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Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Interior minister of the Philippine government
Interior minister of the Philippine government
Field Value post Secretary of the Interior and Local Government native_name *Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal* insignia Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seal - Logo.svg insigniasize 150px insigniacaption Official seal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government image DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla.jpg incumbent Jonvic Remulla incumbentsince October 8, 2024 style The Honorable member_of Cabinet, National Security Council appointer The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments termlength At the president's pleasure formation March 22, 1897 inaugural Pascual Alvarez website
Department of the Interior and Local Government
The secretary of the interior and local government (Filipino: Kalihim ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal ) is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
The seat of the secretary of the interior and local government is currently held by Jonvic Remulla since 2024.
Powers and functions
Assist the president in the exercise of general supervision over local governments;
Advise the president in the promulgation of policies, rules, regulations and other issuances on the general supervision over local governments and on public order and safety;
Establish and prescribe rules, regulations and other issuances implementing laws on public order and safety, the general supervision over local governments and the promotion of local autonomy and community empowerment and monitor compliance thereof;
Provide assistance towards legislation regarding local governments, law enforcement and public safety; Establish and prescribe plans, policies, programs and projects to promote peace and order, ensure public safety and further strengthen the administrative, technical and fiscal capabilities of local government offices and personnel;
Formulate plans, policies and programs which will meet local emergencies arising from natural and man-made disasters; Establish a system of coordination and cooperation among the citizenry, local executives and the department, to ensure effective and efficient delivery of basic services to the public;
Organize, train and equip primarily for the performance of police functions, a police force that is national in scope and civilian in character.
List
Director of the Interior (1897)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Pascual_Álvarez.jpg 148x148px]] **Pascual Álvarez** (1861–1923) April 24, 1897 October 31, 1897 Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of the Interior (1897)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Isabelo_Artacho_y_Ferrándiz.jpg 136x136px]] **Isabelo Artacho** November 1, 1897 December 15, 1897 Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of the Interior (1898–1899)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Leandro Ibarra** June 23, 1898 December 1898 Emilio Aguinaldo [[File:Honorable_Teodoro_Sandiko_(Delegates_from_the_Philippines).jpg 134x134px]] **Teodoro Sandiko** (1860–1939) January 21, 1899 May 7, 1899 [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Severino de las Alas** May 7, 1899 November 13, 1899
Secretary of the Interior (1901–1935)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Governor-General [[File:Dean_Conant_Worcester_1866-1924.jpg 121x121px]] **Dean Conant Worcester** (1866–1924) September 6, 1901 September 15, 1913 William Howard Taft Luke Edward Wright Henry Clay Ide James Francis Smith William Cameron Forbes Newton W. Gilbert [[File:Denison_4865585985_f47bd9aaa3_o.jpg 136x136px]] **Winfred Thaxter Denison** (1873–1919) January 27, 1914 March 3, 1916 Francis Burton Harrison [[File:Rafael_Palma_y_Velasquez_circa_1915.jpg 137x137px]] **Rafael Palma** (1874–1939) January 11, 1917 July 7, 1920 [[File:Teodoro_M._Kalaw,_secretary_of_the_Philippine_Assembly,_published_1913.jpg 149x149px]] **Teodoro Kalaw** (1884–1940) July 7, 1920 December 31, 1922 Charles Yeater Leonard Wood [[File:Jose_P._Laurel_(cropped).jpg 135x135px]] year=1982 title=Jose P. Laurel A Register of His Papers in the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-Museum url=http://eprints.rclis.org/11344/1/register_of_Jose_Laurel_Paper.pdf accessdate=August 16, 2022 website=E-LIS repository publisher=Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library}} February 9, 1923 July 17, 1923 [[File:Felipe_Agoncillo.jpg 124x124px]] **Felipe Agoncillo** (1859–1941) July 18, 1923 October 1, 1925 [[File:Honorio_Tizon_Ventura.png 126x126px]] **Honorio Ventura** October 1, 1925 January 16, 1933 Eugene Allen Gilmore Henry L. Stimson Eugene Allen Gilmore Dwight F. Davis George C. Butte Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [[File:Teofilo_Sison.jpg 111x111px]] **Teófilo Sison** (1850–1975) January 16, 1933 November 15, 1935 Frank Murphy
Secretary of the Interior (1935–1941)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Teofilo_Sison.jpg 111x111px]] **Teófilo Sison** (1850–1975) November 15, 1935 February 5, 1936 Manuel L. Quezon [[File:Elpidio_R_Quirino.jpg 123x123px]] **Elpidio Quirino** (1890–1956) February 8, 1936 September 27, 1938 [[File:Rafael_Rivas_Alunan_Sr.jpg 130x130px]] **Rafael Alunan Sr.** (1885–1947) November 16, 1938 August 29, 1941 [[File:Francisco_Casten_Zulueta.jpg 153x153px]] **Francisco Zulueta** (1891–1947) August 29, 1941 December 22, 1941
Commissioner of the Interior (1942–1943)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office Chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission [[File:Benigno_Simeón_Aquino_Sr.jpg 128x128px]] **Benigno Aquino Sr.** (1894–1947) January 26, 1942 December 4, 1942 Jorge B. Vargas [[File:Jose_P._Laurel_(cropped).jpg 135x135px]] **Jose P. Laurel** (1891–1959) December 4, 1942 October 14, 1943
Minister of the Interior (1943–1944)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Jose_P._Laurel_(cropped).jpg 135x135px]] **Jose P. Laurel** (1891–1959) October 14, 1943 January 1, 1944 Jose P. Laurel
Minister of Home Affairs (1944–1945)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Jose_P._Laurel_(cropped).jpg 135x135px]] **Jose P. Laurel** (1891–1959) January 1, 1944 August 24, 1944 Jose P. Laurel [[File:Teofilo_Sison.jpg 111x111px]] **Teófilo Sison** (1850–1975) August 24, 1944 1945
Secretary of the Interior (1945–1950)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Tomás_Confesor_(cropped).jpg 123x123px]] **Tomás Confesor** (1891–1951) March 8, 1945 July 10, 1945 Sergio Osmeña [[File:Alfredo_Montelibano_Sr.jpg 133x133px]] **Alfredo Montelibano Sr.** (1905–1989) July 11, 1945 May 27, 1946 [[File:Jose_Zulueta_portrait.jpg 128x128px]] **Jose Zulueta** (1889–1972) May 28, 1946 April 17, 1948 Manuel Roxas [[File:Sotero_Baluyot.jpg 135x135px]] **Sotero Baluyut** (1889–1975) September 21, 1948 December 22, 1950 Elpidio Quirino
Secretary of Local Government and Community Development (1972–1978)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President **Jose Roño** (1923–2002) January 1, 1973 June 2, 1978 Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Local Government and Community Development (1978–1982)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President **Jose Roño** (1923–2002) June 2, 1978 February 28, 1982 Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Local Government (1982–1987)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President **Jose Roño** (1923–2002) February 28, 1982 February 25, 1986 Ferdinand Marcos [[File:The_Honorable_Aquilino_Pimentel_Jr._(Senator_of_the_Philippines).jpg 148x148px]] **Nene Pimentel** (1933–2019) February 25, 1986 February 11, 1987 Corazon Aquino
Secretary of Local Government (1987–1990)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:The_Honorable_Aquilino_Pimentel_Jr._(Senator_of_the_Philippines).jpg 148x148px]] **Nene Pimentel** (1933–2019) February 11, 1987 December 7, 1986 Corazon Aquino [[File:Jaime_Nery_Ferrer.jpg 108x108px]] **Jaime Ferrer** (1916–1987) December 8, 1986 August 2, 1987 [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Lito Monico Lorenzana** *Acting* August 3, 1987 November 8, 1987 [[File:Rep._Luis_T._Santos_(8th_Congress).jpg 148x148px]] **Luis T. Santos** November 9, 1987 December 13, 1990
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (from 1990)
Portrait Name (Birth–Death) Took office Left office President [[File:Rep._Luis_T._Santos_(8th_Congress).jpg 148x148px]] **Luis T. Santos** December 13, 1990 December 10, 1991 Corazon Aquino [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Cesar Sarino** December 11, 1991 June 30, 1992 [[File:Richard_Gordon_and_Alunan_COC_filing_2019_elections_(cropped).jpg 136x136px]] **Rafael Alunan III** (born 1948) June 30, 1992 April 16, 1996 Fidel V. Ramos [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Robert Barbers** (1944–2005) April 16, 1996 February 4, 1998 [[File:Epimaco_Velasco.png 122x122px]] **Epimaco Velasco** (1935–2014) February 4, 1998 May 30, 1998 [[File:Rep._Nelson_P._Collantes_(16th_Congress).jpg 131x131px]] **Sonny Collantes** (born 1952) *Officer in Charge* June 1, 1998 June 30, 1998 [[File:Josephestradapentagon.jpg 128x128px]] **Joseph Estrada** (born 1937) June 30, 1998 April 12, 1999 Joseph Estrada [[File:Rep. Ronaldo Puno (20th Congress).jpg 134x134px]] **Ronaldo Puno** (born 1948) April 12, 1999 January 10, 2000 [[File:Alfredo_Lim_at_Mendiola.jpg 134x134px]] **Alfredo Lim** (1929–2020) January 10, 2000 January 20, 2001 [[File:3x4.svg 133x133px]] **Anselmo Avelino Jr.** *Officer in Charge* January 20, 2001 January 28, 2001 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [[File:Gov._Joey_Lina_(cropped).webp.jpg 166x166px]] **Joey Lina** (born 1951) January 29, 2001 July 11, 2004 [[File:Secretary_Angelo_Reyes.jpg 136x136px]] **Angelo Reyes** (1945–2011) July 12, 2004 February 16, 2006 [[File:Rep. Ronaldo Puno (20th Congress).jpg 134x134px]] **Ronaldo Puno** (born 1948) April 4, 2006 June 30, 2010 [[File:Benigno_"Noynoy"_S._Aquino_III.jpg 125x125px]] **Benigno Aquino III** (1960–2021) *Officer in Charge* June 30, 2010 July 9, 2010 Benigno Aquino III [[File:DILG_Secretary_Jesse_Robredo.jpg 129x129px]] **Jesse Robredo** (1958–2012) July 9, 2010 [August 18, 2012](2012-masbate-piper-seneca-crash) [[File:Paquito_Ochoa_Jr._-_2016_(cropped).jpg 140x140px]] **Paquito Ochoa Jr.** (born 1960) *Officer in Charge* August 19, 2012 September 19, 2012 [[File:Mar_Roxas_082014.jpg 156x156px]] **Mar Roxas** (born 1957) September 20, 2012 September 11, 2015 [[File:Rep._Mel_Senen_S._Sarmiento_(16th_Congress).jpg 131x131px]] **Mel Senen Sarmiento** (born 1962) September 14, 2015 June 30, 2016 [[File:Ismael_Sueno_(cropped).jpg 126x126px]] **Ismael Sueno** (born 1947/1948) June 30, 2016 April 4, 2017 Rodrigo Duterte [[File:Catalino_Cuy_Official_Portrait_2021_(cropped).jpg 117x117px]] **Catalino Cuy** (born 1957) *Officer in Charge* April 5, 2017 January 4, 2018 [[File:GEN_Eduardo_M._Año.jpg 125x125px]] **Eduardo Año** (born 1961) January 5, 2018 November 6, 2018 November 6, 2018 June 30, 2022 [[File:Secretary_Benhur_Abalos_(Civil_Aviation_Authority_of_the_Philippines).jpg 125x125px]] **Benhur Abalos** (born 1962) June 30, 2022 October 7, 2024 Bongbong Marcos [[File:DILG_Secretary_Jonvic_Remulla_(cropped).jpg 137x137px]] **Jonvic Remulla** (born 1967) October 8, 2024 Incumbent
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