Governor of Antique

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Governor of Antique

Gobernador ka Probinsya kang Hantike

Incumbent
Paolo Javier

since June 30, 2025

Style|

* Governor
* Honorable Governor
* Pinalangga nga Gobernador

Seat| New Antique Provincial Capitol, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique
Appointer| Direct popular vote
Term length| 3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms
Constituting instrument| Philippine Commission Act No. 83
Republic Act No. 7160
Inaugural holder| Francisco Domingo Escote
Formation| 1751
Website| Official Website of the province of Antique

The Governor of Antique (Kinaray-a: Gobernador kang Antique; Filipino: Punong Lalawigan ng Antique) is the chief executive of the provincial government of Antique, Philippines. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the governor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former governor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice governor becomes the governor.

The current governor is Paolo Javier, who has been assuming the post since 2025.

## List of governors

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### Spanish governors of Antique province

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Order  | Year in office  | Governor[1][better source needed]
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1 | 1751–1755 | Francisco Domingo Escote |
2 | 1756–1759 | Antonio Arguelles |
3 | 1760–1761 | Josef Arellano |
4 | 1762–1765 | Mariano dela Torre y Bulacao |
5 | 1766–1768 | Francisco (Margas) Vergara |
6 | 1769–1770 | Manuel Tabuena |
7 | 1771–1776 | Vicente Quejada |
8 | 1777–1778 | Jose Arguelles |
9 | 1778–1780 | Antonio Arguelles |
10 | 1781–1782 | Tomas Aguirre |
11 | 1783–1785 | Juan Salgado |
12 | 1786–1787 | Juan Montinola |
13 | 1788–1792 | Pedro Bargas y Hombrona |
14 | 1793–1798 | Manuel Jotea |
15 | 1799–1802 | Pedro Vidal |
16 | 1802–1803 | Angel Paredes |
17 | 1803–1804 | Fernando Ruiz |
18 | 1805-1805 | Juan Ameja |
19 | 1808–1814 | Angel Paredes |
20 | 1815–1817 | Rafael Andres Gomez |
21 | 1818–1820 | Juan Ormido |
22 | 1820–1821 | Bernardo Simon y Mecenas |
23 | 1821–1823 | Antonio Esteves |
24 | 1824 – | Juan Josef de Valda |
25 | 1825– | Francisco Oreta |
26 | 1826–1827 | Francisco Matinez y Cañas |
27 | 1828–1829 | Francisco Oreta |
28 | 1829 – | Domingo Benito |
29 | 1830–1833 | Francisco Benitez y Cañas |
30 | 1834–1836 | Domingo Benito |
31 | 1837–1844 | Manuel de Yturriaga y Moco |
32 | 1845–1848 | Ramon Plaza |
33 | 1849–1850 | Joaquin Varon |
34 | 1851–1860 | Enrique Barbaza |
35 | 1860– | Luis Santamaria |
36 | 1861–1863 | Juan Martinez |
37 | 1864–1865 | Jose Gutierez |
38 | 1865–1866 | Jose Arcinas |
39 | 1866–1867 | Jose Marzan |
40 | 1867–1868 | Jose Bordoy |
41 | 1868–1869 | Leandro Casamor |
42 | 1869– | Jose Ramos |
43 | 1870– | Eulogio Santos |
44 | 1871–1872 | Julian Ordoñez |
45 | 1873–1875 | Andres Coll Valz |
46 | 1876–1877 | Felix Gomez y Codez |
47 | 1877–1878 | Andres Coll Valz |
48 | 1878– | Felix Gomez y Codez |
49 | 1878–1879 | Diego del Rio Rianzon |
50 | 1879–1881 | Leandro Allendes Salazar |
51 | 1881–1884 | Manuel Castillon |
52 | 1884–1886 | Ladislao de Vera |
53 | 1887–1888 | Antonio Montono |
54 | 1888–1890 | Juan Bravo |
55 | 1891–1893 | Gregoria Cuestra |
56 | 1893–1894 | Ygnacio Cadrana |
57 | 1894– | Ysidro Castro |
58 | 1895– | Ygnacio Martinez |
59 | 1896–1897 | Manuel Zuberia y Gallar |
60 | 1897–1898 | Castro Verde |
61 | 1898– | Francisco Aparacio y Jurada |

### Revolutionary government

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Order  | Year in office  | Governor[1][better source needed]
| Notes

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62 | 1898– | Pedro Gella | Revolutionary governor
63 | 1898– | Leandro Locsin Fullon | Filipino government

### American governors

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Order  | Year in office  | Governor  | Notes

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64 | 1900– | Lt. Col. W. S. Scott | American military governor
65 | 1901– | Lt. Col. W. S. Scott | American civil governor
66 | 1901– | Major Holbrock | Acting civil governor

### Filipino governors

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Order  | Official portrait  | Year in office  | Governor[2][better source needed] | Notes

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67  |  | 1901–1904 | Leandro Locsin Fullon | Was a revolutionary general who lead the expeditionary force sent by Emilio Aguinaldo to Panay Island and established a revolutionary government.[3]
68  |  | 1904–1909 | Angel Salazar, Sr. |
69  |  | 1909–1913 | Santos Capadocia |
70  |  | 1912–1919 | Anacleto Jimenez Villavert |
71  |  | 1919–1922 | Vicente Gella | He is the maternal great-granduncle of Philippine Senator Loren Legarda
72  |  | 1922–1931 | Enrique Salvani |
73  |  | 1931–1934 | Mamerto Portillo |
74  |  | 1935–1938 | Alejandro Lim |
75  |  | 1938–1940

1947–1951

| Alberto A. Villavert |
76  |  | 1940–1947 | Tobias Fornier | The municipality of Tobias Fornier was named after him
77  |  | 1951–1955 | Calixto Zaldivar | Associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1964 to 1974. He was the father of former Antique Governor Salvacion Perez
78  |  | 1955–1963 | Josue Lacson Cadiao | Father of incumbent Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao
79  |  | 1963–1967 | Encarnacion Fornier |
80  |  | 1967–1971 | Julian Pacificador |
81  |  | 1971–1980 | Evelio Javier | Aged 28, Evelio Javier is the Philippines' youngest governor. The day of his assassination (February 11) is now marked as Governor Evelio B. Javier Day and is a special non-working public holiday in the provinces of Antique, Capiz, Aklan, and Iloilo, the four provinces on Panay island.
82  |  | 1980–1986[4] | Enrique A. Zaldivar |
83  |  | 1986–1998 | Jovito Plameras Jr. |
84  |  | 1998–2001 | Exequiel Bellaflor Javier |
85  |  | 2001–2010 | Salvacion Zaldivar Perez |
(84) |  | 2010–2015 | Exequiel Bellaflor Javier |
86  |  | 2015–2025 | Rhodora Javier Cadiao[5] |
87  |  | 2025–present | Paolo Javier |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Past Governors". Antikenyo Takun. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
2. ^ [Untitled document] (PDF). May 23, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2020 – via nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph.
3. ^ "The Revolutionary Hero in the Province of Antique by Dinggol Araneta Divinagracia". Asian Journal USA. Retrieved March 14, 2020.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ "Zaldivar dumps KBL". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. January 11, 1986. p. 2\. "ANTIQUE GOV. Enrique A. Zaldivar yesterday resigned from the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL), the third governor to do so in less than a month..."
5. ^ "Incumbent Antique Governor Defeated After 3 Decades in Power". Rappler. May 12, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

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