Secretary of Public Works and Highways

Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan

Official seal of the
Department of Public Works and Highways

Incumbent
Manuel Bonoan

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| Baldomero Aguinaldo
Formation| January 21, 1899
(126 years ago) (1899-01-21)
Website| www.dpwh.gov.ph

The secretary of public works and highways (Filipino: Kalihim ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan) is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the national government of the Philippines, and is a member of the president's Cabinet.[1]

The current secretary is Manuel Bonoan, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.[2]

## List of secretaries of public works and highways

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#  | Image  | Name  | Position  | Tenure started  | Tenure ended  | President

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1  |  | Baldomero Aguinaldo | Minister of Public Works and Communications | 1898  | 1899  | Emilio Aguinaldo
2  |  | Mariano Trias | Secretary of War and Public Works | 1899  | 1901  | Emilio Aguinaldo
3  |  | Antonio de las Alas | Secretary of Public Works and Communications | November 15, 1935  | 1936  | Manuel Quezon
4  |  | Mariano Jesús Cuenco | 1936  | 1939
5  |  | José Avelino | 1939  | 1941
6  |  | Basilio J. Valdes | Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor | December 24, 1941  | August 1, 1944  | Manuel Quezon
7  |  | Jose Paez  | Secretary of Public Works and Communications | August 8, 1944  | 1945  | Sergio Osmeña
8  |  | Sotero Cabahug | February 27, 1945  | May 28, 1946
9  |  | Ricardo Nepumoceno  | May 28, 1946  | July 1, 1949  | Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
10  |  | Prospero Sanidad | February 21, 1950  | 1951
11  |  | Sotero Baluyut | January 6, 1951  | 1952
12  |  | Pablo Lorenzo  | May 6, 1952  | 1953
13  |  | Vicente Ylagan Orosa Sr.  | Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications | March 10, 1954  | 1955  | Ramon Magsaysay
14  |  | Florencio Moreno  | April 30, 1957  | December 30, 1961
Carlos P. Garcia
15  |  | Marciano Bautista  | 1961  | 1962  | Diosdado Macapagal
16  |  | Paulino Cases  | 1962  | 1962
17  |  | Brigido Valencia  | 1962  | 1963
18  |  | Jorge Abad  | 1963  | 1965
19  |  | Antonio Raquiza | August 24, 1966  | 1968  | Ferdinand Marcos
20  |  | Rene Espina | November 1968  | September 1969
21  |  | Manuel Syquio  | September 1969  | 1970
22  |  | David Consunji | 1970  | 1975
23  |  | Alfredo Juinio | 1975  | 1978
24  |  | Baltazar Aquino  | Secretary of Public Highways | 1974  | 1978
25  |  | Alfredo Juinio | Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications | 1978  | 1981
(24)  |  | Baltazar Aquino  | Minister of Public Highways | 1978  | 1979
26  |  | Vicente Paterno | 1979  | 1980
27  |  | Jesus Hipolito  | 1980  | 1981
Minister of Public Works and Highways | 1981  | 1986
28  |  | Rogaciano Mercado  | Secretary of Public Works and Highways  | February 25, 1986  | November 1986  | Corazon C. Aquino
29  |  | Vicente Jayme  | November 1986  | 1987
30  |  | Juanito Ferrer  | 1987  | 1988
31  |  | Fiorello Estuar  | 1988  | 1990
32  |  | Jose de Jesus | 1990  | March 1, 1993
Fidel V. Ramos
Act |  | Edmundo V. Mir  | March 1, 1993  | June 1, 1993
33  |  | Gregorio Vigilar  | June 1, 1993  | January 20, 2001
Joseph Ejercito Estrada
34  |  | Simeon Datumanong | January 20, 2001  | January 15, 2003  | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
35  |  | Bayani Fernando | January 15, 2003  | April 15, 2003
Act  |  | Florante Soriquez  | April 15, 2003  | February 15, 2005
36  |  | Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. | February 15, 2005  | February 1, 2007
Act  |  | Manuel Bonoan | February 5, 2007  | July 3, 2007
(36)  |  | Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. | July 4, 2007  | October 22, 2009
37  |  | Victor Domingo  | October 22, 2009  | June 30, 2010
38  |  | Rogelio Singson | June 30, 2010  | June 30, 2016  | Benigno S. Aquino III
Act  |  | Rafael Yabut | June 30, 2016  | July 31, 2016  | Rodrigo Duterte
39  |  | Mark Villar | August 1, 2016  | October 6, 2021
Act  |  | Roger Mercado | October 13, 2021  | June 30, 2022
40  |  | Manuel Bonoan[3] | June 30, 2022  | Incumbent | Bongbong Marcos

## External links

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* DPWH website

## References

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1. ^ "Former Secretaries". dpwh.gov.ph. DPWH. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
2. ^ "Marcos picks SMC Tollways CEO Manuel Bonoan as public works secretary". Rappler. May 26, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
3. ^ "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

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