Mayor of Tagbilaran

The mayor of Tagbilaran (Cebuano: Punong Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran, Filipino: Alkalde ng Tagbilaran) is the Local Chief Executive of the City of Tagbilaran, the capital city of the Province of Bohol in the Philippines. The Mayor is in charge of the executive department of the city with the Vice Mayor taking charge of the legislative department. His powers are provided for and limited by R.A. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991.^[1]

Mayor of Tagbilaran
Punong sa Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran
Incumbent Jane Censoria Cajes-Yap since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Seat	Tagbilaran City Hall, Tagbilaran City, Bohol
Appointer	Elected via popular vote
Term length	3 years, renewable twice consecutively
Inaugural holder	Pedro Belderol
Succession	Vice Mayor then Highest ranking Sangguniang Panlungsod member
Deputy	Vice Mayor
Website	City Government of Tagbilaran

List of chief executives

Chief Executives of Tagbilaran since 1742
Term		Title	Name
	1742	Gobernadorcillo	Calixto Marcos
1744 –	1829	Sector Leader of Dagohoy	Calixto Sotero
unknown		Gobernadorcillo	Martin Flores
unknown		Gobernadorcillo	Manuel de la Peña
	1832	Gobernadorcillo	Leonardo Guillermo
	1854	Gobernadorcillo	Leon Torralba
	1855	Gobernadorcillo	Francisco Reales
	1856	Gobernadorcillo	Esteban Butalid
	1857	Gobernadorcillo	Alejandro Fama
	1870	Gobernadorcillo	Pedro Matig‑a
	1876	Gobernadorcillo	Felipe Rocha
c.	1880	Gobernadorcillo	Jacinto Borja y Borja
c.	1885	Gobernadorcillo	Flaviano Ramirez
c.	1892	Gobernadorcillo	Manuel Miñoza
	1898	Gobernadorcillo	Eduardo Calceta
19 May 1898 –	Apr 1899	Presidente Municipal	Salustiano Borja
Apr 1899 –	17 May 1900	Presidente Municipal	Margarito Torralba
	1900	Presidente Municipal	Claudio Gallares
1901 –	1902	Presidente Municipal	Anecito Clarin
1 Apr 1902 –	1903	Presidente Municipal	Macario Sarmiento
1904 –	1905	Presidente Municipal	Servando Matig‑a
	1906	Presidente Municipal	Mariano Parras
	1907	Presidente Municipal	Margarito Torralba
	1908	Presidente Municipal	Gaudencio Mendoza
	1909	Presidente Municipal	Lorenzo Torralba
	1910	Presidente	Felipe Sarmiento
	1911	Presidente	Miguel Parras
	1912	Presidente	Nicolas Butalid
19 Oct 1912 –	1916	Presidente	Celestino Gallares
6 Oct 1916 –	24 May 1918	Presidente	Jacinto Remolador
25 May 1918 –	1919	Presidente	Gregorio Peñaflor
1920 –	1922	Presidente	Felipe Sarmiento
1923 –	1925	Presidente	Timoteo Butalid
1926 –	1931	Presidente	Andres Torralba
1931 –	1938	Presidente	Genaro Visarra
1939 –	1941	Municipal Mayor	Honorio Grupo
22 May 1942 –	1945	Municipal Mayor	Manuel Espuelas
26 May 1945 –	1946	Municipal Mayor	Mariano Rocha
Apr 1946 –	Aug 1946	Municipal Mayor	Manuel Espuelas
2 Sep 1946 –	Dec 1947	Municipal Mayor	Honorio Grupo
1 Jan 1948 –	31 Dec 1959	Municipal Mayor	Pedro Belderol
(3 terms)
1 Jan 1960 –	31 Dec 1971	Municipal/City Mayor	Venancio Inting
(3 terms)
1 Jan 1972 –	31 Dec 1979	City Mayor	Rolando Butalid
(2 terms)
1 Jan 1980 –	Mar 1986	City Mayor	Jose Ma. Rocha
(3 terms)
19 Mar 1986 –	18 Jan 1987	OIC City Mayor	Dan Lim
19 Jan 1987 –	1 Dec 1987	OIC City Mayor	Jose Torralba
2 Dec 1987 –	6 Dec 1987	OIC City Mayor	Carmen Gatal
7 Dec 1987 –	17 May 1988	OIC City Mayor	Bonifacio Libay
18 May 1988 –	23 Jun 1988	OIC City Mayor	Ismael Villamor
24 Jun 1988 –	30 Jun 1992	City Mayor	Jose Torralba
30 Jun 1992 –	30 Jun 1995	City Mayor	Jose Ma. Rocha
30 Jun 1995 –	30 Jun 2004	City Mayor	Jose Torralba
(3 terms)
30 Jun 2004 –	30 Jun 2013	City Mayor	Dan Lim
(3 terms)
30 Jun 2013 –	30 June 2022	City Mayor	John Geesnell Yap
(3 terms)
30 Jun 2022 –	present	City Mayor	Jane Censoria Cajes-Yap