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Secretary of Health (Philippines)
Member of the Cabinet of the Philippines
Summary
Member of the Cabinet of the Philippines
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Secretary of Health |
| native_name | Kalihim ng Kalusugan |
| insignia | DOH SEAL full color.png |
| insigniasize | 150px |
| insigniacaption | Seal |
| image | DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa.png |
| incumbent | Ted Herbosa |
| incumbentsince | June 5, 2023 |
| style | The Honorable |
| appointer | The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
| termlength | No fixed term |
| formation | November 15, 1935 |
| inaugural | Sergio Osmeña |
| website |
The secretary of health (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Functions
The following are the functions of a secretary:
- Advise the president on health;
- Establish policies and standards for the department's operations;
- Promulgate rules and regulations;
- Exercise supervision and control over the department;
- Delegate authority to any undersecretary or other appropriate officials of the department; and
- Perform other functions provided by law or assigned by the president.
List of secretaries of health
Secretary of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare (1941–1944)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Vice President Sergio Osmeña.jpg | 142x142px]] | Sergio Osmeña | |
| (1878–1961) | |||
| December 24, | |||
| 1941 | August 1, | ||
| 1944 | Manuel L. Quezon |
Commissioner of Education, Health and Welfare (1942–1943)
| Portrait | Name | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission | ||||
| [[File:Claro M. Recto.jpg | 131x131px]] | title=Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 1 | publisher=Bureau of Printing | year=1942 | location=Manila | pages=15}} | January 26, |
| 1942 | October 14, | ||||||
| 1943 | Jorge B. Vargas |
Minister of Education, Health and Welfare (1943–1944)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | **Gabriel Mañalac | |
| **Acting | |||
| October 20, | |||
| 1943 | January 1, | ||
| 1944 | Jose P. Laurel |
Minister of Health, Labor and Public Welfare (1944–1945)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Emiliano Tría Tirona y Alegre.jpg | 138x138px]] | Emiliano Tría Tirona | |
| (1883–1952) | |||
| January 4, | |||
| 1944 | 1945 | Jose P. Laurel |
Secretary of Health and Public Welfare (1945–1947)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Basilo J. Valdes (December, 1944).jpg | 130x130px]] | Basilio Valdes | |
| (1892–1970) | February 27, | ||
| 1945 | April | ||
| 1945 | Sergio Osmeña | ||
| [[File:Senator Jose C. Locsin.jpg | 154x154px]] | Jose Locsin | |
| (1891–1977) | June 29, | ||
| 1945 | May 27, | ||
| 1946 | |||
| [[File:Antonio Villarama y Capistrano.jpg | 157x157px]] | Antonio Villarama | May 28, |
| 1946 | October 4, | ||
| 1947 | Manuel Roxas |
Secretary of Health (1947–1978)
| Portrait | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President | |
| [[File:Antonio Villarama y Capistrano.jpg | 157x157px]] | Antonio Villarama | October 4, | |
| 1947 | December 31, | |||
| 1949 | Manuel Roxas | |||
| Elpidio Quirino | ||||
| [[File:Juan S. Salcedo Jr. NAST.jpg | 141x141px]] | Juan Salcedo Jr. | ||
| (1904–1988) | December 14, | |||
| 1950 | May | |||
| 1954 | ||||
| Ramon Magsaysay | ||||
| [[File:Secretary Paulino J. Garcia.jpg | 105x105px]] | Paulino Garcia | June | |
| 1954 | June | |||
| 1958 | ||||
| Carlos P. Garcia | ||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Elpidio Valencia | July | |
| 1958 | December 30, | |||
| 1961 | ||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Francisco Duque Jr. | December 30, | |
| 1961 | July | |||
| 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal | |||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Floro Dabu | July | |
| 1963 | December | |||
| 1964 | ||||
| [[File:Manuel Alesna Cuenco.jpg | 104x104px]] | Manuel A. Cuenco | ||
| (1907–1970) | December | |||
| 1964 | December 30, | |||
| 1965 | ||||
| [[File:Secretary Paulino J. Garcia.jpg | 105x105px]] | Paulino Garcia | December 30, | |
| 1965 | August 2, | |||
| 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos | |||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Amadeo Cruz | August 2, | |
| 1968 | December 25, | |||
| 1971 | ||||
| [[File:Dr. Clemente Gatmaitan.png | 133x133px]] | Clemente Gatmaitan | December 25, | |
| 1971 | June 2, | |||
| 1978 |
Minister of Health (1978–1987)
| Portrait | Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President |
| [[File:Dr. Clemente Gatmaitan.png | 133x133px]] | Clemente Gatmaitan | June 2, |
| 1978 | July 23, | ||
| 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos | ||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Enrique Garcia | July 24, |
| 1979 | June 30, | ||
| 1981 | |||
| [[File:Jesus Azurin.jpg | 125x125px]] | Jesus C. Azurin | |
| (1916–1990) | July 25, | ||
| 1981 | February 25, | ||
| 1986 | |||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Alfredo Bengzon | |
| (born 1935) | March 25, | ||
| 1986 | February 11, | ||
| 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
Secretary of Health (from 1987)
| Portrait | Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | President | |||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Alfredo Bengzon | ||||||||
| (born 1935) | February 11, | |||||||||
| 1987 | February 7, | |||||||||
| 1992 | Corazon Aquino | |||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Antonio Periquet | February 10, | |||||||
| 1992 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Senator Juan Flavier Official Portrait.gif | 135x135px]] | Juan Flavier | ||||||||
| (1935–2014) | July 1, | |||||||||
| 1992 | January 30, | |||||||||
| 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos | |||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Jaime Galvez-Tan | January 30, | |||||||
| 1995 | July 5, | |||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Hilarion Ramiro Jr. | July 10, | |||||||
| 1995 | March 22, | |||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Carmencita Reodica | April 8, | |||||||
| 1996 | June 29, | |||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | Felipe Estrella | June 30, | |||||||
| 1998 | September 13, | |||||||||
| 1998 | Joseph Estrada | |||||||||
| [[File:Dr. Alberto Romualdez, Jr.png | 147x147px]] | Alberto Romualdez | ||||||||
| (1940–2013) | September 14, | |||||||||
| 1998 | January 20, | |||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Dr. Manuel Dayrit.png | 133x133px]] | Manuel Dayrit | January 20, | |||||||
| 2001 | June 1, | |||||||||
| 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |||||||||
| [[File:Secretary Dr. Francisco Duque - 2018 (cropped).jpg | 147x147px]] | Francisco Duque III | ||||||||
| (born 1957) | June 1, | |||||||||
| 2005 | September 1, | |||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Esperanza Cabral.gif | 145x145px]] | Esperanza Cabral | September 1, | |||||||
| 2009 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | 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 | December 19, | |||||||||
| 2014 | Benigno Aquino III | |||||||||
| Janette Garin | ||||||||||
| (born 1972) | February 17, | |||||||||
| 2015 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||
| [[File:CA REJECTS UBIAL (33999) (cropped).jpg | 131x131px]] | 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 | October 10, | |||||||||
| 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte | |||||||||
| [[File:3x4.svg | 133x133px]] | **Herminigildo Valle | ||||||||
| **Officer in Charge | ||||||||||
| October 12, | ||||||||||
| 2017 | October 25, | |||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Secretary Dr. Francisco Duque - 2018 (cropped).jpg | 147x147px]] | Francisco Duque III | ||||||||
| (born 1957) | ||||||||||
| October 26, | ||||||||||
| 2017 | June 30, | |||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||
| [[File:Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario S. Vergeire - Diplomatic Briefing n-Cov 4.jpg | 122x122px]] | Maria Rosario Vergeire** | ||||||||
| (born 1968) | ||||||||||
| **Officer in Charge | July 14, | |||||||||
| 2022 | June 5, | |||||||||
| 2023 | Bongbong Marcos | |||||||||
| [[File:DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa.png | 100x100px]] | Ted Herbosa | ||||||||
| (born 1959) | June 5, | |||||||||
| 2023 | Incumbent |
Notes
References
References
- (August 13, 2020). "Where's Duque? Senators ask amid PhilHealth corruption mess".
- "R.A. 7875 AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR ALL FILIPINOS AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE".
- "Executive Order No. 119, s. 1987".
- (1943). "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". Government Printing Office.
- (1942). "Official Gazette Vol. 1, No. 1". Bureau of Printing.
- (1943). "Official Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 2". Bureau of Printing.
- (1944). "Official Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 4". Bureau of Printing.
- "Benigno S. Aquino III".
- (June 30, 2016). "Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting". The Philippine Star.
- (October 10, 2017). "Ubial out as DOH head as CA rejects 5th Duterte Cabinet appointee". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- (October 12, 2017). "Duterte names OICs of health, information technology departments". ABS-CBN News.
- (October 26, 2017). "Duterte appoints former DOH secretary to replace Ubial". CNN Philippines.
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