Secretary of Information and Communications Technology

The secretary of information and communications technology (Filipino: Kalihim ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon) is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Secretary of Information and Communications Technology
Kalihim ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon
Official seal of the Department of Information and Communications Technology
Incumbent Henry Aguda since March 20, 2025[1][2]
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	President of the Philippines
Term length	At the president's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Rodolfo Salalima
Formation	June 9, 2016
Website	www.dict.gov.ph

Functions

The Secretary of Information and Communications Technology has the following functions:^[3]

• Provide direction and supervision over the operations of the department and its attached agencies;
• Establish policies and standards for the department's operations;
• Review and approve requests for financial and manpower resources in the department;
• Designate and appoint officers and employees of the department, excluding the undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and regional and assistant regional directors;
• Exercise disciplinary powers over officers and employees of the department;
• Coordinate with local government units, other agencies and public and private interest groups on department policies and initiatives;
• Prepare and submit to the president an estimate of the expenditures of the department during the next fiscal year;
• Serve as a member of the Government Procurement Policy Board;
• Advise the president on the development of information and communications technology;
• Formulate rules and regulations and exercise other powers for the implementation of the Department of Information And Communications Technology Act of 2015; and
• Perform other tasks provided by law or assigned by the president.

List of secretaries of Information and Communications Technology

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Rodolfo Salalima [4]	June 30, 2016	September 22, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte
	Eliseo Rio Jr. (born 1944) Officer in Charge [5]	October 12, 2017	July 1, 2019
	Gregorio Honasan (born 1948) [6]	July 1, 2019	October 8, 2021
	Jose Arturo de Castro Officer in Charge [7]	October 8, 2021	December 20, 2021
	Emmanuel Rey Caintic Acting [8]	December 20, 2021	June 30, 2022
	Ivan John Uy [9]	June 30, 2022	March 6, 2025	Bongbong Marcos
	Paul Joseph Mercado Acting [10]	March 10, 2025	March 19, 2025
	Henry Aguda [1][2]	March 20, 2025	Incumbent