Secretary of Public Works and Highways

The secretary of public works and highways (Filipino: Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan) is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the national government of the Philippines, and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.[1]

Secretary of Public Works and Highways Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan
Official seal of the Department of Public Works and Highways
Incumbent Mark Villar since August 1, 2016
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Baldomero Aguinaldo
Formation	January 21, 1899
Website	www.dpwh.gov.ph

The current secretary is Mark Villar, who assumed office on August 1, 2016.[2]

List of secretaries of public works and highways

(*) Acting Capacity

No.	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Minister of Public Works and Communications
1	Baldomero Aguinaldo	1898	1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of War and Public Works
2	Mariano Trias	1899	1901	Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of Public Works and Communications
3	Antonio de las Alas	November 15, 1935	1936	Manuel Quezon
4	Mariano Jesús Cuenco	1936	1939
5	José Avelino	1939	1941
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor
6	Basilio J. Valdes	December 24, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of Public Works and Communications
7	Jose Paez	August 8, 1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
8	Sotero Cabahug	February 27, 1945	May 28, 1946
9	Ricardo Nepumoceno	May 28, 1946	July 1, 1949	Manuel Roxas
				Elpidio Quirino
10	Prospero Sanidad	February 21, 1950	1951
11	Sotero Baluyut	January 6, 1951	1952
12	Pablo Lorenzo	May 6, 1952	1953
Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
13	Vicente Ylagan Orosa Sr.	March 10, 1954	1955	Ramon Magsaysay
14	Florencio Moreno	April 30, 1957	December 30, 1961
				Carlos P. Garcia
15	Marciano Bautista	1961	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
16	Paulino Cases	1962	1962
17	Brigido Valenica	1962	1963
18	Jorge Abad	1963	1965
19	Antonio V. Raquiza	August 24, 1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
20	Rene Espina	November 1968	September 1969
21	Manuel Syquio	September 1969	1970
22	David Consunji	1970	1975
23	Alfredo Juinio	1975	1978
Secretary of Public Highways
24	Baltazar Aquino	1974	1978	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
25	Alfredo Juinio	1978	1981	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Public Highways
	Baltazar Aquino	1978	1979	Ferdinand Marcos
26	Vicente Paterno	1979	1980
27	Jesus Hipolito	1980	1981
Minister of Public Works and Highways
	Jesus Hipolito	1981	1986	Ferdinand Marcos
Secretary of Public Works and Highways
28	Rogaciano Mercado	February 25, 1986	November 1986	Corazon C. Aquino
29	Vicente Jayme	November 1986	1987
30	Juanito Ferrer	1987	1988
31	Fiorello Estuar	1988	1990
32	Jose de Jesus	1990	March 1, 1993
				Fidel V. Ramos
33	Edmundo Mir	March 1, 1993	June 1, 1993
34	Gregorio Vigilar	June 1, 1993	January 20, 2001
				Joseph Ejercito Estrada
35	Simeon Datumanong	January 20, 2001	January 15, 2003	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
36	Bayani Fernando	January 15, 2003	April 15, 2003
37	Florante Soriquez	April 15, 2003	February 15, 2005
38	Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr.	February 15, 2005	February 1, 2007
39	Manuel Bonoan	February 1, 2007	July 4, 2007
(38)	Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr.	July 4, 2007	October 22, 2009
40	Victor Domingo	October 22, 2009	June 30, 2010
41	Rogelio Singson	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno S. Aquino III
*	Rafael Yabut	June 30, 2016	July 31, 2016	Rodrigo Roa Duterte
42	Mark Villar	August 1, 2016	Incumbent

External links

• DPWH website

References

1. "Former Secretaries". dpwh.gov.ph. DPWH. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
2. "Mark Villar accepts Duterte's offer to be DPWH secretary". CNN Philippines. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2018.