Mayor of Taguig

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Mayor of Taguig
Incumbent
Lani Cayetano
since June 30, 2022
StyleThe Honorable, Mayor
SeatTaguig City Hall
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years

The City Mayor of Taguig (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Tagig) is the head of the local government of the city of Taguig who is elected to three year terms. The mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term. Lani Cayetano of Nacionalista Party is the incumbent since 2022.

History[edit]

From the start, Taguig has its own chieftain, Lakan named Juan Basi who fought his life against the Spaniard along with Agustin de Legaspi, a nephew of Lakan Dula and son-in-law of the Sultan of Brunei during the Magat Salamat uprising in 1587–1588. But since the year 1584, a non-resident vicar from the Augustinian order named P. Melchor de Ribera was assigned to convert to Christianity the natives of the town.

In 1587, according to P. Gaspar San Agustin, Taguig was once again accepted in the list of "Augustinian Chapter" in a meeting held on April 4, 1587 through "Tomamos de nuevo la casa de Tagui, con voto".[1]

The mayor of Taguig holds office at the Taguig City Hall.

From 1856 to 1897, Taguig, then a municipality of the province of Manila (previously Tondo until 1859), was headed by the capitan municipal as its chief executive. Following the Philippine Declaration of Independence, the position was replaced by the Pangulo ng Bayan (transl. Municipal President), which was solely held by Baltazar Capistrano from 1898 to 1899. In 1901, the year when Taguig became part of the newly established province of Rizal, the chief executive was named mayor, which was first held by Feliciano Pagkalinawan. Despite merging with Pateros from 1903 to 1909, both municipalities had different leaders, respectively.

List[edit]

Municipal President/Mayor of Taguig[edit]

Name Deputy (later Vice Mayor) Term Began Term Ended
Capitan Municipal de Taguig
Domingo Franco 1856 1857
Vicente Azores 1857 1858
Juan B. Labao 1859 1860
Domingo Guevarra 1860 1861
Venancio Sandoval 1861 1862
Leandro Labao 1862 1863
Salvador Esguerra 1863 1864
Tomas Cruz 1865 1866
Ciriaco Labao 1867 1868
Domingo Guerrero 1869 1870
Agustin Rayos 1871 1872
Leoncio Pagkalinawan 1873 1874
Clemente Labao 1875 1876
1877 1878
Jose Natividad 1879 1880
Feliciano Pagkalinawan 1881 1882
Miguel Aquino 1887 1888
1889 1890
Jose Natividad 1891 1892
Marcos Lontoc 1893 1894
Jose Natividad 1895 1897
Pangulo ng Bayan
Baltazar Capistrano June 12, 1898 March 16, 1899
Municipal Mayor of Taguig
Feliciano Pagkalinawan 1901 1903
Felipe Rayos del Sol 1904 1910
Braulio Pagkalinawan 1911 1912
Graciano Juta 1912 1916
Jose Pagtakhan 1916 1925
Eusebio Santos 1925 1931
Cleto Mastrili 1931 1934
Artemio Natividad Teotimo Cuevas[2] October 16, 1934 December 3, 1942
Leocadio De Leon December 4, 1942 February 17, 1945
Pedro D. Cruz July 1, 1945 December 31, 1945
Leocadio De Leon January 9, 1946 May 31, 1946
Pedro D. Cruz June 1, 1946 December 31, 1947
Nicanor P. Cruz January 1, 1948 December 30, 1951
Bonifacio Relon January 1, 1952 December 31, 1955
Monico C. Tanyag January 1, 1956 December 31, 1975
Levi B. Mariano April 14, 1976 March 25, 1986
Isidro Garcia March 26, 1986 February 1, 1988
Rodolfo De Guzman October 10, 1988 June 30, 1992
Ricardo D. Papa, Jr. Daniel Castillo July 6, 1992[3] June 30, 1995
Isidro Garcia Alan Peter Cayetano June 30, 1995 August 27, 1997
Ricardo D. Papa, Jr. Alan Peter Cayetano (1997–1998)
Loida Labao-Alzona (1998–2001)
September 2, 1997 June 30, 2001
Sigfrido R. Tiñga Loida Labao-Alzona (2001–2004)
George Elias (2004)
June 30, 2001 December 8, 2004

City Mayor of Taguig[edit]

No. Image Name
(Birth-Death)
Party In office Election Vice Mayor Note
Term start Term end Time in office
1 Sigfrido Tiñga
(born 1965)
Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig[a] December 8, 2004 June 30, 2010 5 years, 204 days George Elias
(2004–2013)
2007
2 Lani Cayetano
(born 1981)
Nacionalista June 30, 2010 June 30, 2019 9 years, 0 days 2010
2013 Ricardo Cruz Jr.
(2013–2022)
2016
3 Lino Cayetano
(born 1978)
Nacionalista June 30, 2019 June 30, 2022 3 years, 0 days 2019
(2) Lani Cayetano
(born 1981)
Nacionalista June 30, 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 302 days 2022 Arvin Ian Alit
(2022–present)

List of acting and appointed OIC mayors of Taguig[edit]

Name Term Began Term Ended Status
Acting and Appointed OIC Mayor of Taguig
Aquilino Sarmiento February 17, 1945 June 30, 1945 Acting Mayor during the liberation of Taguig
Donato L. Estacio, Jr. December 1, 1987 October 9, 1988 Appointed OIC Mayor after People Power Revolution
Source:[4]

Pictures of some past Mayors of Taguig[edit]

Past Mayors of Taguig
Some of the Past Mayors of Taguig

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sigfrido Tiñga was also a member of the national parties Lakas–CMD and later Liberal Party.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Augustinian Archives, Valladolid, Spain, Libro de Gobierno de la Provincia. I, folio 55.
  2. ^ Salonga, Isayas R. (1934). Rizal Province directory, Volume I. Manila: General Printing Press. p. 196.
  3. ^ Burgos, Jun (July 7, 1992). "Papa, running mate declared Taguig victors". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 13. Retrieved June 24, 2023. Outgoing Mayor Rodolfo de Guzman, who ran under the Lakas-NUCD, did not attend the turnover and oathtaking cerermonies of Papa and other newly-elected local officials at the town hall.
  4. ^ Taguig Comprehensive Land Use & Zoning Plan, Physical & Socio-Economic Profile. pp. 38–39. 2014.