Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

{{Short description|Philippine cabinet minister}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

| native_name = Kalihim ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad

| body =

| insignia = Seal of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.svg

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = Official seal of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development

| image =

| imagesize =

| incumbent = Vacant

| incumbentsince = May 22, 2025

| style = The Honourable

| member_of = Cabinet

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

| appointerpost = President of the Philippines

| termlength = No fixed term

| inaugural = Gracio Gonzaga

| formation = {{start date and age|1899|1|21|p=1|br=1}}

| website = {{URL|www.dswd.gov.ph}}

}}

The secretary of social welfare and development (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kagalingang Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad) is the head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and is a member of the President's Cabinet.{{cite web |title=DSWD Organizational Structure |url=https://www.dswd.gov.ph/organizational-structure-2/ |website=dswd.gov.ph |publisher=DSWD |access-date=February 19, 2020}}

There is no incumbent secretary as of May 22, 2025.

List of secretaries of social welfare and development

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!Name

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!President

1

|Gracio Gonzaga

|Minister of Welfare

|January 21, 1899

|May 7, 1899

|Emilio Aguinaldo

2

|Commissioner of Public Welfare

|November 15, 1921

|November 15, 1935

|Insular Government
(American occupation)

3

| rowspan="2" |Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare

|November 15, 1935

|December 24, 1941

| rowspan="2" |Manuel L. Quezon

4

|Sergio Osmeña

|December 24, 1941

|August 1, 1944

5

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|Honorario Poblador Sr.

| rowspan="2" |Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare

|August 1, 1944

|December 25, 1944

| rowspan="2" |Sergio Osmeña

|Mariano A. Eraña

|December 25, 1944

|February 17, 1945

6

|Juan Salcedo Jr.

| rowspan="2" |Secretary of Health and Public Welfare

|February 17, 1945

|November 10, 1945

| rowspan="2" |Sergio Osmeña

7

|November 10, 1945

|May 28, 1946

8

|

|Asuncion Perez

| rowspan="8" |Secretary of Social Welfare

|1950

|1953

|Elpidio Quirino

9

|Pacita Madrigal-Warns

|1954

|1955

|Ramon Magsaysay

10

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|Amparo Villamor

|1960

|1961

|Carlos P. Garcia

11

|Tecla San Andres Ziga

|1962

|1963

|rowspan=2|Diosdado Macapagal

12

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|Jose O. Pelayo

|1963

|1965

13

|Francisco T. Remotigue

|1966

|1967

| rowspan="6" |Ferdinand E. Marcos

14

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|Gregorio Feliciano

|1967

|1971

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| rowspan="2" |Estefania Aldaba-Lim

|April 11, 1971

|1976

rowspan="2" |Secretary of Social Services and Development

|1976

|November 30, 1977

16

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|Nathaniel Tablante

|December 1, 1977

|March 28, 1978

17

|

|Sylvia P. Montes

| rowspan="2" |Minister of Social Services and Development

|March 28, 1978

|February 25, 1986

rowspan="2" |18

| rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |Mita Pardo de Tavera

|February 25, 1986

|January 30, 1987

| rowspan="2" |Corazon C. Aquino

rowspan="17" |Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

|January 30, 1987

|June 30, 1992

19

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|Corazon Alma de Leon

|June 30, 1992

|June 30, 1995

|rowspan=2|Fidel V. Ramos

20

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|Lina B. Laigo

|June 30, 1995

|June 30, 1998

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|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

|June 30, 1998

|October 12, 2000

|rowspan=2|Joseph Ejercito Estrada

22

|Dulce Saguisag

|October 12, 2000

|January 19, 2001

23

|Corazon Soliman

|January 20, 2001

|July 8, 2005

|rowspan=4|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Act

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|Luwalhati Pablo

|July 8, 2005

|July 20, 2005

24

|Esperanza Cabral

|July 21, 2005

|August 31, 2009

25

|

|Celia Yangco

|September 1, 2009

|June 30, 2010

26

|Corazon Soliman

|June 30, 2010

|June 30, 2016

|Benigno S. Aquino III

|Judy Taguiwalo

|June 30, 2016

|August 16, 2017

|rowspan=4|Rodrigo Duterte

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|Emmanuel Leyco{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/179264-emmanuel-leyco-dswd-acting-chief|title=Usec Emmanuel Leyco is DSWD OIC – Malacañang|publisher=Rappler|last=Cepeda|first=Mara|date=August 19, 2017|access-date=August 19, 2017}}

|August 19, 2017

|May 9, 2018

Act

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|Virginia Orogo

|May 10, 2018

|October 16, 2018

27

| Rolando Joselito Bautista

|October 17, 2018

|June 30, 2022

28

|Erwin Tulfo{{cite news|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1604321/erwin-tulfo-to-serve-as-dswd-secretary-4-other-marcos-cabinet-members-named|title=Erwin Tulfo to serve as DSWD secretary; 4 other Marcos Cabinet members named|publisher= Inquirer.net|last=Mercado |first=Neil Arwin|date=August 19, 2017|access-date=May 30, 2022}}

|June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022)

|December 27, 2022

| rowspan="4" |Bongbong Marcos

Act

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|Eduardo Punay (OIC)

|December 27, 2022

|January 31, 2023

29

|Rex Gatchalian

|January 31, 2023

|May 22, 2025

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Notes:

{{note label|vp|A|A}}in concurrent capacity as Vice President

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External links

[http://www.dswd.gov.ph DSWD website]

References

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{{Executive Departments of the Philippines}}

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Social Welfare and Development