Secretary of the Interior and Local Government

Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal
	Official seal of the ; Department of the Interior and Local Government
	Incumbent; Jonvic Remulla; since October 8, 2024
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet, National Security Council
Appointer	The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	At the president's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Pascual Alvarez
Formation	March 22, 1897
Website	www.dilg.gov.ph

The secretary of the interior and local government (Filipino: Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal) is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

The seat of the secretary of the interior and local government is currently held by Jonvic Remulla since 2024.

Powers and functions

Assist the president in the exercise of general supervision over local governments;
Advise the president in the promulgation of policies, rules, regulations and other issuances on the general supervision over local governments and on public order and safety;
Establish and prescribe rules, regulations and other issuances implementing laws on public order and safety, the general supervision over local governments and the promotion of local autonomy and community empowerment and monitor compliance thereof;
Provide assistance towards legislation regarding local governments, law enforcement and public safety; Establish and prescribe plans, policies, programs and projects to promote peace and order, ensure public safety and further strengthen the administrative, technical and fiscal capabilities of local government offices and personnel;
Formulate plans, policies and programs which will meet local emergencies arising from natural and man-made disasters; Establish a system of coordination and cooperation among the citizenry, local executives and the department, to ensure effective and efficient delivery of basic services to the public;
Organize, train and equip primarily for the performance of police functions, a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character.^[1]

List

Director of the Interior (1897)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Pascual Álvarez (1861–1923)	April 24, 1897	October 31, 1897	Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of the Interior (1897)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Isabelo Artacho	November 1, 1897	December 15, 1897	Emilio Aguinaldo

Secretary of the Interior (1898–1899)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
Leandro Ibarra	June 23, 1898	December 1898	Emilio Aguinaldo
Teodoro Sandiko (1860–1939)	January 21, 1899	May 7, 1899
Severino de las Alas	May 7, 1899	November 13, 1899

Secretary of the Interior (1901–1935)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Governor-General
Dean Conant Worcester (1866–1924) ^[2]	September 6, 1901	September 15, 1913	William Howard Taft
			Luke Edward Wright
			Henry Clay Ide
			James Francis Smith
			William Cameron Forbes
			Newton W. Gilbert
Winfred Thaxter Denison (1873–1919) ^[2]	January 27, 1914	March 3, 1916	Francis Burton Harrison
Rafael Palma (1874–1939) ^[2]	January 11, 1917	July 7, 1920
Teodoro Kalaw (1884–1940) ^[2]	July 7, 1920	December 31, 1922
			Charles Yeater
			Leonard Wood
Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959) ^[3]	February 9, 1923	July 17, 1923
Felipe Agoncillo (1859–1941) ^[2]	July 18, 1923	October 1, 1925
Honorio Ventura ^[2]	October 1, 1925	January 16, 1933
			Eugene Allen Gilmore
			Henry L. Stimson
			Eugene Allen Gilmore
			Dwight F. Davis
			George C. Butte
			Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Teófilo Sison (1850–1975) ^[2]	January 16, 1933	November 15, 1935	Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Teófilo Sison (1850–1975) ^[2]	January 16, 1933	November 15, 1935	Frank Murphy

Secretary of the Interior (1935–1941)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
Teófilo Sison (1850–1975)	November 15, 1935	February 5, 1936	Manuel L. Quezon
Elpidio Quirino (1890–1956)	February 8, 1936	September 27, 1938
Rafael Alunan Sr. (1885–1947)	November 16, 1938	August 29, 1941
Francisco Zulueta (1891–1947)	August 29, 1941	December 22, 1941

Commissioner of the Interior (1942–1943)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission
	Benigno Aquino Sr. (1894–1947)	January 26, 1942	December 4, 1942	Jorge B. Vargas
	Jose P. Laurel (1891–1959)	December 4, 1942	October 14, 1943	Jorge B. Vargas

Minister of the Interior (1943–1944)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Jose P. Laurel^[a] (1891–1959)	October 14, 1943	January 1, 1944	Jose P. Laurel

Minister of Home Affairs (1944–1945)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Jose P. Laurel^[a] (1891–1959)	January 1, 1944	August 24, 1944	Jose P. Laurel
	Teófilo Sison (1850–1975)	August 24, 1944	1945	Jose P. Laurel

Secretary of the Interior (1945–1950)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
Tomás Confesor (1891–1951)	March 8, 1945	July 10, 1945	Sergio Osmeña
Alfredo Montelibano Sr. (1905–1989)	July 11, 1945	May 27, 1946	Sergio Osmeña
Jose Zulueta (1889–1972)	May 28, 1946	April 17, 1948	Manuel Roxas
Sotero Baluyut (1889–1975)	September 21, 1948	December 22, 1950	Elpidio Quirino

Secretary of Local Government and Community Development (1972–1978)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Jose Roño (1923–2002)	January 1, 1973	June 2, 1978	Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Local Government and Community Development (1978–1982)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Jose Roño (1923–2002)	June 2, 1978	February 28, 1982	Ferdinand Marcos

Minister of Local Government (1982–1987)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
	Jose Roño (1923–2002)	February 28, 1982	February 25, 1986	Ferdinand Marcos
	Nene Pimentel (1933–2019)	February 25, 1986	February 11, 1987	Corazon Aquino

Secretary of Local Government (1987–1990)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
Nene Pimentel (1933–2019)	February 11, 1987	December 7, 1986	Corazon Aquino
Jaime Ferrer (1916–1987)	December 8, 1986	August 2, 1987^[b]
Lito Monico Lorenzana Acting	August 3, 1987	November 8, 1987
Luis T. Santos	November 9, 1987	December 13, 1990

Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (from 1990)

Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	President
Luis T. Santos	December 13, 1990	December 10, 1991	Corazon Aquino
Cesar Sarino	December 11, 1991	June 30, 1992	Corazon Aquino
Rafael Alunan III (born 1948)	June 30, 1992	April 16, 1996	Fidel V. Ramos
Robert Barbers (1944–2005)	April 16, 1996	February 4, 1998
Epimaco Velasco (1935–2014)	February 4, 1998	May 30, 1998
Sonny Collantes (born 1952) Officer in Charge	June 1, 1998	June 30, 1998
Joseph Estrada^[a] (born 1937)	June 30, 1998	April 12, 1999	Joseph Estrada
Ronaldo Puno (born 1948)	April 12, 1999	January 10, 2000
Alfredo Lim (1929–2020)	January 10, 2000	January 20, 2001
Anselmo Avelino Jr. Officer in Charge	January 20, 2001	January 28, 2001	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Joey Lina (born 1951)	January 29, 2001	July 11, 2004
Angelo Reyes (1945–2011)	July 12, 2004	February 16, 2006
Ronaldo Puno (born 1948)	April 4, 2006	June 30, 2010
Benigno Aquino III^[a] (1960–2021) Officer in Charge	June 30, 2010	July 9, 2010	Benigno Aquino III
Jesse Robredo (1958–2012)	July 9, 2010	August 18, 2012^[b]
Paquito Ochoa Jr. (born 1960) Officer in Charge	August 19, 2012	September 19, 2012
Mar Roxas (born 1957)	September 20, 2012	September 11, 2015
Mel Senen Sarmiento (born 1962)	September 14, 2015	June 30, 2016
Ismael Sueno (born 1947/1948)	June 30, 2016	April 4, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte
Catalino Cuy (born 1957) Officer in Charge	April 5, 2017	January 4, 2018
Eduardo Año^[c] (born 1961) ^[4]	January 5, 2018	November 6, 2018
Eduardo Año^[c] (born 1961) ^[4]	November 6, 2018	June 30, 2022
Benhur Abalos (born 1962) ^[5]^[6]	June 30, 2022	October 7, 2024	Bongbong Marcos
Jonvic Remulla (born 1967) ^[7]	October 8, 2024	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d In concurrent capacity as the President.
^ ^a ^b Died in office.
^ Eduardo Año served in the capacity of an Officer in Charge from January 5 until November 6, 2018.

References

^ "DILG Secretary Powers and Duties".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "MASTERLIST OF CABINET SECRETARIES/MINISTERS" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ "Jose P. Laurel A Register of His Papers in the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-Museum" (PDF). E-LIS repository. Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library. 1982. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^ "Año is now officially DILG chief". Abs-CBN News. November 5, 2018.
^ "Benhur Abalos next DILG chief". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
^ "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
^ "New DILG Secretary Remulla assumes office; banks on decades of local governance experience in running DILG". dilg.gov.ph/. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

External links

DILG website

[president-4] In concurrent capacity as the President.

[died-5] Died in office.

[6] Eduardo Año served in the capacity of an Officer in Charge from January 5 until November 6, 2018.

[1] "DILG Secretary Powers and Duties".

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "MASTERLIST OF CABINET SECRETARIES/MINISTERS" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

[register-3] "Jose P. Laurel A Register of His Papers in the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-Museum" (PDF). E-LIS repository. Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library. 1982. Retrieved August 16, 2022.

[7] "Año is now officially DILG chief". Abs-CBN News. November 5, 2018.

[8] "Benhur Abalos next DILG chief". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

[9] "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

[10] "New DILG Secretary Remulla assumes office; banks on decades of local governance experience in running DILG". dilg.gov.ph/. Retrieved October 9, 2024.

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