Governor of Isabela
{{Short description|Local chief executive}}
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Governor
|body = Isabela
|native_name =
|image = HoR Official Portrait - Rodolfo Albano III
|incumbent = Rodolfo T. Albano III
|incumbentsince = June 30, 2019
|style = The Honorable
|residence =
|appointer =
|termlength = 3 years
|formation = 1868
|succession =
|inaugural = Don Gonzalez Montero (Spanish Governor of Isabela){{cite web|title=The Provincial Boards of Isabela|url=http://provinceofisabela.ph/images/2018/History_of_Isabela/3-The%20Provincial%20Boards%20of%20Isabela.pdf|publisher=provinceofisabela.ph|accessdate=1 May 2017}}
|website =
}}
The governor of Isabela ({{langx|fil|Punong Lalawigan ng Isabela}}) is the chief executive of the provincial government of Isabela.
List of governors of Isabela
There have been 28 governors of Isabela since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.{{cite web|title=The Governors of Isabela|url=https://provinceofisabela.ph/images/2018/History_of_Isabela/2-Governors%20of%20Isabela.pdf|work=Province of Isabela |accessdate=30 August 2022}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. ! Image ! Governor ! Term | |||
| 1 | Gonzalez Montero (Spanish Governor of Isabela) | 1868 | |
| 2 | Jose Perez (Last Spanish Governor of Isabela) | 1898 | |
| 3 | Gen. Daniel Mata Tria Tirona (Governor of Isabela & Cagayan) | 1898 | |
| 4 | 100px | Dimas M. Guzman (Cabagan) (Jefe Politico (Governor) of Isabela) | 1898 |
| 5 | 100px | William H. Johnston (US Captain; 16th Infantry Regiment) | 1901-1902 |
| 6 | 100px | Francisco R. Dichoso (Ilagan) | 1902-1903 |
| 7 | 100px | Capt. George Curry (New Mexico, USA) | 1903-1905 |
| 8 | 100px | Col. Blas Villamor (Bangued, Abra) | 1905-1907 |
| 9 | 100px | Eliseo M. Claravall (Ilagan) | 1907-1909 |
| 10 | Romualdo G. Mina (Naguilian) | 1909 | |
| 11 | Tomas Gollayan (San Pablo) | 1910-1916 | |
| 12 | Pascual G. Paguirigan (Ilagan) | 1916–1922 | |
| 13 | Ventura S. Guzman (San Pablo) | 1922-1923 | |
| 14 | Primo Gaffud (Echague) | 1925-1928 | |
| 15 | Florentino A. Nicolas (Angadanan) | 1928-1931 | |
| 16 | Fortunato M. Bulan (Ilagan) | 1931-1937 | |
| 17 | Agustin A. Pintang (Echague) | 1938-1939 | |
| 18 | Lino J. Castillejo (Tumauini) | 1939-1940 | |
| 19 | Gabriel R. Visaya (Santiago) | 1941-1942 | |
| 20 | Agustin V. Bersamin (Santiago) | 1942-1944 | |
| (18)
| |Lino J. Castillejo (Tumauini) |1944-1945 | |||
| 21 | Gregorio P. Formoso (Ilagan) | 1945 | |
| (19)
| |Gabriel R. Visaya (Santiago) |1945-1946 | |||
| 22 | 100px | Silvino M. Gumpal (Jones) | 1946-1947 1948-1951 |
| 23 | Felix T. Caro (Gamu) | 1952-1955 1956-1958 | |
| 24 | 100px | Melanio T. Singson (Ilagan) | 1960-1963 1964-1965 |
| 25 | Leocadio E. Ignacio (Mallig) | 1965-1967 | |
| 26 | 100px | Samuel F. Reyes (Cauayan) | 1968-1971 |
| 27 | Faustino N. Dy Sr. (Cauayan) | 1972-1986 1988-1992 | |
| (24)
|Melanio T. Singson (Ilagan) |1986-1987 | |||
| (27)
| |Faustino N. Dy Sr. (Cauayan) |1988-1992 | |||
| 28 | Silvestre H. Bello Jr. (Ilagan) | 1987-1988 | |
| 29 | Benjamin G. Dy (Cauayan) | 1992-2001 | |
| 30 | Faustino S. Dy, Jr. (San Manuel) | 2001-2004 | |
| 31 | Maria Gracia Cielo M. Padaca (Cauayan) | 2004-2010 | |
| 32 | 100px | Faustino G. Dy III (Cauayan) | 2010-2019 |
| 33 | 100px | Rodolfo T. Albano III (Cabagan) | 2019-present{{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}} |
See also
References
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{{Provincial governors in the Philippines}}