes

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