Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)

The secretary of labor and employment (Filipino: Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo) is the head of the Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippine government and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.^[1]

Secretary of Labor and Employment
Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo
Official seal of the Department of Labor and Employment
Incumbent Bienvenido Laguesma since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet, National Security Council
Appointer	The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Ramon Torres
Formation	December 8, 1933 (91 years ago) (1933-12-08)
Website	www.dole.gov.ph

The current secretary is Bienvenido Laguesma, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.^[2]

Facade, DOLE

List of secretaries of labor and employment

Secretary of Labor (1933–1935)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Governor-General
	Ramon Torres (1891–1975)	December 8, 1933	November 15, 1935	Frank Murphy

Secretary of Labor (1935–1941)

Portrait[3]	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Ramon Torres (1891–1975)	November 15, 1935	1936[3]	Manuel L. Quezon
	José Avelino (1890–1986)[a]	1937[4]	1939[4]
	León Guinto (1886–1962)	1940[4]	1941[5]

Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor (1941–1944)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Basilio Valdes (1892–1970)	December 24, 1941	August 8, 1944	Manuel L. Quezon

Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare (1944–1945)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Mariano Eraña	August 8, 1944	February 27, 1945	Sergio Osmeña

Secretary of Labor (1945–1978)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Mariano Eraña	February 27, 1945	July 11, 1945	Sergio Osmeña
	Marcelo Adduru (1894–1972)	July 12, 1945	May 28, 1946
	Pedro Magsalin	May 28, 1946	September 21, 1948	Manuel Roxas
				Elpidio Quirino
	Primitivo Lovina	September 21, 1948	October 4, 1950
	Jose Figueras	October 4, 1950	December 30, 1953
	Terry Adevoso (1922–1975)	March 10, 1954	April 21, 1954	Ramon Magsaysay
	Angel M. Castaño	August 22, 1954	December 30, 1961
				Carlos P. Garcia
	Norberto Romualdez Jr. Acting	January 1962	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
	Bernardino Ables	1962	1964
	Jose B. Lingad (1914–1980)	October 1964	December 30, 1965
	Emilio Espinosa Jr.	December 30, 1965	September 16, 1967	Ferdinand Marcos
	Blas Ople (1927–2003)	September 16, 1967	1971
	Adrian Cristobal (1932–2007)	1971	1972
	Blas Ople (1927–2003)	1972	June 2, 1978

Minister of Labor and Employment (1978–1987)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Blas Ople (1927–2003)	June 2, 1978	February 25, 1986	Ferdinand Marcos
	Augusto Sanchez	March 25, 1986	January 4, 1987	Corazon Aquino
	Franklin Drilon (born 1945)	January 4, 1987	February 11, 1987

Secretary of Labor and Employment (from 1987)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Franklin Drilon (born 1945)	February 11, 1987	January 2, 1990	Corazon Aquino
	Dionisio dela Serna	January 3, 1990	January 19, 1990
	Ruben Torres (born 1941)	January 20, 1990	February 11, 1992
	Nieves Confesor	February 12, 1992	June 30, 1995
				Fidel V. Ramos
	Jose Brillantes	July 1, 1995	January 16, 1996
	Leonardo Quisumbing (1939–2019)	January 16, 1996	January 26, 1998
	Cresenciano Trajano Acting	January 26, 1998	June 30, 1998
	Bienvenido Laguesma (born 1950)	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001	Joseph Estrada
	Patricia Santo Tomas	January 20, 2001	July 3, 2006	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
	Arturo Brion (born 1946)	July 3, 2006	March 17, 2008
	Marianito Roque	March 17, 2008	June 30, 2010
	Rosalinda Baldoz	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno Aquino III
	Silvestre Bello III (born 1944)	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
	Bienvenido Laguesma (born 1950)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

Notes

1. Hermenegildo Villanueva (1938-1939) and Sotero Baluyut (1939-1940) served as acting secretaries^{[citation needed]}

External links

• DOLE website