Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)

The secretary of trade and industry (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya) is the head of the Department of Trade and Industry and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.

List of secretaries of trade and industry

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1899) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentLeón María Guerrero(1853–1935)May 7,1899November 13,1899Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of Commerce and Police (1901–1917) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officeGovernor-GeneralLuke Edward Wright(1846–1922)September 1,1901January 31,1904William Howard TaftWilliam Cameron Forbes(1870–1959)June 16,1904November 10,1909Luke Edward WrightHenry Clay IdeJames Francis SmithCharles B. Elliott(1861–1935)February 10,1910December 6,1912William Cameron ForbesClinton L. Riggs(1865–1938)December 1,1913October 31,1915Francis Burton HarrisonEugene E. Reed(1866–1940)May 24,1916August 29,1916

Secretary of Commerce and Communications (1917–1933) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officeGovernor-GeneralDionisio Jakosalem(1878–1931)January 18,1917October 31,1922Francis Burton HarrisonCharles YeaterLeonard WoodMiguel UnsonActingOctober1922February1923Salvador Laguda(1872–1931)February 9,1923July 17,1923Cipriano UnsonActingJuly1923September1928Eugene Allen GilmoreHenry L. StimsonFilemon Perez(1883–1943)September 7,1928January 1,1933

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1933–1935)

Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office Governor-GeneralVicente Singson Encarnacion(1875–1961)January 1,1933July 26,1934Theodore Roosevelt Jr.Frank MurphyEulogio Rodriguez(1883–1964)July 26,1934November 15,1935

Secretary of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (1935–1941)

Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office PresidentEulogio Rodriguez(1883–1964)November 15,1935November 15,1938Manuel L. QuezonBenigno Aquino Sr.(1894–1947)December 1,1938August 28,1941Rafael Alunan Sr.(1885–1947)August 28,1941December 24,1941

Secretary of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce (1941–1944)

Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office PresidentJosé Abad Santos(1886–1942)December 24,1941March 26,1942Manuel L. QuezonAndrés Soriano(1898–1964)March 26,1942July 31,1944

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce (1942–1943) Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office Chairman of the Philippine Executive CommissionRafael Alunan Sr.(1885–1947)January 26,1942October 14,1943Jorge B. Vargas

Minister of Agriculture and Commerce (1943–1945) Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office PresidentRafael Alunan Sr.(1885–1947)October 19,1943March 20,1945Jose P. Laurel

Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce (1944–1947)

Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Took office Left office PresidentManuel Nieto(1892–1970)August 8,1944February 27,1945Sergio OsmeñaDelfín Jaranilla(1883–1980)February 27,1945July 12,1945Vicente Singson Encarnacion(1875–1961)July 12,1945May 28,1946Mariano Garchitorena(1898–1961)May 28,1946July 1,1947Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Commerce and Industry (1947–1974) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentCornelio Balmaceda(1896–1982)19471953Manuel RoxasElpidio QuirinoOscar Ledesma(1902–1995)19531957Ramon MagsaysayPedro Hernaez(1899–1978)19571960Carlos P. GarciaManuel Lim19601962Diosdado MacapagalRufino Hechanova19621963Cornelio Balmaceda(1896–1982)19631965Marcelo Balatbat19661968Ferdinand MarcosLeonides Sarao Virata(1918–1976)19691970Ernesto Maceda(1935–2016)19701971Troadio Quiazon19711972

Secretary of Trade and Tourism (1972–1973) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentTroadio Quiazon19721973Ferdinand Marcos

Secretary of Trade (1973–1978) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentTroadio Quiazon19731978Ferdinand Marcos

Secretary of Industry (1974–1978) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentVicente Paterno(1925–2014)19741978Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Trade (1978–1981) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentTroadio Quiazon19781979Ferdinand MarcosRoberto Ongpin(1937–2023)July 23,1979June 30,1981

Minister of Industry (1978–1981) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentVicente Paterno(1925–2014)19781979Ferdinand MarcosLuis Villafuerte(1935–2021)July 23,1979June 30,1981

Minister of Trade and Industry (1981–1987) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentRoberto Ongpin(1937–2023)June 30,1981February 25,1986Ferdinand MarcosJose Concepcion Jr.(1931–2024)February 25,1986February 11,1987Corazon Aquino

Secretary of Trade and Industry (since 1987) PortraitName(Birth–Death) Took office Left officePresidentJose Concepcion Jr.(1931–2024)February 11,1987January 8,1991Corazon AquinoPeter GarruchoJanuary 9,1991February 12,1992Lilia BautistaFebruary 19,1992June 30,1992Rizalino Navarro(1938–2011)July 1,1992July 30,1996Fidel V. RamosCesar BautistaAugust 1,1996June 30,1998Jose PardoJune 30,1998January 2,2000Joseph EstradaMar Roxas(born 1957)January 2,2000December 10,2003Gloria Macapagal ArroyoCesar Purisima(born 1960)December 10,2003February 15,2005Juan SantosFebruary 15,2005July 8,2005Peter FavilaJuly 8,2005March 15,2010Jesli Lapus(born 1949)March 15,2010June 30,2010Gregory DomingoJune 30,2010December 30,2015Benigno Aquino IIIAdrian Cristobal Jr.(born 1963)December 31,2015June 30,2016Ramon LopezJune 30,2016June 30,2022Rodrigo DuterteAlfredo E. Pascual(born 1948)June 30,2022August 2,2024Bongbong MarcosCristina Aldeguer-RoqueAugust 2,2024October 27,2024October 27,2024Incumbent

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