# Mayor of Cagayan de Oro

The mayor of Cagayan de Oro (Filipino: Punong lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro) is the head of the local government of the city who 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.

## Cagayan de Misamis

| No. | Mayor | Period | Vice Mayor | Note |
| 1 | Toribio Chaves | December 1898 – 1900 | | the first Municipal Mayor |
| 2 | Tirso Neri | 1901-1904 | | |
| 3 | Cayetano Pacana | 1904-1905 | | |
| 4 | Pedro Vélez | January–April, 1906 | | |
| 5 | Cipriano Vamenta, Sr. | 1906-1908 | | |
| 6 | Isidro Vamenta | 1908-1909 | | |
| 5 | Ramon B. Neri | January 3, 1910 – October 21, 1912 | | |
| 6 | Uldarico Akut | 1912-1916 | | |
| 7 | Segundo Gaston | 1916-1919 | | |
| 8 | Pedro P. Mabulay | 1919-1922 | | Appointed by Insular Government of the Philippine Islands United States Territorial Government |
| 9 | Fernándo Pacana, Sr. | 1922-1925 | | |
| 10 | Vicente P. Castro | 1925-1928 | Mariano A. Velez | |
| 11 | Don Apolinar Vélez | 1928-1931 | Mariano A. Velez | |
| 12 | Lucio S. Ramos | 1931-1934 | | |
| 13 | Julio B. Pacana | (1934-1940 died in office) | Roque Chávez | |
| 14 | Roque Chávez | 1940-1945 | Patricia Velez y Mercado | Then vice mayor Roque Chaves assumed the post of Mayor after the untimely demise of Julio Pacana in 1940. Patricia Mercado Velez as the #1 Municipal Councilor assume the vacated Vice Mayor position. Patricia Mercado became the first female council and eventually the first female vice mayor. |
| 15 | Herminigildo Avanceña | 1941-1945, 1946 | Salvador Pacana (1945-1947) | restored to office. |

## Post World War II

| No. | Photo | Mayor | Period | Vice Mayor | Note |
| 16 | | Lucio S. Ramos | 1946-1947 | | on his second term as Municipal Mayor. |
| 17 | | Mariano A. Vélez Sr. | 1948 | | appointed as Military Mayor entrusted for the post-World War II rehabilitation. |

## City of Cagayan de Oro

| No. | Mayor | Period | Vice Mayor |
| 1 | Máximo Y. Suniel | 1948-1953 | Pedro E. Pimentel |
| 2 | Pedro SA. Baculio | 1953-1955 | Osmundo R. Waga (1952-1962) Alejandro M. Velez (1963) Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. (1964) |
| 3 | Justiniano R. Borja | 1955-1963 | Osmundo R. Waga (1952-1962) Alejandro M. Velez (1963) Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. (1964) |
| 4 | Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. | 1963-1971 | Pio Roa (1966-1967) Cecilio Luminarias (1966-1976) |
| 5 | Reuben R. Canoy | 1971-1976 | Pio Roa (1966-1967) Cecilio Luminarias (1966-1976) |
| 6 | Concordio C. Diel | 1976-1978 | Pio Roa (1966-1967) Cecilio Luminarias (1966-1976) |
| 7 | Pedro "Oloy" N. Roa | 1978-1980 | |
| 8 | Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. | 1980-1984 | Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas (1980-1984) |
| 9 | Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas | 1984–1998 | Henry J. Bacal (1984–1987) Erasmo Damásing (1988–1992) Antonio Soriano (1992-1995) John L. Elizaga (1995-1998) |
| 10 | Manolo Z. Tagarda | 1998 | |
| 11 | John L. Elizaga | 1998 | |
| 12 | Vicente Yap Emano | 1998–2007 | John L. Elizaga (1998-2004) Michelle J. Tagarda-Spiers (2004–2007) |
| 13 | Constantino Jaraula | 2007–2010 | Vicente Yap Emano (2007–2010) |
| (12) | Vicente Yap Emano | 2010–2013 | Cesar Ian Acenas (2010–2016) |
| 13 | Oscar S. Moreno | 2013–2022 | Cesar Ian Acenas (2010–2016) |
| 13 | Oscar S. Moreno | 2013–2022 | Raineir Joaquín Vélez Uy (2016–2022) |
| 14 | Rolando A. Uy | 2022–present | Jocelyn B. Rodriguez |

## Vice Mayor

The Vice Mayor is the second-highest official of the city The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.
The Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the 19-man Cagayan de Oro City Council, and he can only vote in case of a tiebreaker. If the mayor dies or is either suspended or removed from office, the vice mayor assumes the functions as city mayor and serve out his remaining term until the next election.
In case that the vice mayor dies while in office or is either removed or suspended, his duties will be carried out by the No.1 councilor, which is the councilor who garnered the most votes in the immediately preceding election.
The incumbent Vice Mayor is Jocelyn B. Rodriguez as of June 30, 2022.