Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)

Secretary of Labor and Employment
Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo
Official seal of the Department of Labor and Employment
Incumbent Bienvenido Laguesma since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Ramon Torres
Formation	December 8, 1933 (90 years ago) (1933-12-08)
Website	www.dole.gov.ph

The secretary of labor and employment (Filipino: Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo) is the head of the Department of Labor and Employment and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.^[1]

The current secretary is Bienvenido Laguesma, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.^[2]

#	Image	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Secretary of Labor
1		Ramon Torres	December 8, 1933	November 15, 1935	Insular Government (American occupation)
2		Jose Avelino	November 15, 1935	November 1938	Manuel L. Quezon
3		Hermenegildo Villanueva	December 1938	April 1939
4		Sotero Baluyut	April 1939	1940
5		León Guinto	1940	December 1941
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor
6		Basilio J. Valdes	December 24, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel L. Quezon
Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare
7		Mariano Eraña	August 8, 1944	July 11, 1945	Sergio Osmeña
8		Marcelo Adurru	July 12, 1945	May 28, 1946
Secretary of Labor
9		Pedro Magsalin	May 28, 1946	April 15, 1948	Manuel A. Roxas
			April 17, 1948	September 21, 1948	Elpidio Quirino
10		Primitivo Lovina	September 21, 1948	October 4, 1950
11		Jose Figueras	October 4, 1950	December 30, 1953
12		Eleuterio Adeveso	March 10, 1954	April 21, 1954	Ramon Magsaysay
13		Angel M. Castaño	August 22, 1954	March 17, 1957
			March 17, 1957	December 30, 1961	Carlos P. Garcia
Act		Norberto B. Romualdez Jr.	January 1962	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
14		Bernardino R. Ables	1962	1964	Diosdado Macapagal
15		Jose B. Lingad	October 1964	December 30, 1965
16		Emilio Q. Espinosa Jr.	December 30, 1965	September 16, 1967	Ferdinand E. Marcos
17		Blas F. Ople	September 16, 1967	1971
18		Adrian E. Cristobal	1971	1972
19		Blas F. Ople	1972	June 30, 1978
Minister of Labor and Employment
(19)		Blas F. Ople	June 30, 1978	February 25, 1986	Ferdinand Marcos
Secretary of Labor and Employment
20		Augusto S. Sanchez	March 25, 1986	January 4, 1987	Corazon Aquino
21		Franklin M. Drilon	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1990
22		Dionisio C. dela Serna	January 3, 1990	January 19, 1990
23		Ruben D. Torres	January 20, 1990	February 11, 1992
22		Ma. Nieves R. Confessor	February 12, 1992	June 30, 1995	Fidel V. Ramos
23		Jose S. Brillantes	July 1, 1995	January 16, 1996
24		Leonardo A. Quisumbing	January 16, 1996	January 26, 1998
Act		Cresenciano Trajano	January 26, 1998	June 30, 1998	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
25		Bienvenido Laguesma	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001
26		Patricia Santo Tomas	January 20, 2001	July 3, 2006	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
27		Arturo Brion	July 3, 2006	March 17, 2008
28		Marianito D. Roque	March 17, 2008	June 30, 2010
29		Rosalinda Baldoz	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno S. Aquino III
30		Silvestre Bello III	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
(25)		Bienvenido Laguesma	June 30, 2022	Present	Bongbong Marcos

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