# Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)

The secretary of transportation (Filipino: Kalihim ng Transportasyon) is the head of the Department of Transportation and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.
The current secretary is Vince Dizon, who assumed office on February 21, 2025.

## List of secretaries of transportation

| # | Name | Term began | Term ended | President |
| Minister of Public Works and Communications ||||||
| 1 | Maximino Paterno | January 21, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Secretary of Public Works and Communications ||||||
| 2 | Antonio de las Alas | November 15, 1935 | 1936 | Manuel Quezon |
| 3 | Mariano Jesús Cuenco | 1936 | 1939 | Manuel Quezon |
| 4 | José Avelino | 1939 | 1941 | Manuel Quezon |
| Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor ||||||
| 5 | Basilio Valdes | December 23, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | Manuel Quezon |
| Secretary of Public Works and Communications ||||||
| 6 | Jose Paez | 1944 | 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 7 | Sotero Cabahug | 1945 | May 28, 1946 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 8 | Ricardo Nepumoceno | May 28, 1946 | July 1, 1949 | Manuel Roxas |
| 8 | Ricardo Nepumoceno | May 28, 1946 | July 1, 1949 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 9 | Prospero Sanidad | February 21, 1950 | 1951 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 10 | Sotero Baluyut | January 6, 1951 | 1952 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 11 | Pablo Lorenzo | May 6, 1952 | 1953 | Elpidio Quirino |
| Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications ||||||
| 12 | Vicente Orosa | March 10, 1954 | 1955 | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 13 | Florencio Moreno | April 30, 1955 | December 30, 1961 | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 13 | Florencio Moreno | April 30, 1955 | December 30, 1961 | Carlos P. Garcia |
| 14 | Marciano Bautista | 1961 | 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 15 | Paulino Cases | 1962 | 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 16 | Brigido Valencia | 1962 | 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 17 | Jorge Abad | 1963 | 1965 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 18 | Antonio Raquiza | August 24, 1966 | 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 19 | Rene Espina | November 1968 | September 1969 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 20 | Manuel Syquio | September 1969 | 1970 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 21 | David Consunji | 1970 | 1975 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 22 | Alfredo Juinio | 1975 | 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications ||||||
| (22) | Alfredo Juinio | 1978 | 1981 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Minister of Transportation and Communications ||||||
| 23 | Jose P. Dans | 1981 | 1986 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Secretary of Transportation and Communications ||||||
| 24 | Hernando Perez | February 25, 1986 | March 1987 | Corazon C. Aquino |
| 25 | Rainerio O. Reyes | March 1987 | 1989 | Corazon C. Aquino |
| 26 | Oscar Orbos | January 3, 1990 | December 9, 1990 | Corazon C. Aquino |
| 27 | Arturo Corona | 1990 | 1992 | Corazon C. Aquino |
| 28 | Pete Nicomedes Prado | 1992 | 1992 | Corazon C. Aquino |
| 29 | Jesus Garcia | July 1992 | March 1996 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 30 | Amado S. Lagdameo | April 1996 | April 1997 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 31 | Arturo Enrile | April 1997 | January 1998 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 32 | Josefina Trinidad-Luchauco | January 1998 | June 30, 1998 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 33 | Vicente C. Rivera | June 30, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
| 34 | Pantaleon Alvarez | January 20, 2001 | July 3, 2002 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 35 | Leandro Mendoza | July 3, 2002 | February 23, 2010 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Act | Anneli R. Lontoc | March 9, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 36 | Jose de Jesus | June 30, 2010 | July 4, 2011 | Benigno S. Aquino III |
| 37 | Mar Roxas | July 4, 2011 | October 18, 2012 | Benigno S. Aquino III |
| 38 | Jun Abaya | October 18, 2012 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno S. Aquino III |
| Secretary of Transportation ||||||
| 39 | Arthur Tugade | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | Rodrigo Duterte |
| 40 | Jaime Bautista | June 30, 2022 | February 21, 2025 | Bongbong Marcos |
| 41 | Vince Dizon | February 21, 2025 | Incumbent | Bongbong Marcos |