The mayor of Cagayan de Oro () is the head of the local government of the city who elected to three year terms. The Mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.

Cagayan de Misamis No.PhotoMayorPeriodVice MayorNote 1 Toribio Chaves December 1898 – 1900the first Municipal Mayor 2 Tirso Neri1901-1904 3Cayetano Pacana1904-1905 4Pedro VélezJanuary–April, 1906 5Cipriano Vamenta, Sr.1906-1908 6Isidro Vamenta 1908-1909 5Ramon B. NeriJanuary 3, 1910 – October 21, 1912 6Uldarico Akut1912-1916 7Segundo Gaston1916-1919 8Pedro P. Mabulay1919-1922Appointed by Insular Government of the Philippine Islands United States Territorial Government 9Fernándo Pacana, Sr.1922-1925 10Vicente P. Castro 1925-1928 Mariano A. Velez 11Don Apolinar Vélez 1928-1931Mariano A. Velez 12Lucio S. Ramos 1931-1934 13Julio B. Pacana(1934-1940 died in office)Roque Chávez 14Roque Chávez 1940-1945Patricia Velez y Mercado Then vice mayor Roque Chaves assumed the post of Mayor after the untimely demise of Julio Pacana in 1940. Patricia Mercado Velez as the #1 Municipal Councilor assume the vacated Vice Mayor position. Patricia Mercado became the first female council and eventually the first female vice mayor. 15Herminigildo Avanceña1941-1945, 1946Salvador Pacana (1945-1947) restored to office.

Post World War II No.PhotoMayorPeriodVice MayorNote 16 Lucio S. Ramos 1946-1947 on his second term as Municipal Mayor. 17 Mariano A. Vélez Sr. 1948 appointed as Military Mayor entrusted for the post-World War II rehabilitation.

City of Cagayan de Oro No. Photo Mayor Period Vice Mayor 1 Máximo Y. Suniel 1948-1953 Pedro E. Pimentel 2 Pedro S. Baculio 1953-1955 Osmundo R. Waga (1952-1962)Alejandro M. Velez (1963)Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. (1964) 3 Justiniano Borja 1955-1964 4 Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. 1964-1971 Pio Roa (1966-1967) Cecilio Luminarias (1967-1976) 5 Reuben R. Canoy 1971-1976 6 Concordio C. Diel 1976-1978 7 Pedro "Oloy" N. Roa 1978-1980 8 Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. 1980-1984 Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas (1980-1984)9 Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas 1984–1998Henry J. Bacal (1984–1987) Erasmo Damásing (1988–1992) Antonio Soriano (1992-1995) John L. Elizaga (1995-1998)10Manolo Z. Tagarda 199811John L. Elizaga 199812Vicente Yap Emano 1998–2007John L. Elizaga (1998-2004) Michelle J. Tagarda-Spiers (2004–2007)13Constantino Jaraula 2007–2010Vicente Yap Emano (2007–2010)14Vicente Yap Emano 2010–2013Cesar Ian Acenas (2010–2016)15Oscar S. Moreno 2013–2022 Raineir Joaquín Vélez Uy (2016–2022)16 Rolando A. Uy2022–presentJocelyn B. Rodriguez

Vice Mayor The Vice Mayor is the second-highest official of the city The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.

The Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the 19-man Cagayan de Oro City Council, and he can only vote in case of a tiebreaker. If the mayor dies or is either suspended or removed from office, the vice mayor assumes the functions as city mayor and serve out his remaining term until the next election.

In case that the vice mayor dies while in office or is either removed or suspended, his duties will be carried out by the No.1 councilor, which is the councilor who garnered the most votes in the immediately preceding election.

The incumbent Vice Mayor is Jocelyn B. Rodriguez as of June 30, 2022.

See also Justiniano R. Borja

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