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Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)
Cabinet member
Summary
Cabinet member
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| native_name | Kalihim ng Ugnayang Panlabas |
| insignia | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.svg |
| insigniasize | 120px |
| insigniacaption | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs |
| image | DFA Secretary Lazaro - Official Portrait (2025).jpg |
| imagesize | 235px |
| incumbent | Tess Lazaro |
| incumbentsince | July 1, 2025 |
| department | Department of Foreign Affairs |
| style | Madam Secretary |
| (informal) | |
| The Honorable | |
| (formal) | |
| Her Excellency | |
| (diplomatic) | |
| member_of | Cabinet |
| National Security Council | |
| reports_to | President of the Philippines |
| seat | Pasay |
| appointer | President of the Philippines |
| appointer_qualified | with Commission on Appointments advice and consent |
| termlength | At the president's pleasure |
| formation | January 21, 1899 |
| inaugural | Apolinario Mabini |
| website |
(informal) The Honorable (formal) Her Excellency (diplomatic) National Security Council
The secretary of foreign affairs (Filipino: Kalihim ng Ugnayang Panlabas) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member in charge of implementing foreign policy for the government of the Philippines as the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The incumbent secretary is Tess Lazaro, who has served since July 1, 2025.
Duties and powers
Under the basis of Commonwealth Act No. 732, Republic Act No. 708, and Republic Act No. 7157, the duties and powers of the Secretary is: "advises and assists the President in planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, integrating, and evaluating the total national effort in the field of foreign affairs relations in pursuit of its Constitutional mandate".
List of secretaries of foreign affairs
Secretary of Foreign Relations (1899)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Apolinario Mabini.jpg | 126x126px]] | Apolinario Mabini | |
| (1864–1903) | January 21, | ||
| 1899 | May 7, | ||
| 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo | ||
| [[File:Senor Felipe Buencamino.jpg | 159x159px]] | Felipe Buencamino | |
| (1848–1929) | May 7, | ||
| 1899 | November 13, | ||
| 1899 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1943–1945)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Claro M. Recto.jpg | 150x150px]] | Claro M. Recto | |
| (1890–1960) | |||
| October 19, | |||
| 1943 | March 12, | ||
| 1945 | Jose P. Laurel |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1946–1978)
| Portrait | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President | |
| [[File:Official Portrait of Vice President Elpidio Quirino, 1947 (2).jpg | 123x123px]] | Elpidio Quirino | ||
| (1890–1956) | July 5, | |||
| 1946 | January 6, | |||
| 1950 | Manuel Roxas | |||
| Elpidio Quirino | ||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Felino Neri | January 6, | |
| 1950 | May 11, | |||
| 1950 | ||||
| [[File:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg | 147x147px]] | Carlos P. Romulo | ||
| (1899–1985) | May 11, | |||
| 1950 | January | |||
| 1952 | ||||
| [[File:Hon. Joaquin Miguel Elizalde.jpg | 130x130px]] | Joaquín Miguel Elizalde | ||
| (1896–1965) | April 18, | |||
| 1952 | December 30, | |||
| 1953 | ||||
| [[File:Carlos P Garcia photo.jpg | 141x141px]] | Carlos P. Garcia | ||
| (1896–1971) | December 30, | |||
| 1953 | August 22, | |||
| 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay | |||
| Carlos P. Garcia | ||||
| [[File:Hon. Felixberto M. Serrano (Secretary of Foreign Affairs) (cropped).jpg | 130x130px]] | Felixberto Serrano | ||
| (1906–1990) | August 22, | |||
| 1957 | December 30, | |||
| 1961 | ||||
| [[File:VP Emmanuel Pelaez (cropped).jpg | 134x134px]] | Emmanuel Pelaez | ||
| (1915–2003) | December 30, | |||
| 1961 | July | |||
| 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal | |||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Salvador P. Lopez | ||
| (1911–1993) | July | |||
| 1963 | May 9, | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Mauro Mendez | ||
| May 9, | ||||
| 1964 | December 30, | |||
| 1965 | ||||
| [[File:Narciso Ramos.jpg | 145x145px]] | Narciso Ramos | ||
| (1900–1986) | December 30, | |||
| 1965 | November 30, | |||
| 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos | |||
| [[File:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg | 147x147px]] | Carlos P. Romulo | ||
| (1899–1985) | ||||
| November 30, | ||||
| 1968 | June 2, | |||
| 1978 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–1987)
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:Carlos P. Romulo (cropped).jpg | 147x147px]] | Carlos P. Romulo | |
| (1899–1985) | June 2, | ||
| 1978 | January 14, | ||
| 1984 | Ferdinand Marcos | ||
| [[File:Manuel Collantes.jpg | 136x136px]] | Manuel Collantes | |
| (1917–2009) | |||
| Acting | January 14, | ||
| 1984 | June 30, | ||
| 1984 | |||
| [[File:Arturo Tolentino.jpg | 123x123px]] | Arturo Tolentino | |
| (1910–2004) | June 30, | ||
| 1984 | March 4, | ||
| 1985 | |||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Pacifico Castro | |
| (1932–2001) | |||
| Acting | March 4, | ||
| 1985 | February 25, | ||
| 1986 | |||
| [[File:Salvador Laurel.jpg | 133x133px]] | Salvador Laurel | |
| (1928–2004) | February 25, | ||
| 1986 | February 2, | ||
| 1987 | Corazon Aquino | ||
| [[File:Secretary Manuel Yan.png | 133x133px]] | Manuel Yan | |
| (1920–2008) | February 2, | ||
| 1987 | February 11, | ||
| 1987 |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (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:Secretary Manuel Yan.png | 133x133px]] | Manuel Yan | ||||||||
| (1920–2008) | February 11, | |||||||||
| 1987 | October 15, | |||||||||
| 1987 | Corazon Aquino | |||||||||
| [[File:The Honorable Raul S. Manglapus (Secretary of Foreign Affairs).png | 145x145px]] | Raul Manglapus | ||||||||
| (1918–1999) | October 15, | |||||||||
| 1987 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Roberto Romulo (cropped).jpg | 139x139px]] | Roberto Romulo | ||||||||
| (1938–2022) | June 30, | |||||||||
| 1992 | April 30, | |||||||||
| 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos | |||||||||
| [[File:Domingo L. Siazon Jr (cropped).jpg | 139x139px]] | Domingo Siazon Jr. | ||||||||
| (1939–2016) | April 30, | |||||||||
| 1995 | January 20, | |||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Estrada | ||||||||||
| [[File:Teofisto Guingona Jr.jpg | 129x129px]] | Teofisto Guingona Jr. | ||||||||
| (born 1928) | February 9, | |||||||||
| 2001 | July 15, | |||||||||
| 2002 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |||||||||
| [[File:President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (cropped).jpg | 145x145px]] | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | ||||||||
| (born 1947) | ||||||||||
| Acting | July 15, | |||||||||
| 2002 | July 16, | |||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Blas Ople 2.jpg | 132x132px]] | Blas Ople | ||||||||
| (1927–2003) | July 16, | |||||||||
| 2002 | December 14, | |||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | **Franklin Ebdalin | ||||||||
| **Acting | December 14, | |||||||||
| 2003 | December 22, | |||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Delia Albert 2017.jpg | 147x147px]] | Delia Albert | ||||||||
| (born 1942) | December 22, | |||||||||
| 2003 | August 18, | |||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||
| [[File:IAEA Alberto Romulo and Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg | 121x121px]] | Alberto Romulo | ||||||||
| (born 1933) | ||||||||||
| August 18, | ||||||||||
| 2004 | February 23, | |||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||||
| Benigno Aquino III | ||||||||||
| [[File:Albert del Rosario at the State Department April 30, 2012.jpg | 124x124px]] | last=Hegina | first=Aries Joseph | date=February 8, 2016 | title=Aquino accepts DFA chief Del Rosario's resignation | url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/762697/aquino-accepts-dfa-chief-del-rosarios-resignation | access-date=February 24, 2019 | work=Inquirer.net | language=en}} | February 23, |
| 2011 | March 7, | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Rene Almendras U.S.-Philippines Society Board Meeting, February 2024 (cropped).jpg | 148x148px]] | Rene Almendras | ||||||||
| (born 1960) | ||||||||||
| Acting | March 8, | |||||||||
| 2016 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Philippines Foreign Secretary Yasay Addresses Reporters at a News Conference (28502880421) (cropped).jpg | 130x130px]] | 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 | March 9, | |||||||||
| 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte | |||||||||
| [[File:PH_Ambassador_to_UK_Enrique_Manalo.jpg | 145x145px]] | Enrique Manalo | ||||||||
| (born 1952) | ||||||||||
| Acting | ||||||||||
| March 9, | ||||||||||
| 2017 | May 17, | |||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Philippine_Foreign_Secretary_Alan_Peter_Cayetano_2018.jpg | 133x133px]] | Alan Peter Cayetano | ||||||||
| (born 1970) | ||||||||||
| May 18, | ||||||||||
| 2017 | October 17, | |||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Filipino_FM_Locsin_at_PMOJ_Office_2022_(cropped).jpg | 133x133px]] | last1=Musico | first1=Jelly | date=October 17, 2018 | title=Duterte signs appointment papers of new DFA, DSWD chiefs | url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1051376 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028084949/http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1051376 | archive-date=October 28, 2018 | work=Philippine News Agency}} | October 17, |
| 2018 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Secretary_Enrique_Manalo_-_Official_Portrait_(cropped).png | 150x150px]] | date=July 1, 2022 | title=Marcos appoints career diplomat as foreign affairs chief | url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/7/1/Enrique-Manalo-DFA-secretary.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701034209/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/7/1/Enrique%2DManalo%2DDFA%2Dsecretary.html | archive-date=July 1, 2022 | access-date=July 1, 2022 | work=CNN Philippines}} | July 1, |
| 2022 | July 1, | |||||||||
| 2025 | Bongbong Marcos | |||||||||
| [[File:DFA Secretary Lazaro - Official Portrait (2025).jpg | 150x150px]] | Tess Lazaro | July 1, | |||||||
| 2025 | Incumbent |
Notes
References
References
- (January 29, 2021). "UNITED NATIONS HEADS OF STATE, Protocol and Liaison Service".
- "Commonwealth Act No. 732 - Establishment of Foreign Affairs Department".
- "Republic Act No. 708".
- "Republic Act No. 7157 - Foreign Service Act of 1991".
- [https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/OPCCB/OPIF_2007/dfa.pdf Department of Foreign Affairs]
- (1943). "Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 1". Bureau of Printing.
- (1964). "External Affairs Review, Volume XIV, Number 1, January 1964". Department of External Affairs.
- (1968). "Official Gazette, Vol. 64, No. 50". Bureau of Printing.
- "Presidential Decree No. 1397, s. 1978".
- "Administrative Order No. 15, s. 1987".
- "Benigno S. Aquino III".
- Hegina, Aries Joseph. (February 8, 2016). "Aquino accepts DFA chief Del Rosario's resignation". Inquirer.net.
- (June 30, 2016). "Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting". The Philippine Star.
- Ager, Maila. (March 8, 2017). "CA rejects appointment of Yasay". Inquirer.net.
- (March 9, 2017). "Duterte appoints Enrique Manalo as DFA Acting Secretary". CNN Philippines.
- (May 10, 2017). "Duterte appoints Cayetano as DFA chief". CNN Philippines.
- (October 17, 2018). "Evasco follows other Cabinet members who quit to run in 2019 polls". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- (October 17, 2018). "Alan, Lani Cayetano both gunning for House seats". The Philippine Star.
- (October 17, 2018). "Duterte signs appointment papers of new DFA, DSWD chiefs". Philippine News Agency.
- (July 1, 2022). "Marcos appoints career diplomat as foreign affairs chief". [[CNN Philippines]].
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