The City Mayor of Taguig () is the head of the executive branch of the Taguig city government. The mayor holds office at the Taguig City Hall. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, and cannot be elected for a fourth consecutive term. However, a mayor can be elected again after an interval of one term. Lani Cayetano of Nacionalista Party is the incumbent since 2022.
History From the start, Taguig has its own chieftain, Lakan named Juan Basi who fought his life against the Spaniard along with Agustin de Legaspi, a nephew of Lakan Dula and son-in-law of the Sultan of Brunei during the Magat Salamat uprising in 1587–1588. But since the year 1584, a non-resident vicar from the Augustinian order named P. Melchor de Ribera was assigned to convert to Christianity the natives of the town.
In 1587, according to P. Gaspar San Agustin, Taguig was once again accepted in the list of "Augustinian Chapter" in a meeting held on April 4, 1587 through "Tomamos de nuevo la casa de Tagui, con voto".Augustinian Archives, Valladolid, Spain, Libro de Gobierno de la Provincia. I, folio 55.
From 1856 to 1897, Taguig, then a municipality of the province of Manila (previously Tondo until 1859), was headed by the capitan municipal as its chief executive. Following the Philippine Declaration of Independence, the position was replaced by the Pangulo ng Bayan (), which was solely held by Baltazar Capistrano from 1898 to 1899. In 1901, the year when Taguig became part of the newly established province of Rizal, the chief executive was named mayor, which was first held by Feliciano Pagkalinawan. Despite merging with Pateros from 1903 to 1909, both municipalities had different leaders, respectively.
List Name Deputy (later Vice Mayor) Term Began Term Ended Capitan Municipal de Taguig Domingo Franco 1856 1857 Vicente Azores 1857 1858Juan B. Labao 18591860Domingo Guevarra18601861Venancio Sandoval18611862Leandro Labao18621863Salvador Esguerra18631864Tomas Cruz18651866Ciriaco Labao18671868Domingo Guerrero 18691870Agustin Rayos18711872Leoncio Pagkalinawan1873 1874Clemente Labao1875187618771878Jose Natividad18791880Feliciano Pagkalinawan18811882Miguel Aquino1887188818891890Jose Natividad18911892Marcos Lontoc18931894Jose Natividad18951897Pangulo ng BayanBaltazar CapistranoJune 12, 1898March 16, 1899Municipal Mayor of Taguig Feliciano PagkalinawanPantaleon Franco19011903Felipe Rayos del SolFrancisco de Borja (1904-1908)Lorenzo Rosales (1908-1909)Braulio Pagkalinawan (1910-1911)19041910Braulio PagkalinawanMarcelino Elias19111912Graciano JutaJuan Cuevas19121916Jose PagtakhanAntero Ignacio (1916-1922) Fortunato Dinguinbayan (1922-1925)19161925Eusebio Santos Ciriaco Tiñga (1925-1928) Tomas San Pedro (1928-1931)19251931Cleto MastriliExequiel Labao19311934Artemio NatividadTeotimo Cuevas (October 16, 1934 - October 15, 1937) Ciriaco Tiñga (January 1, 1938 -December 31,1940) Leocadio De Leon (January 1, 1941 - December 3, 1942)October 16, 1934December 3, 1942Leocadio De LeonDecember 4, 1942February 17, 1945Pedro D. CruzIreneo A. CruzJuly 1, 1945December 31, 1945Leocadio De LeonCiriaco TiñgaJanuary 9, 1946May 31, 1946Pedro D. CruzIsidro FerminJune 1, 1946December 31, 1947Nicanor P. CruzTiburcio SantosJanuary 1, 1948December 30, 1951 Image Name of mayor Party Term Start of term End of term Name of Vice mayor Elective position (1952–present) 1 Bonifacio Relon 1952 January 1, 1952 December 31, 1955 Isidro Fermin 2 Monico C. Tanyag 1956 January 1, 1956 December 31, 1975 Alfonso C. Roldan 1960 Augusto M. Garcia 1964 Jose C. Bernie 1968 Alvaro P. Villar 1972 Nicanor C. Garcia 3 Levi B. Mariano 1976 April 14, 1976 March 25, 1986 4 Isidro B. Garcia 1986 March 26, 1986 June 30, 1987 5 Donato L. Estacio, Jr. () 1987 December 1, 1987 October 9, 1988 6 Rodolfo De Guzman 1988 October 10, 1988 June 30, 1992 Pacifico Santos 7 Ricardo D. Papa Jr. 1992 July 6, 1992 June 30, 1995 Daniel Castillo (4) Isidro B. Garcia 1995 June 30, 1995 August 27, 1997 vacant Loida O. Labao-Alzona (7) Ricardo D. Papa Jr. Lakas–NUCD September 2, 1997 June 30, 1998 vacant Alan Peter Cayetano 1998 June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001 Loida O. Labao-Alzona 8 Sigfrido TiñgaKilusang Diwa ng Taguig 2001 June 30, 2001 June 30, 2010 2004 George Elias 2007 9 Lani Cayetano Nacionalista 2010 June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 2013 Ricardo Cruz Jr.2016 10 Lino Cayetano 2019 June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 (9) Lani Cayetano Nacionalista 2022 June 30, 2022 June 30, 2028 Arvin Ian V. Alit 2025
List of acting and appointed OIC mayors of Taguig NameTerm BeganTerm EndedStatus Acting and Appointed OIC Mayor of Taguig Aquilino Sarmiento February 17, 1945 June 30, 1945 Acting mayor during the liberation of Taguig Donato L. Estacio, Jr. December 1, 1987 October 9, 1988 Appointed Mayor after People Power Revolution Source:Taguig Comprehensive Land Use & Zoning Plan, Physical & Socio-Economic Profile. pp. 38–39. 2014.
Past mayors of Taguig
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