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Secretary of Education (Philippines)

Cabinet member

Summary

Cabinet member

FieldValue
postSecretary of Education
native_nameKalihim ng Edukasyon
insigniaDepartment of Education.svg
insigniasize150px
insigniacaptionOfficial seal of the
Department of Education
image50th DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara.png
imagesize220px
incumbentSonny Angara
incumbentsinceJuly 19, 2024
appointerThe president
termlengthCoterminous with the president
formationJune 23, 1898
inauguralFelipe Buencamino
website

Department of Education

The secretary of education () is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Education (DepEd).

The current secretary is Sonny Angara, who was sworn in on July 19, 2024.

Powers, duties, and functions

Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the secretary exercises supervision and control over the entire department and performs the following functions:

  • Advises the president on matters related to education.
  • Establishes the policies and standards for the operation of the department pursuant to the approved programs of the government.
  • Promulgates rules and regulations necessary to carry out the objectives, policies, functions, plans, programs and projects of the department.
  • Promulgates issuances necessary for the efficient administration of the offices under him and proper implementations of laws relative to education.
  • Exercises disciplinary powers over officials and employees in accordance with existing laws.
  • Formulates and enforces a management control system to measure and evaluate performance of the department and submits periodic reports to the President.
  • Prepares and submits to the president through the Department of Budget and Management the budget of the department.
  • Appoints all officers and employees of the department except those whose appointment is vested in the president.

List

Secretary of Public Development (1898–1899)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Senor Felipe Buencamino.jpg150x150px]]Felipe Buencamino
(1848−1929)September 26,
1898January 21,
1899Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Welfare (1899)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Gracio Gonzaga, Governor of Cagayan (Portrait, 1905).jpg130x130px]]Gracio GonzagaJanuary 21,
1899May 7,
1899Emilio Aguinaldo
[[File:Aguedo Velarde.jpg140x140px]]Aguedo VelardeMay 7,
1899November 13,
1899

Secretary of Public Instruction (1901–1935)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeGovernor-General
[[File:Bernard Moses.jpg156x156px]]Bernard Moses
(1846−1930)
September 1,
1901December 31,
1902William Howard Taft
[[File:SMITH, JAMES F. EX-GOVERNOR LCCN2016857617.jpg126x126px]]James Francis Smith
(1859−1928)
January 1,
1902September 20,
1906
Luke Edward Wright
Henry Clay Ide
[[File:Portrait of William Morgan Shuster.jpg151x151px]]title=Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session of the First Philippine Legislaturepublisher=Bureau of Printingyear=1910location=Manilapages=137–138}}September 28,
1906March 1,
1909James Francis Smith
[[File:Newton W. Gilbert.jpg138x138px]]Newton W. Gilbert
(1862−1939)
March 1,
1909December 1,
1913
William Cameron Forbes
Newton W. Gilbert
Francis Burton Harrison
[[File:Henderson S. Martin.jpg100px]]title=Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairsjournal=War Departments Annual Reports, 1917, Vol. 3volume=pages=5}}December 1,
1913June 28,
1917
[[File:Charles Emmett Yeater (Philippines Governor General).jpg106x106px]]Charles Yeater
(1861−1943)
June 29,
1917January 25,
1922
Charles Yeater
Leonard Wood
[[File:Eugene_Allen_Gilmore_in_"The_badger"_(1916).jpg127x127px]]Eugene Allen Gilmore
(1871−1953)
January 26,
1922June 20,
1930
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Henry L. Stimson
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
[[File:Nicholas_Roosevelt,_WWI.jpg128x128px]]Nicholas Roosevelt
(1893−1982)
Interim
July 29,
1930September 24,
1930
[[File:Dr. Geo. C. Butte LCCN2014717791.jpg135x135px]]George C. Butte
(1877−1940)
December 31,
1930June 30,
1932
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
[[File:John Hodgman Holliday.jpg100px]]John H. Holliday
August 13,
1932September 1,
1933
Frank Murphy
[[File:Joseph_R._Hayden.tif132x132px]]Joseph R. Hayden
(1887−1945)
November 7,
1933November 15,
1935

Secretary of Public Instruction (1935–1941)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Vice President Sergio Osmeña.jpg143x143px]]Sergio Osmeña
(1878−1961)
November 15,
1935December 1,
1938Manuel L. Quezon
[[File:Manuel L. Quezon (November 1942) (cropped).jpg133x133px]]Manuel L. Quezon
(1878−1944)
December 1,
1938April 19,
1939
[[File:Jorge Cleofas Bocobo.jpg133x133px]]Jorge Bocobo**
**(1886−1965)
April 19,
1939December 24,
1941

Secretary of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare (1941–1944)

President Manuel L. Quezon issued Executive Order No. 396 on December 24, 1941, reorganizing the Department of Public Instruction as the Department of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare.

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Vice President Sergio Osmeña.jpg142x142px]]Sergio Osmeña
(1878−1961)
December 24,
1941August 1,
1944Manuel L. Quezon

Commissioner of Education, Health and Welfare (1942–1943)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeChairman of the Philippine Executive Commission
[[File:Claro M. Recto.jpg150x150px]]title=Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 1publisher=Bureau of Printingyear=1942location=Manilapages=15}}January 26,
1942October 14,
1943Jorge B. Vargas

Secretary of Information and Public Relations (1943–1945)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg147x147px]]Carlos P. Romulo
(1899−1985)
October 11,
1944February 27,
1945Manuel L. Quezon
Sergio Osmeña

Minister of Education, Health and Public Welfare (1943–1944)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]title=Official Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 2publisher=Bureau of Printingyear=1943location=Manilapages=131}}October 20,
1943January 1,
1944Jose P. Laurel

Minister of Education (1944–1945)

President Jose P. Laurel issued Executive Order No. 24 on December 31, 1943, creating the Ministry of Education from the Ministry of Education, Health and Public Welfare as of January 1, 1944.

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Camilo Osias studio photo.jpg153x153px]]title=Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 8publisher=Bureau of Printingyear=1944location=Manilapages=864}}May 18,
1944February 27,
1945Jose P. Laurel

Secretary of Instruction and Information (1945–1947)

President Sergio Osmeña issued Executive Order No. 27 on February 27, 1945, abolishing the Department of Information and Public Relations and creating the Department of Instruction and Information.

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg147x147px]]Carlos P. Romulo
(1899−1985)
February 27,
1945March 8,
1945Sergio Osmeña
[[File:Maximo Manguiat Kalaw.jpg133x133px]]title=Official Gazette, Vol. 41, No. 1publisher=Bureau of Printinglocation=Manilapages=80}}March 8,
1945May 4,
1945
[[File:Honorable Jose S. Reyes (Delegates from the Philippines).jpg133x133px]]Jose ReyesMay 5,
1945January 3,
1946
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Francisco BenitezJanuary 3,
1946May 27,
1946
[[File:Manuel V. Gallego, Secretary of Instruction.jpg133x133px]]Manuel GallegoMay 28,
1946October 4,
1947Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Education (1947–1972)

President Manuel Roxas issued Executive Order No. 94 on October 4, 1947, reorganizing the Department of Instruction and Information as the Department of Education as of July 1, 1947.

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Manuel V. Gallego, Secretary of Instruction.jpg133x133px]]Manuel GallegoOctober 4,
1947September 20,
1948Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part IV, From 1946 through 1950, Series E, Asia, 1950publisher=University Publications of Americayear=2000editor-last=Prestoneditor-first=Paulvolume=6pages=265editor-last2=Partrideeditor-first2=Michaeleditor-last3=Besteditor-first3=Anthony}}September 21,
1948September 13,
1950
[[File:Pablo Lorenzo y Roxas.jpg134x134px]]Pablo LorenzoSeptember 14,
1950April 3,
1951
[[File:Teodoro Trinidad Evangelista.jpg136x136px]]Teodoro EvangelistaMay 18,
1951September 30,
1951
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Cecilio Putong
(1891−1980)April 18,
1952January 13,
1954
Ramon Magsaysay
[[File:Associate Justice Pastor Endencia.jpg154x154px]]Pastor EndenciaJanuary 13,
1954June 30,
1954
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Gregorio Hernandez Jr.July 1,
1954March 17,
1957
[[File:Martín Vásquez Aguilar Jr.jpg130x130px]]Martin Aguilar Jr.March 18,
1957September 2,
1957Carlos P. Garcia
[[File:Manuel Lim.jpg157x157px]]Manuel LimSeptember 3,
1957November 17,
1957
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Daniel SalcedoNovember 18,
1957May 31,
1959
[[File:José E. Romero.jpg135x135px]]José E. Romero
(1897−1978)June 1,
1959September 4,
1962
Diosdado Macapagal
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Jose TuasonSeptember 5,
1962December 30,
1962
[[File:A.Roces (cropped).png138x138px]]Alejandro Roces
(1924−2011)December 30,
1962September 7,
1965
[[File:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg147x147px]]Carlos P. Romulo
(1899−1985)December 30,
1965December 16,
1967Ferdinand Marcos
[[File:Official Portrait of Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz, National Scientist for Social Science.jpg141x141px]]Onofre Corpuz
(1926−2013)December 17,
1967April 20,
1971
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Juan ManuelApril 21,
1971September 23,
1972

Secretary of Education and Culture (1972–1978)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Juan ManuelSeptember 23,
1972June 2,
1978Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Education and Culture (1978–1982)

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

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Juan ManuelJune 2,
1978June
1979Ferdinand Marcos
[[File:Official Portrait of Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz, National Scientist for Social Science.jpg141x141px]]Onofre Corpuz
(1926−2013)July
1979September 10,
1982

Minister of Education, Culture and Sports (1982–1987)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Official Portrait of Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz, National Scientist for Social Science.jpg141x141px]]Onofre Corpuz
(1926−2013)September 11,
1982January 18,
1984Ferdinand Marcos
[[File:Jaime C. Laya - 2019 (cropped).jpg133x133px]]Jaime C. Laya
(born 1939)January 18,
1984February 25,
1986
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Lourdes Quisumbing
(1921−2017)February 25,
1986February 11,
1987Corazon Aquino

Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports (1987–2001)

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

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Lourdes Quisumbing
(1921−2017)February 11,
1987December
1989Corazon Aquino
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Isidro CariñoJanuary 3,
1990June 30,
1992
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Armand Fabella
(1930−2008)July 1,
1992July 6,
1994Fidel V. Ramos
[[File:Ricardo Gloria portrait.jpg126x126px]]Ricardo GloriaJuly 7,
1994December
1997
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Erlinda PefiancoFebruary 2,
1998June 30,
1998
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Andrew Gonzalez
(1940−2006)July 1,
1998January 22,
2001Joseph Estrada
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
[[File:Raul Sagarbarria Roco (cropped).jpg121x121px]]Raul Roco
(1941–2005)January 22,
2001August 10,
2001

Secretary of Education (from 2001)

PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePresident
[[File:Raul Sagarbarria Roco (cropped).jpg121x121px]]Raul Roco
(1941–2005)August 11,
2001August 31,
2002Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Edilberto de JesusSeptember 16,
2002August
2004
[[File:Butch Abad (crop).png106x106px]]Florencio Abad
(born 1954)September 23,
2004July 8,
2005
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]**Ramon Bacani
**Officer in ChargeJuly 8,
2005August 30,
2005
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]**Fe Hidalgo
**Officer in ChargeAugust 31,
2005October 3,
2006
[[File:Jesli Lapus.png110x110px]]Jesli Lapus
(born 1949)October 4,
2006March 15,
2010
[[File:3x4.svg133x133px]]Mona ValisnoMarch 15,
2010June 30,
2010
[[File:Armin Luistro 2016.jpg134x134px]]title=Benigno S. Aquino IIIurl=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-1-1archive-date=July 6, 2016access-date=June 25, 2022website=Presidential Museum and Library}}June 30,
2010June 30,
2016Benigno Aquino III
[[File:DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones.jpg143x143px]]last1=Virayfirst1=Patricia Lourdesdate=June 30, 2016title=Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meetingurl=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meetingarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701152211/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meetingarchive-date=July 1, 2016work=The Philippine Star}}June 30,
2016June 30,
2022Rodrigo Duterte
[[File:Vice President Sara Duterte portrait (cropped).jpg134x134px]]Sara Duterte
(born 1978)
June 30,
2022July 19,
2024Bongbong Marcos
[[File:50th DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara.png125x125px]]author=Cabato, Luisadate=2024-07-20title=Marcos administers oath to 'good friend' Angara as DepEd chiefurl=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1962902/marcos-administers-oath-to-good-friend-angara-as-deped-chiefaccess-date=2024-07-22publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}July 19,
2024Incumbent

Notes

References

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