Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)

The secretary of trade and industry (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya) is the head of the Department of Trade and Industry and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.^[1]

Secretary of Trade and Industry
Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya
Official logo of the Department of Trade and Industry
Incumbent Alfredo E. Pascual 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	León María Guerrero
Formation	September 6, 1901 (121 years ago) (1901-09-06)
Website	www.dti.gov.ph

The current secretary is Alfredo E. Pascual, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.

List of secretaries of trade and industry

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
1	León María Guerrero	May 7, 1899	November 13, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of Commerce and Police
2	William Cameron Forbes	June 5, 1904	November 10, 1909	Luke Edward Wright (Governor General)
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce
3	Eulogio Rodriguez	July 26, 1934	November 15, 1935	Insular Government
		November 15, 1935	1938	Manuel Quezon
4	Benigno Aquino, Sr.	1938	1940
5	Rafael Alunan	1940	1941
Secretary of Finance, Agriculture, and Commerce
6	Andres Soriano	1941	1944	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce
7	Manuel Nieto	1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce
8	Delfin Jaranilla	1945	1945	Sergio Osmeña
Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce
9	Vicente Singson Encarnacion	1945	1946	Sergio Osmeña
Secretary of Commerce and Industry
10	Cornelio Balmaceda	1947	1953	Manuel Roxas
				Elpidio Quirino
11	Oscar Ledesma	1953	1957	Ramon Magsaysay
12	Pedro Hernaez	1957	1960	Carlos P. Garcia
13	Manuel Lim	1960	1962
				Diosdado Macapagal
14	Rufino Hechanova	1962	1963
(10)	Cornelio Balmaceda	1963	1965
15	Marcelo Balatbat	1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
16	Leonides Sarao Virata	1969	1970
17	Ernesto Maceda	1970	1971
18	Troadio Quiazon	1971	1974
Secretary of Industry
19	Vicente Paterno	1974	1978	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Industry
	Vicente Paterno	1978	1979	Ferdinand Marcos
20	Roberto Ongpin	July 23, 1979	1981
Minister of Commerce
21	Luis Villafuerte Sr.	1979	1981	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Commerce and Industry
(20)	Roberto Ongpin	1981	1986	Ferdinand Marcos
Secretary of Trade and Industry
22	Jose Concepcion Jr.	1986	January 8, 1991	Corazon C. Aquino
23	Peter Garrucho	January 9, 1991	February 1992
24	Lilia Bautista	February 1992	June 30, 1992
25	Rizalino Navarro	July 1, 1992	1996	Fidel V. Ramos
26	Cesar B. Bautista	1996	June 30, 1998
27	Jose Pardo	June 30, 1998	January 2, 2000	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
28	Mar Roxas	January 2, 2000	December 10, 2003
				Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
29	Cesar Purisima	December 10, 2003	July 2005
30	Juan Santos	July 2005	2005
31	Peter B. Favila	2005	March 15, 2010
32	Jesli Lapus	March 15, 2010	June 30, 2010
33	Gregory Domingo	June 30, 2010	December 30, 2015	Benigno S. Aquino III
34	Adrian Cristobal Jr.^[2]	December 31, 2015	June 30, 2016
35	Ramon Lopez	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
A-I	Alfredo E. Pascual^[3]^[4]	June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022)	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

Notes:

• (*) Acting Capacity

References

1. "The Secretary". dti.gov.ph. DTI. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
2. "Cristobal is new DTI chief". ABS-CBN News. December 29, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
3. "Ex-UP president Alfred Pascual is next DTI chief, Bongbong Marcos says". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
4. "Who's who: The Marcos Cabinet". Philippine Star. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.

External links

• DTI official website