Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)

{{Short description|Department of Transportation Secretaries}}

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

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

{{Infobox official post

| post = Secretary of Transportation

| native_name = Kalihim ng Transportasyon

| body =

| insignia = Department of Transportation (Philippines).svg

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = Official seal of the
Department of Transportation

| image = Vince Dizon.png

| imagesize = 200px

| incumbent = Vince Dizon

| incumbentsince = February 21, 2025

| 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

| inaugural = Maximo Paterno

| formation = {{start date and age|1899|1|23|p=1|br=1}}

| website = {{URL|https://dotr.gov.ph/}}

}}

The secretary of transportation (Filipino: Kalihim ng Transportasyon) is the head of the Department of Transportation and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.{{cite web |title=About DOTr |url=http://dotr.gov.ph/2014-09-02-05-01-41.html |newspaper=Dotr |accessdate=February 19, 2020 |author1=Ruby1774 }}

The current secretary is Vince Dizon, who assumed office on February 21, 2025.

List of secretaries of transportation

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!width=120px|Position

!Tenure started

!Tenure ended

!President

1

|Maximino Paterno

|Minister of Public Works and Communications

|January 21, 1899

|November 13, 1899

|Emilio Aguinaldo

2

|Antonio de las Alas

| rowspan="3" |Secretary of Public Works and Communications

|November 15, 1935

|1936

| rowspan="4" |Manuel Quezon

3

|Mariano Jesús Cuenco

|1936

|1939

4

|1939

|1941

5

|Basilio Valdes

|Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor

|December 23, 1941

|August 1, 1944

6

|Jose Paez

| rowspan="7" |Secretary of Public Works and Communications

|1944

|1945

| rowspan="2" |Sergio Osmeña

7

|Sotero Cabahug

|1945

|May 28, 1946

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|rowspan=2|Ricardo Nepumoceno

|rowspan=2|May 28, 1946

|rowspan=2|July 1, 1949

rowspan=4|Elpidio Quirino

9

|Prospero Sanidad

|February 21, 1950

|1951

10

|Sotero Baluyut

|January 6, 1951

|1952

11

|Pablo Lorenzo

|May 6, 1952

|1953

12

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|Vicente Orosa

| rowspan="12" |Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications

|March 10, 1954

|1955

| rowspan="2" |Ramon Magsaysay

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|rowspan=2|Florencio Moreno

|rowspan=2|April 30, 1955

|rowspan=2|December 30, 1961

Carlos P. Garcia

14

|Marciano Bautista

|1961

|1962

|rowspan=4|Diosdado Macapagal

15

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|Paulino Cases

|1962

|1962

16

|Brigido Valencia

|1962

|1963

17

|Jorge Abad

|1963

|1965

18

|Antonio Raquiza

|August 24, 1966

|1968

| rowspan="7" |Ferdinand Marcos

19

|November 1968

|September 1969

20

|Manuel Syquio

|September 1969

|1970

21

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|David Consunji

|1970

|1975

rowspan="2" |22

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| rowspan="2" |Alfredo Juinio

|1975

|1978

Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications

|1978

|1981

23

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|Jose P. Dans

|Minister of Transportation and Communications

|1981

|1986

24

|Hernando Perez

| rowspan="16" |Secretary of Transportation and Communications

|February 25, 1986

|March 1987

| rowspan="5" |Corazon C. Aquino

25

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|Rainerio O. Reyes

|March 1987

|1989

26

|January 3, 1990

|December 9, 1990

27

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|Arturo Corona

|1990

|1992

28

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|Pete Nicomedes Prado

|1992

|1992

29

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|Jesus Garcia

|July 1992

|March 1996

|rowspan=4|Fidel V. Ramos

30

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|Amado S. Lagdameo

|April 1996

|April 1997

31

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|April 1997

|January 1998

32

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|Josefina Trinidad-Luchauco

|January 1998

|June 30, 1998

33

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|Vicente C. Rivera

|June 30, 1998

|January 20, 2001

|Joseph Ejercito Estrada

34

|Pantaleon Alvarez

|January 20, 2001

|July 3, 2002

|rowspan=3|Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

35

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|Leandro Mendoza

|July 3, 2002

|February 23, 2010

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|Anneli R. Lontoc

|March 9, 2010

|June 30, 2010

36

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|June 30, 2010

|July 4, 2011

|rowspan=3|Benigno S. Aquino III

37

|July 4, 2011

|October 18, 2012

38

|October 18, 2012

|June 30, 2016

39

| rowspan="3" |Secretary of Transportation

|June 30, 2016

|June 30, 2022

|Rodrigo Duterte

40

|Jaime Bautista

|June 30, 2022

|February 21, 2025

| rowspan="3" |Bongbong Marcos

41

|February 21, 2025

|Incumbent

References

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External links

[http://dotr.gov.ph/ DOTr official website]

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{{Executive Departments of the Philippines}}

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