Governor of Cagayan

The governor of Cagayan (Filipino: Punong Panlalawigan ng Cagayan), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Cagayan.

Governor of Cagayan
Incumbent Edgar Aglipay since June 30, 2025
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Don Pablo Guzman (Civil Governor)
Formation	1581 (Spanish era), 1901 (American era)
Website	https://www.cagayan.gov.ph/governors-corner/

List of governors of Cagayan

There have been 35 governors of Cagayan since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.^[1]

No.	Image	Governor	Term
1		Enrique Altamirano y Salcedo (Last Spanish Governor of Cagayan)	1898
2		Gen. Daniel Mata Tria Tirona (Governor of Isabela & Cagayan)	1898
3		Vicente Nepomuceno (Camalaniugan) (Governor of Cagayan)	1898-1900
4		Gracio Gonzaga (Tuguegarao)	1900-1901
5		Pablo Guzman (Enrile)	1901-1906
6		Vicente Masigan (Santa Maria, Isabela)	1907-1910
7		Antonio Carag (Tuguegarao)	1911-1914
8		Honorio Lasam (Tuguegarao)	1915-1918
9		Fermin Macanayan (Aparri)	1919-1922 1908-1909
10		Proceso Sebastian (Claveria)	1922-1929
11		Vicente Formoso (Aparri)	1930-1937
12		Servando Liban (Tuguegarao)	1938-1940 1946-1947
13		Marcelo Adduru (Tuguegarao)	1941-1942 1943 1955-1959
14		Nicanor Carag (Tuguegarao)	1942-1946 appointed by the Japanese
15		Baldomero Perez (Tuguegarao)	1945-1946 appointed by the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit during the Liberation
16		Peregrino R. Quinto (Tuguegarao)	1946
17		Nicasio P. Arranz (Alcala)	1948-1950
18		Roberto Avena	1950
19		Jose P. Carag (Camalaniugan)	1950-1955
20		Felipe R. Garduque (Camalaniugan)	1960-1963
21		Teresa J. Dupaya (Lal-lo)	1964-1979 1987
22		Brig. Gen. Romeo Gatan (Isabela Province)	1979-1980
23		Justiniano P. Cortez (Ballesteros)	1980-1986
24		Benjamin Ligot (Solana)	1986-1987
25		Francisco Mamba (Tuao)	1987
26		Domingo de Leon (Tuguegarao)	1987-1988
27		Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo (Gattaran)	1988-1990 1992-1998
28		Melvin P. Vargas Sr. (Abulug)	1990-1992
29		David Puzon Jr. (Pamplona)	1992
30		Florencio L. Vargas (Abulug)	1998-2001
31		Edgar R. Lara (Lasam)	2001-2007
32		Alvaro T. Antonio (Alcala)	2007-2016
33		Manuel N. Mamba Sr. (Tuao)	2016—2025[2]
34		Melvin K. Vargas Jr. (Abulug)	2025[3]
35		Edgar B. Aglipay (Camalaniugan)	2025-present[4]