Governor of Cagayan
{{Short description|Local chief executive}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Governor
|body = Cagayan
|insignia =
|insigniasize =
|insigniacaption =
|image = Manuel Mamba.png
|imagesize =
|incumbent = Manuel Mamba
|incumbentsince = June 30, 2016
|style =
|residence =
|appointer =
|termlength = 3 years
|formation = 1581 (Spanish era), 1901 (American era)
|succession =
|inaugural = Don Pablo Guzman (Civil Governor)
|website = https://www.cagayan.gov.ph/governors-corner/
}}
The governor of Cagayan ({{langx|fil|Punong Panlalawigan ng Cagayan}}), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Cagayan.
List of governors of Cagayan
There have been 33 governors of Cagayan since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.{{cite web|title=Past Governors|url=https://cagayano.tripod.com/offipast.html|publisher=Province of Cagayan|accessdate=30 August 2022}}
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! No. ! Image ! Governor ! Term | |||
| 1 | Enrique Altamirano y Salcedo (Last Spanish Governor of Cagayan) | 1898 | |
| 2 | Gen. Daniel Mata Tria Tirona (Governor of Isabela & Cagayan) | 1898 | |
| 3 | 100px | Vicente Nepomuceno (Camalaniugan) (Governor of Cagayan) | 1898-1900 |
| 4 | 100px | Gracio Gonzaga (Tuguegarao) | 1900-1901 |
| 5 | 100px | Pablo Guzman (Enrile) | 1901-1906 |
| 6 | Vicente Masigan (Santa Maria, Isabela) | 1907-1910 | |
| 7 | Antonio Carag (Tuguegarao) | 1911-1914 | |
| 8 | Honorio Lasam (Tuguegarao) | 1915-1918 | |
| 9 | Fermin Macanayan (Aparri) | 1919-1922 1908-1909 | |
| 10 | 100px | Proceso Sebastian (Claveria) | 1922-1929 |
| 11 | 100px | Vicente Formoso (Aparri) | 1930-1937 |
| 12 | Servando Liban (Tuguegarao) | 1938-1940 1946-1947 | |
| 13 | 100px | Marcelo Adduru (Tuguegarao) | 1941-1942 1943 1955-1959 |
| 14 | 100px | Nicanor Carag (Tuguegarao) | 1942-1946 appointed by the Japanese |
| 15 | Baldomero Perez (Tuguegarao) | 1945-1946 appointed by the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit during the Liberation | |
| 16 | Peregrino R. Quinto (Tuguegarao) | 1946 | |
| 17 | Nicasio P. Arranz (Alcala) | 1948-1950 | |
| 18 | Roberto Avena | 1950 | |
| 19 | Jose P. Carag (Camalaniugan) | 1950-1955 | |
| 20 | 100px | Felipe R. Garduque (Camalaniugan) | 1960-1963 |
| 21 | Teresa J. Dupaya (Lal-lo) | 1964-1979 1987 | |
| 22 | Brig. Gen. Romeo Gatan (Isabela Province) | 1979-1980 | |
| 23 | Justiniano P. Cortez (Ballesteros) | 1980-1986 | |
| 24 | 100px | Benjamin Ligot (Solana) | 1986-1987 |
| 25 | Francisco Mamba (Tuao) | 1987 | |
| 26 | Domingo de Leon (Tuguegarao) | 1987-1988 | |
| 27 | Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo (Gattaran) | 1988-1990 1992-1998 | |
| 28 | Melvin P. Vargas Sr. (Abulug) | 1990-1992 | |
| 29 | David Puzon Jr. (Pamplona) | 1992 | |
| 30 | 100px | Florencio L. Vargas (Abulug) | 1998-2001 |
| 31 | Edgar R. Lara (Lasam) | 2001-2007 | |
| 32 | 100px | Alvaro T. Antonio (Alcala) | 2007-2016 |
| 33 | 100px | Manuel N. Mamba Sr. (Tuao) | 2016 — incumbent{{Cite web |last=Lazaro |first=Ramon Efren |title=More incumbents reelected |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/05/12/2180416/more-incumbents-reelected |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Philstar.com}} |
| 34 | 100px | Edgar B. Aglipay (Camalaniugan) | Governor-elect (2025){{cite news|last1=Andam |first1=Rolando Jr. |title=Retired PNP chief and newbie politician is Cagayan’s new governor |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/edgar-aglipay-results-cagayan-governor-2025/ |access-date=May 13, 2025 |work=Rappler|date=May 13, 2025}} |
