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List of female governors in the Philippines

This is a list of women who have been elected, appointed or acceded as governor of provinces in the Philippines.

  Incumbent

Luzon edit

Ilocos Region edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Carmen Crisologo   Ilocos Sur 1964 1971 7 years
Elizabeth Marcos-Keon   Ilocos Norte[1] 30 December 1971 23 March 1983 11 years, 83 days
Imee Marcos[2]   Ilocos Norte 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Raphaelle Ortega-David   La Union 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days

Cagayan Valley edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Corazon Espino[3]   Nueva Vizcaya 1962 1962 <1 year
Teresa Dupaya[4]   Cagayan 1964 1979 15 years
1987 1987 <1 year
Belen Calderon[3]   Nueva Vizcaya 1976 1976 <1 year
1986 1987 <1 year
Natalia Dumlao[3]   Nueva Vizcaya 1962 1962 <1 year
Aurora Agan Barsana-Abad   Batanes 18 June 1986 30 November 1987 1 year, 165 days
Ruth Padilla[3]   Nueva Vizcaya 1987 1988 <1 year
30 June 2013 30 June 2016 3 years, 0 days
Josie Castillo-Co   Quirino 30 June 1998 30 June 2001 3 years, 0 days
Grace Padaca[5]   Isabela 30 June 2004 30 June 2010 6 years, 0 days
Luisa Lloren Cuaresma[3]   Nueva Vizcaya 30 June 2004 30 June 2013 9 years, 0 days
Marilou Cayco   Batanes 30 June 2016 Incumbent 7 years, 315 days

Cordillera Administrative Region edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Maria Zita Claustro-Valera   Abra 30 June 1998 30 June 2001 3 years, 0 days
Floydelia Diasen   Kalinga 30 June 2007 30 June 2010 3 years, 0 days
Maria Jocelyn Bernos   Abra 30 June 2016 30 June 2022 6 years, 0 days
Eleanor Bulut Begtang   Apayao 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 3 years, 0 days

Central Luzon edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Eunice Pablo Guerrero-Cucueco   Aurora 1 February 1988 17 February 1991 3 years, 16 days
Margarita Cojuangco[6]   Tarlac 30 June 1992 30 June 1998 6 years, 0 days
Josefina dela Cruz   Bulacan 30 June 1998 30 June 2007 9 years, 0 days
Ramoncita Ong   Aurora 30 June 2001 30 June 2004 3 years, 0 days
Bellaflor Angara-Castillo   Aurora 30 June 2004 30 June 2013 9 years, 0 days
Lilia Pineda   Pampanga 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Czarina Umali   Nueva Ecija 30 June 2016 30 June 2019 3 years, 0 days
Susan Yap[7]   Tarlac 30 June 2016 Incumbent 7 years, 315 days

Metro Manila edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Imelda Marcos   Metro Manila 27 February 1975 25 February 1986 10 years, 363 days

Calabarzon edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Teresita Lazaro   Laguna 30 January 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 151 days
Rebecca Ynares   Rizal 30 June 2001 30 June 2004 3 years, 0 days
30 June 2013 30 June 2022 9 years, 0 days
Vilma Santos-Recto   Batangas 30 June 2007 30 June 2016 9 years, 0 days
Angelina Tan   Quezon 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Nina Ynares   Rizal 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days

Mimaropa edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Josephine Sato   Occidental Mindoro 30 June 1992 30 June 2001 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2004 30 June 2013 9 years, 0 days
Carmencita Reyes[8]   Marinduque 30 June 1998 30 June 2007 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2010 7 January 2019 8 years, 191 days

Bicol Region edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Paz Cea de Conde   Camarines Sur 1938 1938 <1 year
Rosalie Alberto-Estacio   Catanduanes 30 June 1992 30 June 1995 3 years, 0 days
Elisa Olga Kho[9]   Masbate 30 June 2007 30 June 2010 3 years, 0 days
Sally Ante Lee   Sorsogon 30 June 2007 30 June 2010 3 years, 0 days
Rizalina Seachon-Lanete[9]   Masbate 30 June 2010 25 February 2015 4 years, 240 days
Araceli Wong   Catanduanes 30 June 2013 30 June 2016 3 years, 0 days

Visayas edit

Western Visayas edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Encarnacion Fornier   Antique 1963 1967 4 years
Corazon Legaspi-Cabagnot   Aklan 1 February 1988 30 June 1995 7 years, 149 days
Emily Lopez   Guimaras 30 June 1992 30 June 1995 3 years, 0 days
Salvacion Z. Perez   Antique 30 June 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 0 days
Rhodora Cadiao   Antique 30 June 2016 Incumbent 7 years, 315 days

Central Visayas edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Gwendolyn Garcia   Cebu 30 June 2004 19 December 2012 8 years, 172 days
30 June 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 315 days
Agnes Magpale   Cebu 19 December 2012 30 June 2013 193 days

Eastern Visayas edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Maria Salud Vivero-Parreno   Leyte 1946 1948 2 years
Irene Balite   Northern Samar 30 December 1967 30 December 1971 4 years, 0 days
Salvacion Yñiguez   Southern Leyte 1 January 1968 15 March 1986 18 years, 73 days
Remedios Petilla   Leyte 30 June 1995 30 June 2004 9 years, 0 days
Madeleine Ong   Northern Samar 30 June 1998 30 June 2001 3 years, 0 days
Rosette Lerias   Southern Leyte 30 June 1998 30 June 2007 9 years, 0 days
Clotilde Hilaria Japzon-Salazar   Eastern Samar 30 June 2001 30 June 2004 3 years, 0 days
Milagrosa Tan   Samar 30 June 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 0 days
Sharee Ann Tan   Samar 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Maria Mimietta Bagulaya   Leyte 4 November 2012 30 June 2013 238 days

Mindanao edit

Zamboanga Peninsula edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Guadalupe Adaza   Zamboanga del Norte 1955 1955 <1 year
1959 1963 4 years
Aurora Cerilles[10]   Zamboanga del Sur 30 June 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 0 days
Rosalina Jalosjos   Zamboanga del Norte 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Dulce Ann Hofer   Zamboanga Sibugay 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days

Northern Mindanao edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Ruth de Lara-Guingona   Misamis Oriental 1998 1998 <1 year
Imelda Dimaporo[11]   Lanao del Norte 30 June 1998 30 June 2007 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2016 Incumbent 7 years, 315 days
Herminia Ramiro[12]   Misamis Occidental 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Maria Luisa Romualdo[13]   Camiguin 30 June 2016 30 June 2019 3 years, 0 days

Davao Region edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Josefina Sibala   Davao Oriental April 1987 November 1987 7 months
12 August 1992 30 June 1992 323 days
Cecilia de la Paz   Davao del Norte 4 January 1988 3 February 1988 10 years, 30 days
Rosalind Lopez   Davao Oriental 30 June 1992 30 June 2001 9 years, 0 days
Luz Sarmiento   Compostela Valley 27 March 1998 30 June 1998 95 days
Maria Elena Palma Gil   Davao Oriental 30 June 2001 30 June 2007 6 years, 0 days
Corazon Malanyaon   Davao Oriental 30 June 2007 30 June 2016 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2022 29 June 2023 364 days
Dorothy Gonzaga   Davao de Oro 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Yvone Roña Cagas   Davao del Sur 30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days

Soccsksargen edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Rosario Diaz   Cotabato 1986 1987 <1 year
2 February 1988 27 March 1998 10 years, 53 days
Priscilla Chiongbian[14]   Sarangani 30 June 1992 30 June 2001 9 years, 0 days
Rosila Jamison   Sultan Kudarat 26 March 1998 30 June 1998 96 days
Agnes Amador   Cotabato 27 March 1998 30 June 1998 95 days
Daisy Fuentes[15]   South Cotabato 30 June 2001 30 June 2010 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2013 30 June 2019 6 years, 0 days
Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza   Cotabato 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Nancy Catamco   Cotabato 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 3 years, 0 days

Caraga edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Adela Serra-Ty   Surigao del Sur
Consuelo Calo   Agusan 1966 17 June 1967 <1 year
Agusan del Norte 17 June 1967 15 March 1986 18 years, 271 days
Salvacion Cejoco[16]   Surigao del Sur 1 February 1988 30 June 1992 4 years, 150 days
Angelica Amante   Agusan del Norte 30 June 1995 30 June 2004 9 years, 0 days
30 June 2013 30 June 2019 6 years, 0 days
30 June 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 315 days
Valentina Plaza   Agusan del Sur 30 June 1998 30 June 2001 3 years, 0 days
Maria Valentina Plaza   Agusan del Sur 30 June 2007 30 June 2010 3 years, 0 days
Geraldine Ecleo-Villaroman   Dinagat Islands 30 June 2007 30 June 2010 3 years, 0 days
Glenda Ecleo   Dinagat Islands 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Sol Matugas   Surigao del Norte 30 June 2010 30 June 2019 9 years, 0 days
Arlene Bag-ao   Dinagat Islands 30 June 2019 30 June 2022 3 years, 0 days

Bangsamoro edit

Name Portrait Province Mandate start Mandate
end 		Term length
Princess Tarhata Alonto-Lucman[17]   Lanao del Sur 1971 1975 4 years
Jum Jainudin Akbar[18]   Basilan 30 June 2007 30 June 2016 9 years, 0 days
Bai Nariman Ambolodto   Maguindanao November 2009 30 June 2010 <1 year
Soraya Bedjora Adiong   Lanao del Sur 30 June 2016 30 June 2019 3 years, 0 days
Bai Mariam Mangudadatu   Maguindanao 30 June 2019 13 October 2022 3 years, 105 days
Maguindanao del Sur 13 October 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 210 days
Bai Ainee Sinsuat   Maguindanao del Norte 13 October 2022 5 April 2023 174 days

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "HON. MICHAEL MARCOS KEON". City of Laoag. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Imee Marcos seeks Senate seat, Imelda to run for governor". Rappler.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Historical Background". Province of Nueva Vizcaya. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Past Governors". Province of Cagayan. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "The Governors of Isabela" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Past Governors of Tarlac". Province of Tarlac. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Tarlac Provincial, Congressional officials take oath". Philippine Information Agency. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Governor's Gallery". Province of Marinduque. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  9. ^ a b "List of Governors". Province of Masbate. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "Provincial Officials". Zamboanga del Sur. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  11. ^ "HISTORY OF LANAO DEL NORTE". Province of Lanao del Norte. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Misamis Occidental 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  13. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Camiguin 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  14. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Sarangani 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  15. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: South Cotabato 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  16. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Surigao del Sur 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Lanao del Sur mourns passing of first woman governor". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  18. ^ "THE LEADERS YOU VOTED: Basilan 1987 to 2019". MindaNews. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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