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]

Facade, DOLE

## List of secretaries of labor and employment

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#  | Image  | Name  | Term Began  | Term Ended  | President

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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  |  | Leon 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

## External links

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* DOLE website

## References

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1. ^ "Key Officials". dole.gov.ph. DOLE. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
2. ^ "Laguesma back at DOLE, seeks dialogues with labor groups". pna.gov.ph. PNA. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

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