List of female governors in the Philippines
This is a list of women who have been elected, appointed or acceded as governor of provinces in the Philippines.
Incumbent
Luzon
Ilocos Region
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Carmen Crisologo | ![]() | Ilocos Sur | 1964 | 1971 | 7 years |
Elizabeth Marcos-Keon | ![]() | Ilocos Norte[1] | 30 December 1971 | 23 March 1983 | 11 years, 83 days |
Imee Marcos[2] | ![]() | Ilocos Norte | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
Raphaelle Ortega-David | ![]() | La Union | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Cagayan Valley
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corazon Espino[3] | ![]() | Nueva Vizcaya | 1962 | 1962 | <1 year |
Teresa Dupaya[4] | ![]() | Cagayan | 1964 | 1979 | 15 years |
1987 | 1987 | <1 year | |||
Belen Calderon[3] | ![]() | Nueva Vizcaya | 1976 | 1976 | <1 year |
1986 | 1987 | <1 year | |||
Natalia Dumlao[3] | ![]() | Nueva Vizcaya | 1962 | 1962 | <1 year |
Aurora Agan Barsana-Abad | ![]() | Batanes | 18 June 1986 | 30 November 1987 | 1 year, 165 days |
Ruth Padilla[3] | ![]() | Nueva Vizcaya | 1987 | 1988 | <1 year |
30 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 | 3 years, 0 days | |||
Josie Castillo-Co | ![]() | Quirino | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
Grace Padaca[5] | ![]() | Isabela | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2010 | 6 years, 0 days |
Luisa Lloren Cuaresma[3] | ![]() | Nueva Vizcaya | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days |
Marilou Cayco | ![]() | Batanes | 30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 61 days |
Cordillera Administrative Region
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Maria Zita Claustro-Valera | ![]() | Abra | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
Floydelia Diasen | ![]() | Kalinga | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
Maria Jocelyn Bernos | ![]() | Abra | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2022 | 6 years, 0 days |
Eleanor Bulut Begtang | ![]() | Apayao | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Central Luzon
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Eunice Pablo Guerrero-Cucueco | ![]() | Aurora | 1 February 1988 | 17 February 1991 | 3 years, 16 days |
Margarita Cojuangco[6] | ![]() | Tarlac | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1998 | 6 years, 0 days |
Josefina dela Cruz | ![]() | Bulacan | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
Ramoncita Ong | ![]() | Aurora | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
Bellaflor Angara-Castillo | ![]() | Aurora | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days |
Lilia Pineda | ![]() | Pampanga | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
Czarina Umali | ![]() | Nueva Ecija | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
Susan Yap[7] | ![]() | Tarlac | 30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 61 days |
Metro Manila
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Imelda Marcos | ![]() | Metro Manila | 27 February 1975 | 25 February 1986 | 10 years, 363 days |
Calabarzon
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Teresita Lazaro | ![]() | Laguna | 30 January 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 151 days |
Rebecca Ynares | ![]() | Rizal | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
30 June 2013 | 30 June 2022 | 9 years, 0 days | |||
Vilma Santos-Recto | ![]() | Batangas | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
Angelina Tan | ![]() | Quezon | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Nina Ynares | ![]() | Rizal | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Mimaropa
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Josephine Sato | ![]() | Occidental Mindoro | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2004 | 30 June 2013 | 9 years, 0 days | |||
Carmencita Reyes[8] | ![]() | Marinduque | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2010 | 7 January 2019 | 8 years, 191 days |
Bicol Region
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paz Cea de Conde | ![]() | Camarines Sur | 1938 | 1938 | <1 year |
Rosalie Alberto-Estacio | ![]() | Catanduanes | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1995 | 3 years, 0 days |
Elisa Olga Kho[9] | ![]() | Masbate | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
Sally Ante Lee | ![]() | Sorsogon | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
Rizalina Seachon-Lanete[9] | ![]() | Masbate | 30 June 2010 | 25 February 2015 | 4 years, 240 days |
Araceli Wong | ![]() | Catanduanes | 30 June 2013 | 30 June 2016 | 3 years, 0 days |
Visayas
Western Visayas
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Encarnacion Fornier | ![]() | Antique | 1963 | 1967 | 4 years |
Corazon Legaspi-Cabagnot | ![]() | Aklan | 1 February 1988 | 30 June 1995 | 7 years, 149 days |
Emily Lopez | ![]() | Guimaras | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 1995 | 3 years, 0 days |
Salvacion Z. Perez | ![]() | Antique | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
Rhodora Cadiao | ![]() | Antique | 30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 61 days |
Central Visayas
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gwendolyn Garcia | ![]() | Cebu | 30 June 2004 | 19 December 2012 | 8 years, 172 days |
30 June 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 61 days | |||
Agnes Magpale | ![]() | Cebu | 19 December 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 193 days |
Tita Baja[10] | ![]() | Bohol | 17 July 2024 | 31 July 2024 | 14 days |
Eastern Visayas
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maria Salud Vivero-Parreno | ![]() | Leyte | 1946 | 1948 | 2 years |
Irene Balite | ![]() | Northern Samar | 30 December 1967 | 30 December 1971 | 4 years, 0 days |
Salvacion Yñiguez | ![]() | Southern Leyte | 1 January 1968 | 15 March 1986 | 18 years, 73 days |
Remedios Petilla | ![]() | Leyte | 30 June 1995 | 30 June 2004 | 9 years, 0 days |
Madeleine Ong | ![]() | Northern Samar | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
Rosette Lerias | ![]() | Southern Leyte | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
Clotilde Hilaria Japzon-Salazar | ![]() | Eastern Samar | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2004 | 3 years, 0 days |
Milagrosa Tan | ![]() | Samar | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
Sharee Ann Tan | ![]() | Samar | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days | |||
Maria Mimietta Bagulaya | ![]() | Leyte | 4 November 2012 | 30 June 2013 | 238 days |
Mindanao
Zamboanga Peninsula
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Guadalupe Adaza | ![]() | Zamboanga del Norte | 1955 | 1955 | <1 year |
1959 | 1963 | 4 years | |||
Aurora Cerilles[11] | ![]() | Zamboanga del Sur | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
Rosalina Jalosjos | ![]() | Zamboanga del Norte | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Dulce Ann Hofer | ![]() | Zamboanga Sibugay | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Northern Mindanao
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth de Lara-Guingona | ![]() | Misamis Oriental | 1998 | 1998 | <1 year |
Imelda Dimaporo[12] | ![]() | Lanao del Norte | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2007 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2016 | Incumbent | 8 years, 61 days | |||
Herminia Ramiro[13] | ![]() | Misamis Occidental | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
Maria Luisa Romualdo[14] | ![]() | Camiguin | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
Davao Region
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Josefina Sibala | ![]() | Davao Oriental | April 1987 | November 1987 | 7 months |
12 August 1992 | 30 June 1992 | 323 days | |||
Cecilia de la Paz | ![]() | Davao del Norte | 4 January 1988 | 3 February 1988 | 30 days |
Rosalind Lopez | ![]() | Davao Oriental | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
Luz Sarmiento | ![]() | Compostela Valley | 27 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 95 days |
Maria Elena Palma Gil | ![]() | Davao Oriental | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2007 | 6 years, 0 days |
Corazon Malanyaon | ![]() | Davao Oriental | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2022 | 29 June 2023 | 364 days | |||
Dorothy Gonzaga | ![]() | Davao de Oro | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Yvone Roña Cagas | ![]() | Davao del Sur | 30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days |
Soccsksargen
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosario Diaz | ![]() | Cotabato | 1986 | 1987 | <1 year |
2 February 1988 | 27 March 1998 | 10 years, 53 days | |||
Priscilla Chiongbian[15] | ![]() | Sarangani | 30 June 1992 | 30 June 2001 | 9 years, 0 days |
Rosila Jamison | ![]() | Sultan Kudarat | 26 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 96 days |
Agnes Amador | ![]() | Cotabato | 27 March 1998 | 30 June 1998 | 95 days |
Daisy Fuentes[16] | ![]() | South Cotabato | 30 June 2001 | 30 June 2010 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2013 | 30 June 2019 | 6 years, 0 days | |||
Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza | ![]() | Cotabato | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days | |||
Nancy Catamco | ![]() | Cotabato | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Caraga
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adela Serra-Ty | ![]() | Surigao del Sur | |||
Consuelo Calo | ![]() | Agusan | 1966 | 17 June 1967 | <1 year |
Agusan del Norte | 17 June 1967 | 15 March 1986 | 18 years, 271 days | ||
Salvacion Cejoco[17] | ![]() | Surigao del Sur | 1 February 1988 | 30 June 1992 | 4 years, 150 days |
Angelica Amante | ![]() | Agusan del Norte | 30 June 1995 | 30 June 2004 | 9 years, 0 days |
30 June 2013 | 30 June 2019 | 6 years, 0 days | |||
30 June 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 61 days | |||
Valentina Plaza | ![]() | Agusan del Sur | 30 June 1998 | 30 June 2001 | 3 years, 0 days |
Maria Valentina Plaza | ![]() | Agusan del Sur | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
Geraldine Ecleo-Villaroman | ![]() | Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days |
Glenda Ecleo | ![]() | Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
Sol Matugas | ![]() | Surigao del Norte | 30 June 2010 | 30 June 2019 | 9 years, 0 days |
Arlene Bag-ao | ![]() | Dinagat Islands | 30 June 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 3 years, 0 days |
Bangsamoro
Name | Portrait | Province | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Princess Tarhata Alonto-Lucman[18] | ![]() | Lanao del Sur | 1971 | 1975 | 4 years |
Jum Jainudin Akbar[19] | ![]() | Basilan | 30 June 2007 | 30 June 2016 | 9 years, 0 days |
Bai Nariman Ambolodto | ![]() | Maguindanao | November 2009 | 30 June 2010 | <1 year |
Soraya Bedjora Adiong | ![]() | Lanao del Sur | 30 June 2016 | 30 June 2019 | 3 years, 0 days |
Bai Mariam Mangudadatu | ![]() | Maguindanao | 30 June 2019 | 13 October 2022 | 3 years, 105 days |
Maguindanao del Sur | 13 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 322 days | ||
Bai Ainee Sinsuat | ![]() | Maguindanao del Norte | 13 October 2022 | 5 April 2023 | 174 days |
See also
References
- ^ "HON. MICHAEL MARCOS KEON". City of Laoag. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Imee Marcos seeks Senate seat, Imelda to run for governor". Rappler.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Historical Background". Province of Nueva Vizcaya. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Past Governors". Province of Cagayan. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "The Governors of Isabela" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Past Governors of Tarlac". Province of Tarlac. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Tarlac Provincial, Congressional officials take oath". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Governor's Gallery". Province of Marinduque. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ a b "List of Governors". Province of Masbate. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Baja to take over as Bohol's acting governor". Bohol Chronicle. July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "Provincial Officials". Zamboanga del Sur. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ^ "HISTORY OF LANAO DEL NORTE". Province of Lanao del Norte. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Misamis Occidental 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Camiguin 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Sarangani 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: South Cotabato 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Surigao del Sur 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Lanao del Sur mourns passing of first woman governor". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Basilan 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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