Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

{{Infobox official post

| post = Secretary

| body = Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines

| native_name = Kalihim ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman

| flag =

| flagsize =

| flagborder =

| flagcaption =

| insignia = Seal of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.svg

| insigniasize = 150px

| insigniacaption = Official seal of the cabinet department

| image = Raphael Lotilla (2).jpg

| imagesize =

| alt =

| incumbent = Raphael P.M. Lotilla

| incumbentsince = May 23, 2025

| type =

| status =

| department =

| style = Madam Secretary (informal)
The Honorable (formal)

| member_of = The Cabinet

| reports_to = The president

| residence =

| seat = Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City

| nominator =

| appointer = The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments

| appointer_qualified =

| termlength = No fixed term

| termlength_qualified =

| constituting_instrument =

| precursor =

| formation = January 1, 1917

| inaugural = Galicano Apacible

| last =

| abolished =

| succession =

| abbreviation =

| unofficial_names =

| deputy =

| salary =

| website = {{official URL}}

}}

The secretary of environment and natural resources (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kapaligiran at Likas na Yaman) is the head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines.

Functions

The following are the functions of the secretary of environment and natural resources:{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 192, s. 1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/06/10/executive-order-no-192-s-1987/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}{{source-attribution}}

Advise the president on the promulgation of rules, regulations and other issuances relative to the conservation, management, development and proper use of the country's natural resources;
Establish policies and standards for the efficient and effective operations of the department in accordance with the programs of the government;
Promulgate rules, regulations and other issuances necessary in carrying out the department's mandate, objectives, policies, plans, programs and projects;
Exercise supervision over all functions and activities of the department;
Delegate authority for the performance of any administrative or substantive function to subordinate officials of the department; and
Perform other functions as may be provided by law or assigned appropriately by the president.

List

= 1917–1933 =

# !Image !Name !width=120px\|Position !Tenure started !Tenure ended !Governor-General
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
rowspan="3" \|4 \| rowspan="3" \|120x120px \| rowspan="3" \|Galicano Apacible (1864–1949) {{Cite book \|title=Official Gazette Vol. XV, No. 4 \|publisher=Reporter of the Supreme Court \|year=1917 \|pages=151}}{{Cite book \|title=Report of the Governor General Philippine Islands: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands, Together with Reports of the Heads of the Departments of the Philippine Government, for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1920 \|publisher=Government Printing Office \|year=1923 \|location=Washington \|pages=163}} \| rowspan="12" \|Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources{{Cite web \|title=Act No. 2666. - AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. \|url=https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/24519 \|website=Supreme Court E-Library}} \| rowspan="3" \|January 11, 1917 \| rowspan="3" \|October 31, 1921 \|Francis Burton Harrison
Charles Yeater
rowspan="3" \|Leonard Wood
5 \|120x120px \|Rafael Corpus (1880–1960) {{Cite book \|title=Annual Report of the Governor General Philippine Islands, 1923 \|publisher=Government Printing Office \|year=1925 \|location=Washington \|pages=35}} \|November 2, 1921 \|July 17, 1923
style="height:30px;" \| rowspan="3" \|–{{Efn\|Acting secretary.\|name=actingsecretary}} \| rowspan="3" \|143x143px \| rowspan="3" \|Silverio Apostol {{Cite book \|title=Annual Report of the Governor General Philippine Islands, 1923 \|publisher=Government Printing Office \|year=1925 \|location=Washington \|pages=181}} \| rowspan="3" \|July 18, 1923 \| rowspan="3" \|September 6, 1928
Eugene Allen Gilmore
style="height:30px;" \| rowspan="2" \|Henry L. Stimson
rowspan="5" \|6 \| rowspan="5" \|126x126px \| rowspan="5" \|Rafael Alunan Sr. {{Cite book \|title=Annual Report of the Governor General Philippine Islands 1928 \|publisher=Government Printing Office \|year=1930 \|location=Washington \|pages=175}} \| rowspan="5" \|September 6, 1928 \| rowspan="5" \|January 1, 1933
Eugene Allen Gilmore
Dwight F. Davis
George C. Butte
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

= 1947–present =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"

!Image

!Name

!width=120px|Position

!Tenure started

!Tenure ended

!President

rowspan="2" |7

| rowspan="2" |130x130px

| rowspan="2" |Mariano Garchitorena
(1898–1961)

| rowspan="14" |Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 94, s. 1947 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1947/10/04/executive-order-no-94-s-1947/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

| rowspan="2" |July 1,
1947

| rowspan="2" |September 1,
1948

|Manuel Roxas

rowspan="4" |Elpidio Quirino

|Placido Mapa
{{Cite book |title=Fourth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission, 1903, Part 3 |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1904 |location=Washington |pages=682}}

|September 21,
1948

|September 14,
1950

9{{Efn|In concurrent capacity as Vice President.}}

|126x126px

|Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
{{Cite web |title=Appointments and Designations: December, 1950 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1950/12/01/appointments-and-designations-december-1950/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part V, From 1951 through 1956, Series E, Asia, 1954 |publisher=University Publications of America |year=2000 |editor-last=Preston |editor-first=Paul |volume=7 |pages=526 |editor-last2=Partride |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last3=Best |editor-first3=Anthony}}

|September 14,
1950

|May 26,
1953

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Placido Mapa
{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part V, From 1951 through 1956, Series E, Asia, 1954 |publisher=University Publications of America |year=2000 |editor-last=Preston |editor-first=Paul |volume=7 |pages=526–527 |editor-last2=Partride |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last3=Best |editor-first3=Anthony}}

|May 26,
1953

|December 29,
1953

|150x150px

|Salvador Araneta
(1902–1982)
{{Cite web |title=Appointments and Designations: March, 1954 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1954/03/01/appointments-and-designations-march-1954/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

|March 10,
1954

|August 13,
1955

| rowspan="2" |Ramon Magsaysay

style="height:30px;"

| rowspan="2" |11

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Juan Rodriguez

| rowspan="2" |August 18,
1954

| rowspan="2" |March 3,
1960

rowspan="3" |Carlos P. Garcia

|135x135px

|Cesar Fortich

|March 3,
1960

|September 15,
1961

–{{Efn|name=actingsecretary}}

|154x154px

|Jose Locsin
(1891–1977)

|September 15,
1961

|December 30,
1961

|100x100px

|Benjamin Gozon

|1962

|1963

| rowspan="2" |Diosdado Macapagal

|135x135px

|Jose Feliciano

|1963

|1965

(9){{Efn|In concurrent capacity as Vice President.}}

|126x126px

|Fernando Lopez
(1904–1993)
{{Cite web |date=15 January 1971 |title=Vice President Quits Manila Cabinet Post |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/15/archives/vice-president-quits-manila-cabinet-post.html |website=The New York Times}}

|December 30,
1965

|January 15,
1971

| rowspan="6" |Ferdinand Marcos

|100x100px

|Arturo Tanco Jr.

|January 15,
1971

|May 17,
1974

|Jose Leido Jr.

|Secretary of Natural Resources{{Cite web |title=Presidential Decree No. 461, s. 1974 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1974/05/17/presidential-decree-no-461-s-1974/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

|May 17,
1974

|June 2,
1978

(16)

|100x100px

|Arturo Tanco Jr.

| rowspan="5" |Minister of Natural Resources{{Cite web |title=Presidential Decree No. 1397, s. 1978 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1978/06/02/presidential-decree-no-1397-s-1978/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

|June 2,
1978

|July 26,
1981

|Teodoro Peña

|July 27,
1981

|June 30,
1984

|150x150px

|Rodolfo del Rosario

|July 18,
1984

|February 25,
1986

|135x135px

|Ernesto Maceda
(1935–2016)

|February 25,
1986

|December 1,
1986

| rowspan="6" |Corazon Aquino

rowspan="3" |20

| rowspan="3" |125x125px

| rowspan="3" |Carlos Dominguez III
(born 1945)

|December 2,
1986

|January 30,
1987

Minister of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 131, s. 1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/01/30/executive-order-no-131-s-1987/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

|January 30,
1987

|February 11,
1987

rowspan="2" |Secretary of Environment, Energy and Natural Resources{{Cite web |title=Administrative Order No. 15, s. 1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/02/11/administrative-order-no-15-s-1987/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}

|February 11,
1987

|March 9,
1987

rowspan="2" |21

| rowspan="2" |Jun Factoran
(1943–2020)

|March 10,
1987

|June 10,
1987

| rowspan="22" |Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

|June 10,
1987

|June 30,
1992

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Ricardo Umali
{{Cite web |title=Re-inventing the forestry agencies of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines: a case study |url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/ai412e/AI412E07.htm |access-date=August 17, 2018 |website=www.fao.org}}

|July 1,
1992

|August 31,
1992

| rowspan="3" |Fidel V. Ramos

|134x134px

|Angel Alcala
(1929–2023)

|September 8,
1992

|June 30,
1995

|Victor Ramos

|July 1,
1995

|June 30,
1998

style="height:30px;"

| rowspan="2" |24

| rowspan="2" | 150x150px

| rowspan="2" |Antonio Cerilles
(born 1948)

| rowspan="2" |June 30,
1998

| rowspan="2" |January 25,
2001

|Joseph Estrada

rowspan="9" |Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Joemari Gerochi

|January 25,
2001

|March 28,
2001

|120x120px

|Heherson Alvarez
(1939–2020)

|March 29,
2001

|December 13,
2002

|Elisea Gozun

|December 13,
2002

|August 31,
2004

|133x133px

|Mike Defensor
(born 1969)

|August 31,
2004

|February 15,
2006

|136x136px

|Angelo Reyes
(1945–2011)

|February 15,
2006

|July 31,
2007

|133x133px

|Lito Atienza
(born 1941)

|July 31,
2007

|December 28,
2009

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Eleazar Quinto

|January 4,
2010

|February 12,
2010

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Horacio Ramos

|February 12,
2010

|June 30,
2010

|150x150px

|Ramón Paje
(born 1960)
{{cite web |title=Benigno S. Aquino III |url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/presidents/fifth-republic/benigno-aquino-iii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706080719/http://malacanang.gov.ph/presidents/fifth-republic/benigno-aquino-iii/#efs-tabpane-1-1 |archive-date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=Presidential Museum and Library}}

|June 30,
2010

|June 30,
2016

|Benigno Aquino III

–{{Efn|Interim secretary.}}

|159x159px

|Gina Lopez
(1953–2019)
{{cite news |last1=Viray |first1=Patricia Lourdes |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701152211/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |work=The Philippine Star}}{{cite news |last1=Santos |first1=Eimor P. |date=May 3, 2017 |title=CA rejects Gina Lopez appointment as DENR chief |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/05/03/CA-rejects-gina-lopez-denr-secretary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505045840/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/05/03/CA-rejects-gina-lopez-denr-secretary.html |archive-date=May 5, 2017 |work=CNN Philippines}}

|June 30,
2016

|May 3,
2017

| rowspan="4" |Rodrigo Duterte

|125x125px

|Roy Cimatu
(born 1946)
{{cite news |date=May 9, 2017 |title=Cimatu appointed DENR secretary |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/895312/cimatu-appointed-denr-secretary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813121329/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/895312/cimatu-appointed-denr-secretary |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}

|May 8,
2017

|February 18,
2022

–{{Efn

name=actingsecretary}}

|Jim Sampulna
{{cite news |last1=Kabagani |first1=Lade Jean |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Cimatu resigns as DENR chief |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1168117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220200545/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1168117 |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency}}

|February 18,
2022

|June 22,
2022

–{{Efn|Officer in charge.|name=oic}}

|Joselin Marcus Fragada

|June 22,
2022

|June 30,
2022

–{{Efn

name=oic}}

|Ernesto Adobo Jr.

|June 30,
2022

|July 12,
2022

| rowspan="3" |Bongbong Marcos

|133x133px

|Toni Yulo-Loyzaga

|July 12,
2022

|May 22,
2025

33{{Efn|Ad interim}}

|133x133px

|Raphael Lotilla

|May 23,
2025

|Incumbent

Notes

References

External links

[http://www.denr.gov.ph/about-us/history.html DENR - History]
[https://archive.today/20121228074945/http://www.da.gov.ph/index.php/2012-03-27-12-02-11/2012-03-27-13-25-13 History of the Department of Agriculture: 'DA Then and Now']

{{DEFAULTSORT:Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)}}

Environment and Natural Resources