Secretary of Public Works and Highways
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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = Secretary of Public Works and Highways
|native_name = Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan
|body =
|insignia = Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).svg
|insigniasize = 150px
|insigniacaption = Official seal of the
Department of Public Works and Highways
|image =2023-08-08 – Manuel Bonoan (cropped).jpg
|imagesize =
|incumbent = Manuel Bonoan
|incumbentsince = June 30, 2022
|style = The Honorable
|member_of = Cabinet
|appointer = The President
with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
|appointerpost = President of the Philippines
|termlength = No fixed term
|formation = {{start date and age|1899|1|21|p=1|br=1}}
|inaugural = Baldomero Aguinaldo
|website = {{URL|www.dpwh.gov.ph}}
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Former Secretaries |url=http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/about/former-secretaries-gallery |website=dpwh.gov.ph |publisher=DPWH |access-date=February 20, 2020}}
The current secretary is Manuel Bonoan, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/marcos-jr-picks-smc-tollways-ceo-manuel-bonoan-public-works-secretary/ |title=Marcos picks SMC Tollways CEO Manuel Bonoan as public works secretary |date=May 26, 2022 |publisher=Rappler|access-date=July 8, 2022}}
List of secretaries of public works and highways
| class=wikitable
!# !Image !Name !width=120px|Position !Tenure started !Tenure ended !President |
| 1
|Minister of Public Works and Communications |1898 |1899 |
| 2
|Secretary of War and Public Works |1899 |1901 |
| 3
| rowspan="3" |Secretary of Public Works and Communications |November 15, 1935 |1936 | rowspan="3" |Manuel Quezon |
| 4
|1936 |1939 |
| 5
|1939 |1941 |
| 6
|Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor |December 24, 1941 |August 1, 1944 |
| 7
|Jose Paez | rowspan="7" |Secretary of Public Works and Communications |August 8, 1944 |1945 | rowspan="2" |Sergio Osmeña |
| 8
|February 27, 1945 |May 28, 1946 |
| rowspan=2|9
|rowspan=2|100px |rowspan=2|Ricardo Nepumoceno |rowspan=2|May 28, 1946 |rowspan=2|July 1, 1949 |
| rowspan=4|Elpidio Quirino |
| 10
|February 21, 1950 |1951 |
| 11
|January 6, 1951 |1952 |
| 12
|Pablo Lorenzo |May 6, 1952 |1953 |
| 13
| |Vicente Ylagan Orosa Sr. | rowspan="12" |Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications |March 10, 1954 |1955 | rowspan="2" |Ramon Magsaysay |
| rowspan=2|14
|rowspan=2|100px |rowspan=2|Florencio Moreno |rowspan=2|April 30, 1957 |rowspan=2|December 30, 1961 |
| Carlos P. Garcia |
| 15
|Marciano Bautista |1961 |1962 |rowspan=4|Diosdado Macapagal |
| 16
| |Paulino Cases |1962 |1962 |
| 17
|Brigido Valencia |1962 |1963 |
| 18
|Jorge Abad |1963 |1965 |
| 19
|August 24, 1966 |1968 | rowspan="11" |Ferdinand Marcos |
| 20
|November 1968 |September 1969 |
| 21
|Manuel Syquio |September 1969 |1970 |
| 22
| |1970 |1975 |
| 23
|1975 |1978 |
| 24
|Baltazar Aquino |Secretary of Public Highways |1974 |1978 |
| 25
|Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications |1978 |1981 |
| (24)
|Baltazar Aquino | rowspan="3" |Minister of Public Highways |1978 |1979 |
| 26
|1979 |1980 |
| rowspan="2" |27
| rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |Jesus Hipolito |1980 |1981 |
| Minister of Public Works and Highways
|1981 |1986 |
| 28
|Rogaciano Mercado | rowspan="21" |Secretary of Public Works and Highways |February 25, 1986 |November 1986 | rowspan="5" |Corazon C. Aquino |
| 29
| |Vicente Jayme |November 1986 |1987 |
| 30
| |Juanito Ferrer |1987 |1988 |
| 31
| |Fiorello Estuar |1988 |1990 |
| rowspan=2|32
|rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Jose de Jesus |rowspan=2|1990 |rowspan=2|March 1, 1993 |
| rowspan=3|Fidel V. Ramos |
| Act
| |Edmundo V. Mir |March 1, 1993 |June 1, 1993 |
| rowspan=2|33
|rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|Gregorio Vigilar |rowspan=2|June 1, 1993 |rowspan=2|January 20, 2001 |
| Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
| 34
|January 20, 2001 |January 15, 2003 |rowspan=7|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 35
|January 15, 2003 |April 15, 2003 |
| Act
| |Florante Soriquez |April 15, 2003 |February 15, 2005 |
| 36
|February 15, 2005 |February 1, 2007 |
| Act
|February 5, 2007 |July 3, 2007 |
| (36)
|July 4, 2007 |October 22, 2009 |
| 37
| |Victor Domingo |October 22, 2009 |June 30, 2010 |
| 38
|June 30, 2010 |June 30, 2016 |
| Act
|June 30, 2016 |July 31, 2016 |rowspan=3|Rodrigo Duterte |
| 39
|August 1, 2016 |October 6, 2021 |
| Act
|October 13, 2021 |June 30, 2022 |
| 40
|Manuel Bonoan{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/05/24/2183361/whos-who-marcos-cabinet|title=Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet|work=Philippine Star|date=May 24, 2022 |access-date=May 27, 2022}} |June 30, 2022) |Incumbent |
External links
- [http://www.dpwh.gov.ph DPWH website]
References
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{{Executive Departments of the Philippines}}
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