Metro Manila is a metropolitan area in the Philippines , consisting of 16 cities and a municipality, designated as the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country.
The mayors in Metro Manila are considered as the local chief executives of their respective localities and they also form part of the Metro Manila Council of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).[ 1]
The following is the lists of mayors of Metro Manila's 17 local government units since 1901.
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Pedro Silva 1902–1904 First municipal president 2 Silverio Baltazar 1904–1906 3 Tomás Susano 1906–1908 4 León Nadurata 1908–1910 5 Emilio Sánchez 1910–1913 6 Godofredo Herrera 1913–1915 7 José Sánchez 1915–1921 8 Dominador Aquino 1922–1925 9 Pablo Pablo 1926–1928 10 Dominador Aquino 1928–1931 11 Pablo Pablo 1932–1940 * Jorge Vargas 1941–1942 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila * León Guinto 1942–1944 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila 12 Cornelio Cordero 1941–1944 City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Caloocan 13 Oscar Baello 1945–1946 14 Jesús Basa 1946–1951 15 Macario Asistio Sr. 1952–1971 First city mayor 16 Marcial Samson 1972–1976 17 Alejandro Fider 1976–1978 18 Toribio Paulino 1978–1978 19 Alejandro Fider 1978–1978 20 Virgilo Robles 1978–1979 21 Macario Asistio Jr. 1980–1986 * Virgilio Robles 1986–1986 Acting mayor * Antonio Martínez 1986–1987 Acting mayor * Críspulo San Gabriel 1987–1988 Acting mayor 21 Macario Asistio Jr. 1988–1995 22 Reynaldo Malonzo 1995–2004 23 Enrico Echiverri 2004–2013 24 Oscar Malapitan 2013–2022 25 Dale Gonzalo Malapitan 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Juan Tiongkiao 1908–1913 2 Mariano Santos 1913–1916 3 Rufino De Leon 1916–1918 4 Manuel Arevalo 1918–1922 5 Clemente Dalandan 1922–1925 6 Elías Aldana 1925–1934 7 Eugenio Trinidad 1935–1937 8 Bernardo Aldana 1938–1946 9 Eugenio Trinidad 1947–1951 10 Pedro de la Cruz 1952–1959 11 Francisco Antonio 1959–1963 12 Filemón Aguilar 1964–1986 * Alfredo Juntilla 1986–1988 Acting mayor 13 Rosalino Riguera 1988–1992 14 Gabriel Casimiro 1992–1995 15 Vergel Aguilar 1995–2004 First city mayor 16 Imelda Aguilar 2004–2007 * Vergel Aguilar 2007–2016 * Imelda Aguilar 2016–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Marcelino Magsaysay 1901–1903 First municipal president of San Pedro de Macati 2 Eusebio Arpilleda 1903–1908 3 Hermogenes Santos 1908–1911 4 Urbano Navarro 1911–1913 5 José Magsaysay 1913–1916 First municipal president of Makati renamed from San Pedro de Macati 6 Pedro Domingo 1917–1919 7 Ricardo Arpilleda 1919–1920 8 Igmidio Flores 1920–1922 9 Nicanor García 1922–1934 10 José Villena 1935–1944 City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Makati (1941–1944) * Jorge Vargas 1941–1942 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila * León Guinto 1942–1944 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila 11 Pablo Cortés 1944–1947 * José Villena 1948–1954 12 Ignacio Babasa 1954 13 Bernardo Umali 1954 14 Máximo Estrella 1956–1969 15 José Luciano 1969–1971 Died in office * César Alzona 1971–1971 Acting mayor 16 Nemesio Yabut 1972–1986 Died in office * Jejomar Binay 1986–1987 Acting mayor * Sergio Santos 1988–1988 Acting mayor 17 Jejomar Binay 1988–1998 First city mayor 18 Elenita Binay 1998–2001 First Female City Mayor * Jejomar Binay 2001–2010 19 Jejomar Binay Jr. 2010–2015 * Romulo Peña Jr. 2015–2016 Acting mayor 20 Abigail Binay 2016–present Second Female City Mayor
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Bernardo Dagala 1903–1905 Municipal president of Malabon after amalgamation with Navotas 2 Ángel Luna 1909–1911 3 Basilio Bautista 1918–1921 4 Teófilo Santos 1922–1927 5 Sinfroso Pascual 1928–1930 6 Teófilo Santos 1931–1936 7 Eleutério de Jesús 1937–1939 8 Francisco Barican 1939–1939 9 José Geukeko 1940–1945 * Victor Gaza 1945–1945 10 Patério Aquino 1946–1951 11 Florante Villegas 1952–1955 12 Lucio Gutiérrez 1960–1971 * José Cruz 1971–1971 Died in office 13 Maynardo Espíritu 1972–1986 * Cipriano Lacson 1987–1988 14 Prospero "Pong" Oreta 1988–1995 15 Amado "Boy" Vicencio 1995–2004 First city mayor 16 Canuto Senen "Tito" Oreta 2004–2012 Uncle of former Mayor Antolin Oreta III 17 Antolin "Lenlen" Oreta III 2012–2022 Son of former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta 18 Jeannie Ng-Sandoval 2022–present First female mayor of the city.[ 2]
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Buenaventura Domingo 1901 First municipal president of San Felipe Neri 2 Dr. Antonio Fernando 1902 3 Januario Coronado 1902 4 Miguel Vergara 1902 5 Pantaleón Blas 1903 Municipal president after the annexation of San Juan[ 3] 6 Claro Castañeda 1905 Municipal president after the restoration of San Juan[ 3] 7 Apolinar Coronado 1907–1909 * Januario Coronado 1909–1912 8 Marcelo Lerma 1912–1916 9 Mariano Castañeda 1916–1922 10 Clemente Fernando 1922–1925 11 Gregorio Pedro 1925–1928 * Clemente Fernando 1928–1934 First municipal mayor of Mandaluyong renamed from San Felipe Neri 12 Isaac López 1935–1939 13 Ponciano Enríquez 1940–1941 * Jorge Vargas 1941–1942 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila * León Guinto 1942–1944 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila 14 Pedro Cruz 1941–1944 City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Mandaluyong (1941–1944) 15 Primo Guzmán 1945 * Pedro Cruz 1946 16 Bonifacio Javier 1946–1955 * Pedro Cruz 1956–1959 * Bonifacio Javier 1960–1962 17 Amado T. Reyes 1963–1963 18 Melchor Arcangel 1963–1963 19 Macario Trinidad 1963–1963 20 Filemón Javier 1964–1971 21 Renato López 1972–1980 22 Ernesto Domingo 1980–1986 * Benjamin Abalos Sr. 1986–1987 Acting mayor * Román de los Santos 1987–1988 Acting mayor 23 Benjamin Abalos Sr. 1988–1998 First city mayor 24 Benjamin Abalos Jr. 1998–2004 25 Neptali Gonzales II 2004–2007 * Benjamin Abalos Jr. 2007–2016 26 Carmelita Abalos 2016–2022 * Benjamin Abalos Sr. 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Wenceslao de la Paz 1933–1938 2 Juan Chanyungco 1938–1945 3 Enrique de la Paz 1945–1947 4 Gil Estanislao Fernando 1947–1951 * Juan Chanyungco 1951–1955 * Gil Estanislao Fernando 1955–1959 5 Osmundo de Guzman 1959–1986 * Teofisto Santos 1986–1986 6 Rodolfo B. Valentino 1986–1987 * Guillermo S. Flores 1987–1988 Appointed "caretaker"[ 5] * Rodolfo B. Valentino 1988–1992 7 Bayani Fernando 1992–2001 First city mayor 8 Maria Lourdes Fernando 2001–2010 First Female City Mayor 9 Del de Guzman 2010–2016 10 Marcelino Teodoro 2016–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Vidal Joaquín 1918–1919 2 Primo Ticman 1919–1922 3 Melencio Espeleta 1922–1924 4 Pedro Díaz 1925–1930 5 Tomás Molina 1931–1933 6 Marciano Arciaga 1934–1936 7 León Mendiola 1937–1939 8 Francisco Gilbuena 1945–1945 * Baldomero Viñalon 1945–1946 9 Bonifacio Ticman 1946–1951 10 Baldomero Viñalon 1952–1959 11 Francisco de Mesa 1960–1964 Died in office * Demetrio Loresca 1964–1964 Acting mayor 12 Maximino Argana 1964–1966 13 Demetrio Loresca 1966–1971 * Maximino Argana 1972–1985 14 Santiago Carlos 1985–1986 * Victor Aguinaldo 1987–1988 Acting mayor 15 Ignacio Bunye 1986–1998 First city mayor 16 Jaime Fresnedi 1998–2007 17 Aldrin San Pedro 2007–2013 * Jaime Fresnedi 2013–2022 18 Ruffy Biazon 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Canuto Celestino 1901–1903 First municipal president 2 Bernardo Dagala 1903–1905 Municipal president of Malabon after annexation of Navotas 3 Hermogenes Monroy 1905–1907 Municipal president of Navotas after restoration 4 Rufino Hernández 1907–1909 5 José Pascual 1909–1916 6 Ángelo Ángeles 1916–1919 7 Arsenio Roldan 1919–1922 8 Alejandro Leóngson 1922–1928 9 Ángel Santiago 1928–1931 * Alejandro Leóngson 1931–1934 10 Benjamín Alonzo 1934–1937 First municipal mayor 11 Félix Monroy 1937–1946 12 Nemesio Ángeles 1944–1944 * Félix Monroy 1944–1946 13 Tomás Gómez 1946–1947 14 Pacífico Javier 1948–1951 15 Roberto Monroy 1952–1963 16 Felipe del Rosario Sr. 1964–1980 17 Victor Javier 1980–1986 18 Felipe del Rosario Jr. 1986–1998 19 Cipriano Bautista 1998–2000 Died in office 20 Tobias Tiangco 2000–2010 First city mayor 21 John Rey Tiangco 2010–2019 * Tobias Tiangco 2019–2022 * John Rey Tiangco 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes * Santiago García 1897–1897 * Timoteo Bernabé 1898–1899 * Máximo Rodríguez 1900–1901 1 Patricio Bernabé 1902–1903 2 Valentino de León 1904–1908 3 Flaviano Rodríguez 1908–1912 4 Nicanor Mayuga 1912–1916 5 Francisco Cruz 1916–1916 6 Andrés Buenaventura 1916–1922 7 Victor Medina 1922–1925 8 Juan Gabriel 1925–1928 9 Olímpico Peña 1928–1931 10 Sabas de Guzmán 1931–1934 11 Francisco Gabriel 1934–1937 * Jorge Vargas 1941–1942 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila * León Guinto 1942–1944 Mayor of the City of Greater Manila 12 José Luciano 1945–1945 13 Laureano Capistrano 1945–1945 14 Nicanor Cruz 1946–1955 15 Eleuterio de León 1956–1964 16 Florencio Bernabé Sr. 1965–1986 * Rodolfo Buenavista 1986–1987 17 Walfrido Ferrer 1988–1992 18 Pablo Olivarez 1992–1995 19 Joselito Marquez 1995–2004 First city mayor 20 Florencio Bernabe Jr. 2004–2013 21 Edwin Olivarez 2013–2022 22 Eric Olivarez 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Felipe Benicio Gómez 1902–1904 First municipal president 2 Julio Raymundo 1904–1906 3 José Feliciano 1906–1909 4 Lupo Miguel 1910–1912 5 Francisco Reyes 1912–1915 6 Alejandro Ramos 1915–1918 7 Fortunato Concepción 1918–1921 8 José Pérez 1921–1924 9 Sixto Antonio 1924–1935 10 Cipriano Raymundo 1936–1945 11 Bibiano Reynoso 1945–1945 12 Apolonio Santiago 1945–1945 * Cipriano Raymundo 1945–1946 13 Francisco Legaspi 1946–1951 * Cipriano Raymundo 1952–1955 14 Emiliano Caruncho 1956–1986 15 Mario Raymundo 1986–1992 16 Vicente Eusebio 1992–2001 First city mayor 17 Soledad Eusebio 2001–2004 * Vicente Eusebio 2004–2007 18 Robert Eusebio 2007–2013 19 Maribel Andaya-Eusebio 2013–2016 * Robert Eusebio 2016–2019 20 Victor Ma. Regis "Vico" Sotto 2019–present Youngest elected city mayor
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes[ 6] 1 Gregorio Flores 1900–1906 2 Julio Tangco 1907–1912 3 Estanislao Calingo Sr. 1913–1917 4 Simplicio Manalo 1918–1920 5 Adriano Almeda 1921–1925 6 Juan Sanchez 1926–1930 7 Emiliano Almeda 1931–1934 8 Moises Flores 1934–1940 9 Delfin Salonga 1941–1944 10 Melchor Menguito 1944–1945 11 Antonino Ponce Sr. 1946–1947 * Moises Flores 1947–1951 * Antonino Ponce Sr. 1952–1959 12 Eustacio Flores 1960–1971 13 Nestor Ponce Sr. 1972–1979 Died in office 14 Normando Sta. Ana 1980–1986 15 Cesar Borja 1986–1989 Died in office 16 Jose Capco Jr. 1989–2001 17 Rosendo Capco 2001–2007 18 Jaime Medina 2007–2016 19 Miguel Ponce III 2016–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Andres Soriano 1901–1903 First municipal president of San Juan[ 3] * Pantaleon Blas 1903 Municipal president of San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong) after annexation of San Juan * Miguel Vergara 1904-1904 * Claro Castañeda 1905–1906 2 Marcelo Luna 1907–1910 First municipal president after restoration 3 Juan Domingo de Mesa 1910–1912 4 Juan Gutiérrez 1912–1916 5 Valentín Ibáñez 1928–1931 6 Graciano Santos 1931–1933 First elected mayor[ 3] 7 Máximo Reyes 1933–1934 First elected municipal president[ 3] 8 Engracio Santos 1935–1938 Elected mayor 9 Daniel Santiago 1939–1942 Elected mayor * Aquilino de Guzman 1942–1943 District chief under Leon Guinto * Regino Eustanquio 1944–1945 District chief under Leon Guinto * Jorge Vargas 1941–1942 Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila [ 3] * León Guinto 1942–1944 Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila.[ 3] * Daniel Santiago 1945–1946 Appointed mayor[ 3] 10 Engracio Santos 1946–1954 Elected mayor[ 3] * Mariano Domingo 1954–1955 Acting mayor[ 3] 11 Nicanor Salaysay 1954–1955 Acting appointed mayor[ 3] 12 Nicanor Ibuna 1956–1967 13 Braulio Santo Domingo 1968–1969 14 Joseph Estrada 1969–1986 * Reynaldo San Pascual 1986–1987 Officer in charge following the People Power Revolution [ 3] * Antonio Quirino 1986–1987 Officer in charge[ 3] 15 Adolfo Santo Domingo 1988–1992 16 Jinggoy Estrada 1992–2001 17 JV Ejercito 2001–2010 First city mayor[ 3] 18 Guia Gomez 2010–2019 19 Francis Zamora 2019–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Feliciano Pagcalinauan 1901–1903 First municipal president 2 Felipe Rayos del Sol 1904–1910 3 Braulio Pagcalinauan 1911–1912 4 Graciano Juta 1912–1916 5 José Pagtakhan 1916–1925 6 Eusebio Santos 1925–1931 7 Cleto Mastrili 1931–1934 8 Artemio Natividad 1934–1942 9 Leocadio de León 1942–1945 * Pedro Cruz 1945–1945 * Leocadio de León 1946–1946 10 Pedro Cruz 1946–1947 11 Nicanor Cruz 1948–1951 12 Bonifacio Relón 1952–1955 13 Monico Tanyag 1956–1975 14 Levi Mariano 1976–1986 * Isidro García 1986–1988 15 Rodolfo de Guzman 1988–1992 16 Ricardo Papa Sr. 1992–1995 17 Isidro García 1995–1998 * Ricardo Papa Sr. 1998–2001 18 Sigfrido Tiñga 2001–2010 First city mayor 19 Lani Cayetano 2010–2019 20 Lino Cayetano 2019–2022 * Lani Cayetano 2022–present
# Mayor Dates in Office Notes 1 Pío Valenzuela 1899–1901 First municipal president of Polo 2 Nemencio Santiago 1901–1903 3 Rufino Valenzuela 1903–1907 4 Inoc Guansing 1908–1909 5 Melencio Hernández 1910–1912 6 José Serapio 1912–1917 * Fortunato Rivera 1917–1917 Acting mayor * Rufino Valenzuela 1917–1919 7 Tomás de Castro 1920–1922 8 Arcadio Deato 1922–1928 9 Barcenico Espíritu 1928–1931 10 Andrés Fernando 1931–1937 11 Leopoldo Santiago 1937–1940 * Andrés Fernando 1940–1942 12 Feliciano Ponciano 1942–1943 13 Pedro de Guía 1944–1945 14 Faustino Cruz 1945–1946 15 Florentino Deato 1946–1951 16 Avelino Deato 1952–1955 17 Ignacio Santiago Sr. 1956–1959 * Florentino Deato 1960–1963 Last mayor of Polo * Enrique Bautista 1960–1960 First appointed mayor of Valenzuela carved out from Polo * Pío Ángeles 1960–1961 * Gregorio Marcelo 1961–1962 * Faustino Lázaro 1962–1963 * Ignacio Santiago Sr. 1964–1967 First mayor of Valenzuela after amalgamation with Polo 18 Gerónimo Ángeles 1968–1986 First mayor of Valenzuela after annexation to Metro Manila * Wilfredo Chongco 1986–1987 Acting mayor * Artemio Andrés 1988–1988 Acting mayor * Linda Santos 1988–1988 Acting mayor * Romeo Llenado 1988–1988 Acting mayor 19 Santiago de Guzman 1988–1995 20 Jose Emmanuel Carlos 1995–2004 First city mayor 21 Sherwin Gatchalian 2004–2013 22 Rexlon Gatchalian 2013–2022 23 Weslie Gatchalian 2022–present
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