The mayor of Pasay is the head of the executive branch of the Pasay City Government. The mayor holds office at the Pasay 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) since the implementation of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor.
The current mayor of Pasay is Imelda Calixto-Rubiano since June 30, 2019.
History The position was established as municipal president in 1900, when Pasay was then a pueblo named Pineda, which was then part of the Province of Manila. In 1901, the municipality was renamed Pasay and became part of the newly created province of Rizal. The position was later redesignated as mayor.
During World War II, President Manuel L. Quezon established the City of Greater Manila in 1942, which absorbed Pasay and its municipal mayor became a district chief reporting to the city's Chief of the Division of Districts and of the District and Neighborhood Association. Pasay Mayors Moises San Juan, Adolfo Santos, and Enrique Manaloto served as district chief from Pasay. The City of Greater Manila was abolished on August 1, 1945, restoring Pasay’s municipal status and the position of its mayor. From its cityhood in 1947 to 1950, Pasay was briefly known as Rizal City, with Rufino Mateo as the only mayor of the city under such name. Pablo Cuneta became the first elected city mayor of Pasay in 1955.
In 1975, Pasay was incorporated into the newly created Metro Manila.
List of mayors of Pasay # Image Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Pascual Villanueva 1900–1905 First municipal president of Pasay renamed from Pineda 2 Gregorio Villanueva 1906–1908 3 Mauro Reyes 1908–1910 4 Eugenio Villanueva 1910–1912 * Pascual Villanueva 1912–1919 5 Miguel Cornejo 1919–1922; 1928–1931 6 Moises San Juan 1931–1937 7 Rufino Mateo 1937–1940 * Moises San Juan 1940–1942 District Chief for Pasay under the City of Greater Manila (1941–42) * Adolfo Santos 1942–1942 District Chief for Pasay under the City of Greater Manila * Enrique Manaloto 1942–1945 District Chief for Pasay under the City of Greater Manila (1942–1944) * Alipio Pestañas 1945–1945 * Nicanor Santos 1945–1945 * Adolfo Santos 1945–1945 * Rufino Mateo 1946–1950 The only mayor of Rizal City 8 Carlos Rivilla 1950–1951 9 Primitivo Lovina 1951–1952 10 Pablo Cuneta 1953–1955 First elected mayor (1955) * Jose Milan 1955–1955 Acting mayor * Pablo Cuneta 1955–1967 * Ansberto Paredes 1961–1961 Acting mayor 11 Jovito Claudio 1967–1971 * Pablo Cuneta 1971–1986 * Eduardo Calixto 1986–1987 Acting mayor * Norman Urbina 1987–1988 Acting mayor * Pablo Cuneta 1988–1998 * Jovito Claudio 1998–2000 12 Wenceslao Trinidad 2000–2006 * Allan Panaligan 2006–2007 Acting mayor during Trinidad's suspension * Wenceslao Trinidad 2007–2010 13 Antonino Calixto 2010–2019 14 Emi Rubiano 2019–present First female city mayor
Elections 1947 Rizal City local elections 1951 Pasay local elections 1955 Pasay local elections 1959 Pasay local elections 1963 Pasay local elections 1967 Pasay local elections 1971 Pasay local elections 1980 Pasay local elections 1988 Pasay local elections 1992 Pasay local elections 1995 Pasay local elections 1998 Pasay local elections 2000 Pasay mayoral recall election 2001 Pasay local elections 2004 Pasay local elections 2007 Pasay local elections 2010 Pasay local elections 2013 Pasay local elections 2016 Pasay local elections 2019 Pasay local elections 2022 Pasay local elections 2025 Pasay local elections
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