For the position itself, see President of the Philippines. For the president's official residence, see Malacañang Palace.
Office of the President of the Philippines
Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas
Seal
Overview
Established
De jure: March 22, 1897; 128 years ago (1897-03-22) Issue date of establishing order: 1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Country
Philippines
Leader
Lucas Bersamin, Executive Secretary,
Dave Gomez, Acting Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office Elaine T. Masukat, Officer in Charge of the Presidential Management Staff Juan Ponce Enrile, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Antonio Lagdameo Jr., Special Assistant to the President
The Office of the President of the Philippines (OP; Filipino: Tanggapan ng Pangulo ng Pilipinas)[2] is an administrative, advisory, and consultative government agency that aids the president of the Philippines in performing their duty as head of state and chief of the executive branch of government.
The office is housed within the Malacañang Palace complex in San Miguel, Manila.[3]
History
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The Office of the President (OP) was created through Administrative Order No. 322, s. 1997. The order was issued following the submission of position papers by the officials of the Department of History of the University of the Philippines, and the Board of National Historical Institute which conducted deliberations and consultations in four meetings held at the Malacañang Palace from May 5 to June 25, 1997.[4]
The order established the office retroactively to the date of the date of the Tejeros Convention. The convention was held on March 22, 1897, which saw the election of Emilio Aguinaldo as President of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.[4]
The OP was abolished after the capture of Aguinaldo in 1901 by the Americans and was reinstated after the proclamation of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1935.[5]
Then-newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte reorganized the OP on June 30, 2016, when he issued his first Executive Order as president.[6]
Powers
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Mandate
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The Office of the President's mandate is to provide administrative, advisory, consultative and other support services to the President in the latter's exercise of their powers and functions as Head of State and of the Executive Branch.[7]
Core function
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The executive powers of the President under the 1987 Constitution from which the Office of the President mandate emanates, includes among others the President's power of control over all the executive departments, bureaus and offices, as well as the constitutional duty of those executive departments, bureaus, offices, and the Chief Executive to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. Based on said executive powers of the President, the OP proper would perform the following core functions:[7]
Respond to the specific needs and requirements of the President to achieve the purposes and objectives of the Office and the other agencies under it which include those under the chairmanship of the President, those under the supervision and control of the President, those under the supervision and control/administrative supervision of the OP, those attached to it for policy and program coordination, and those not placed by law or order creating them under any special department
Provide advisory or consultative services to the President in such fields and under such conditions as the President may determine
Provide technical and administrative support on matters concerning development and management, general government administration and internal administration
Provide direct services to the President and, for this purpose, attend to functions and matters that are personal and pertain to the First Family.
Attached agencies
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Law enforcement and regulatory agencies
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Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)
Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA)
National Security Council (NSC)
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)
Optical Media Board (OMB)
Former attached agencies
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Listed below are agencies that have been abolished, transferred, integrated, merged, reorganized or renamed into the existing attached agencies under the Office of the President and the executive departments of the Philippines.
Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) – transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry[9][10]
Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture[11]
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) – abolished, merged with HLURB to establish the DHSUD by virtue of Republic Act No. 11201[12]
National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) – transferred to the Department of the Interior and Local Government
National Food Authority (NFA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture
National Museum (NM) – renamed as National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), reorganized and attached solely to DepEd for budgetary purposes by virtue of Republic Act No. 11333[13]
National Youth Commission (NYC) – transferred to Department of the Interior and Local Government
Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 93, s. 2019[14] All Powers and Functions transferred to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Manila Bay Task Force.
Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) – transferred to the Department of Agriculture
Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) – transferred to the Department of the Interior and Local Government
Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) – transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry
Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs.
Office of the Cabinet Secretary – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Presidential Management Staff.
Commission on Information and Communications Technology – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 47, s. 2011, merged with DOST-Information and Communications Technology Office and all operating units of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) with functions and responsibilities dealing with communications to establish the Department of Information and Communications Technology by virtue of Republic Act No. 10844.[15]
Office of the Presidential Spokesperson – abolished by virtue of Executive Order No. 2, s. 2022. All powers and functions transferred to the Office of the Press Secretary.
Office of the Press Secretary – renamed as Presidential Communications Operations Office on August 9, 2010 by virtue of Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010 and Presidential Communications Office on December 29, 2022 by virtue of Executive Order No. 11, s. 2022.
Philippines National Petroleum Commission and safety petroleum diet PNPC-PDP,PNPC-Finance under the President of the Philippines and Philippines Association Advance Petroleum
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) - transferred to the Presidential Communications Office
^Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino [Names of Government Offices in Filipino] (PDF) (2013 ed.). Commission on the Filipino Language. 2013. p. 2. ISBN 978-971-0197-22-4. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
^"Contact Us". Office of the President (Philippines). Retrieved November 9, 2017.
^ ab"OP History". Office of the President (Philippines). Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
^"The Executive Branch". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Mandate and Functions". Office of the President (Philippines). Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
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