Secretary of Health (Philippines)
List of Secretaries of Health

Secretary of Health (Philippines)

Section Title: List of Secretaries of Health
Table Section Text: None

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President

Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare

1	Sergio Osmeña	December 24, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon

Secretary of Health and Public Welfare

2	Basilio J. Valdes	February 27, 1945	July 12, 1945	Sergio Osmeña

3	Jose Locsin	July 12, 1945	May 27, 1946

4	Antonio Villarama	May 28, 1946	October 3, 1947	Manuel Roxas

Secretary of Health

Antonio Villarama	October 3, 1947	April 15, 1948	Manuel Roxas

April 17, 1948	December 31, 1949	Elpidio Quirino

5	Juan S. Salcedo	December 14, 1950	December 30, 1953

December 30, 1953	May 1954	Ramon Magsaysay

6	Paulino Garcia	June 1954	March 17, 1957

March 17, 1957	June 1958	Carlos P. Garcia

7	Elpidio Valencia	July 1958	December 30, 1961

8	Francisco Q. Duque, Jr.	December 30, 1961	July 1963	Diosdado Macapagal

9	Floro Dabu	July 1963	December 1964

10	Manuel Cuenco	December 1964	December 30, 1965

11	Paulino Garcia	December 30, 1965	August 1968	Ferdinand Marcos

12	Amadeo H. Cruz	August 1968	December 1971

13	Clemente S. Gatmaitan	December 1971	June 30, 1978

Minister of Health

Clemente S. Gatmaitan	June 30, 1978	1979	Ferdinand Marcos

14	Enrique Garcia	1979	1981

15	Jesus Azurin	1981	February 25, 1986

Secretary of Health

16	Alfredo Bengzon	March 25, 1986	February 7, 1992	Corazon Aquino

17	Antonio Periquet	February 10, 1992	June 30, 1992

18	Juan Flavier	July 1, 1992	January 30, 1995	Fidel Ramos

19	Jaime Galvez-Tan	January 30, 1995	July 5, 1995

20	Hilarion Ramiro, Jr.	July 10, 1995	March 22, 1996

21	Carmencita Reodica	April 8, 1996	June 29, 1998

22	Dr. Felipe Estrella	June 30, 1998	September 13, 1998	Joseph Estrada

23	Dr. Alberto G. Romualdez	September 14, 1998	January 20, 2001

24	Manuel Dayrit	January 20, 2001	2005	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

25	Francisco T. Duque III	June 1, 2005	2009

26	Esperanza Cabral	2009	June 30, 2010

27	Enrique Ona	June 30, 2010	December 19, 2014	Benigno S. Aquino III

28	Janette Garin	February 17, 2015	June 30, 2016

**	Paulyn Ubial	June 30, 2016	October 10, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte

*	Herminigildo Valle	October 12, 2017	October 25, 2017

(25)	Francisco T. Duque III	October 26, 2017	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Francisco T. Duque III was appointed as Secretary of Health by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on October 26, 2017.

final_sentence: Francisco T. Duque III was appointed as Secretary of Health by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on October 26, 2017.