# Secretary of Education (Philippines)

The secretary of education (Filipino: Kalihim ng Edukasyon) is the member of the Cabinet of the Philippines in charge of the Department of Education (DepEd).
The current secretary is Sonny Angara, who was sworn in on July 19, 2024.

## Powers, duties, and functions

Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the secretary exercises supervision and control over the entire department and performs the following functions:
* Advises the president on matters related to education.
* Establishes the policies and standards for the operation of the department pursuant to the approved programs of the government.
* Promulgates rules and regulations necessary to carry out the objectives, policies, functions, plans, programs and projects of the department.
* Promulgates issuances necessary for the efficient administration of the offices under him and proper implementations of laws relative to education.
* Exercises disciplinary powers over officials and employees in accordance with existing laws.
* Formulates and enforces a management control system to measure and evaluate performance of the department and submits periodic reports to the President.
* Prepares and submits to the president through the Department of Budget and Management the budget of the department.
* Appoints all officers and employees of the department except those whose appointment is vested in the president.

## List
### 1898–1899

| No. | Secretary | Took office | Left office | President |
| Ministro de Fomento - Dirrecion de Instruccion Publica ||||||
| 1 | Felipe Buencamino (1848−1929) | September 26, 1898 | January 21, 1899 | Emilio F. Aguinaldo |
| 2 | Gracio Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 | May 07, 1899 | Emilio F. Aguinaldo |
| 3 | Aguedo Velarde | May 07, 1899 | November 13, 1899 | Emilio F. Aguinaldo |

### 1901–1935

| No. | Secretary | Took office | Left office | Governor-General |
| Secretary of Public Instruction ||||||
| 4 | Bernard Moses (1846−1930) | March, 1900 | December 31, 1902 | William Howard Taft |
| 5 | James Francis Smith (1859−1928) | January 1, 1902 | September 20, 1906 | William Howard Taft |
| 5 | James Francis Smith (1859−1928) | January 1, 1902 | September 20, 1906 | Luke Edward Wright |
| 5 | James Francis Smith (1859−1928) | January 1, 1902 | September 20, 1906 | Henry Clay Ide |
| 6 | William Morgan Shuster (1877−1960) | September 28, 1906 | March 1, 1909 | James Francis Smith |
| 7 | Newton W. Gilbert (1862−1939) | March 1, 1909 | December 1, 1913 | James Francis Smith |
| 7 | Newton W. Gilbert (1862−1939) | March 1, 1909 | December 1, 1913 | William Cameron Forbes |
| 7 | Newton W. Gilbert (1862−1939) | March 1, 1909 | December 1, 1913 | Newton W. Gilbert |
| 7 | Newton W. Gilbert (1862−1939) | March 1, 1909 | December 1, 1913 | Francis Burton Harrison |
| 8 | Henderson S. Martin | December 1, 1913 | June 28, 1917 | Francis Burton Harrison |
| 9 | Charles Yeater (1861−1943) | June 29, 1917 | January 25, 1922 | Francis Burton Harrison |
| 9 | Charles Yeater (1861−1943) | June 29, 1917 | January 25, 1922 | Charles Yeater |
| 9 | Charles Yeater (1861−1943) | June 29, 1917 | January 25, 1922 | Leonard Wood |
| 10 | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871−1953) | January 26, 1922 | June 20, 1930 | Leonard Wood |
| 10 | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871−1953) | January 26, 1922 | June 20, 1930 | Eugene Allen Gilmore |
| 10 | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871−1953) | January 26, 1922 | June 20, 1930 | Henry L. Stimson |
| 10 | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871−1953) | January 26, 1922 | June 20, 1930 | Eugene Allen Gilmore |
| 10 | Eugene Allen Gilmore (1871−1953) | January 26, 1922 | June 20, 1930 | Dwight F. Davis |
| – | Nicholas Roosevelt (1893−1982) | July 29, 1930 | September 24, 1930 | Dwight F. Davis |
| 11 | George C. Butte (1877−1940) | December 31, 1930 | June 30, 1932 | Dwight F. Davis |
| 11 | George C. Butte (1877−1940) | December 31, 1930 | June 30, 1932 | George C. Butte |
| 11 | George C. Butte (1877−1940) | December 31, 1930 | June 30, 1932 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| 12 | John H. Holliday | August 13, 1932 | September 1, 1933 | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
| 12 | John H. Holliday | August 13, 1932 | September 1, 1933 | Frank Murphy |
| 13 | Joseph R. Hayden (1887−1945) | November 7, 1933 | November 15, 1935 | Frank Murphy |

### 1935–present

| No. | Secretary | Took office | Left office | President |
| Secretary of Public Instruction ||||||
| 14 | Sergio Osmeña (1878−1961) | November 15, 1935 | December 1, 1938 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| 15 | Manuel L. Quezon (1878−1944) | December 1, 1938 | April 19, 1939 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| 16 | Jorge Bocobo | April 19, 1939 | December 24, 1941 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Secretary of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare ||||||
| (14) | Sergio Osmeña (1878−1961) | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | Manuel L. Quezon |
| Commissioner of Education, Health and Welfare ||||||
| 17 | Claro M. Recto (1890−1960) | January 26, 1942 | October 14, 1943 | Jorge B. Vargas |
| Minister of Education, Health and Public Welfare ||||||
| – | Gabriel Mañalac | October 20, 1943 | January 1, 1944 | Jose P. Laurel |
| Minister of Education ||||||
| 18 | Camilo Osías (1889−1976) | May 18, 1944 | February, 1945 | Jose P. Laurel |
| Secretary of Information and Public Relations ||||||
| 19 | Carlos P. Romulo (1899−1985) | October 1944 | February 27, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
| Secretary of Instruction and Information ||||||
| 20 | Maximo Kalaw (1891−1954) | March 8, 1945 | May 4, 1945 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 21 | Jose Reyes | May 5, 1945 | January 3, 1946 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 22 | Francisco Benitez | January 3, 1946 | May 27, 1946 | Sergio Osmeña |
| 23 | Manuel Gallego | May 28, 1946 | October 4, 1947 | Manuel Roxas |
| Secretary of Education ||||||
| (23) | Manuel Gallego | October 4, 1947 | September 20, 1948 | Manuel Roxas |
| (23) | Manuel Gallego | October 4, 1947 | September 20, 1948 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 24 | Prudencio Langcauon | September 21, 1948 | September 13, 1950 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 25 | Pablo Lorenzo | September 14, 1950 | April 3, 1951 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 26 | Teodoro Evangelista | May 18, 1951 | September 30, 1951 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 27 | Cecilio Putong (1891−1980) | April 18, 1952 | January 13, 1954 | Elpidio Quirino |
| 27 | Cecilio Putong (1891−1980) | April 18, 1952 | January 13, 1954 | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 28 | Pastor Endencia | January 13, 1954 | June 30, 1954 | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 29 | Gregorio Hernandez Jr. | July 1, 1954 | March 17, 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay |
| 30 | Martin Aguilar Jr. | March 18, 1957 | September 2, 1957 | Carlos P. Garcia |
| 31 | Manuel Lim | September 3, 1957 | November 17, 1957 | Carlos P. Garcia |
| 32 | Daniel Salcedo | November 18, 1957 | May 31, 1959 | Carlos P. Garcia |
| 33 | José E. Romero (1897−1978) | June 1, 1959 | September 4, 1962 | Carlos P. Garcia |
| 33 | José E. Romero (1897−1978) | June 1, 1959 | September 4, 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 34 | Jose Tuason | September 5, 1962 | December 30, 1962 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 35 | Alejandro Roces (1924−2011) | December 30, 1962 | September 7, 1965 | Diosdado Macapagal |
| 36 | Carlos P. Romulo (1899−1985) | December 30, 1965 | December 16, 1967 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 37 | Onofre Corpuz (1926−2013) | December 17, 1967 | April 20, 1971 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 38 | Juan Manuel | April 21, 1971 | September 23, 1972 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Secretary of Education and Culture ||||||
| (38) | Juan Manuel | September 24, 1972 | June 2, 1978 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Minister of Education and Culture ||||||
| (38) | Juan Manuel | June 2, 1978 | June 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| (37) | Onofre Corpuz (1926−2013) | July 1979 | September 10, 1982 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Minister of Education, Culture and Sports ||||||
| (37) | Onofre Corpuz (1926−2013) | September 11, 1982 | January 18, 1984 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 39 | Jaime C. Laya (born 1939) | January 18, 1984 | February 25, 1986 | Ferdinand Marcos |
| 40 | Lourdes Quisumbing (1921−2017) | February 25, 1986 | February 11, 1987 | Corazon Aquino |
| Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports ||||||
| (40) | Lourdes Quisumbing (1921−2017) | February 11, 1987 | December 1989 | Corazon Aquino |
| 41 | Isidro Cariño | January 3, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | Corazon Aquino |
| 42 | Armand Fabella (1930−2008) | July 1, 1992 | July 6, 1994 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 43 | Ricardo Gloria | July 7, 1994 | December 1997 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 44 | Erlinda Pefianco | February 2, 1998 | June 30, 1998 | Fidel V. Ramos |
| 45 | Andrew Gonzalez (1940−2006) | July 1, 1998 | January 22, 2001 | Joseph Estrada |
| 45 | Andrew Gonzalez (1940−2006) | July 1, 1998 | January 22, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 46 | Raul Roco (1941–2005) | January 22, 2001 | August 10, 2001 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Secretary of Education ||||||
| (46) | Raul Roco (1941–2005) | August 11, 2001 | August 2002 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 47 | Edilberto de Jesus | September 2002 | August 2004 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 48 | Florencio Abad (born 1954) | September 23, 2004 | July 8, 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| – | Ramon Bacani | July 8, 2005 | August 30, 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| – | Fe Hidalgo | August 31, 2005 | October 3, 2006 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 49 | Jesli Lapus (born 1949) | October 4, 2006 | March 15, 2010 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 50 | Mona Valisno | March 15, 2010 | June 30, 2010 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| 51 | Armin Luistro (born 1961) | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2016 | Benigno Aquino III |
| 52 | Leonor Briones (born 1940) | June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2022 | Rodrigo Duterte |
| 53 | Sara Duterte (born 1978) | June 30, 2022 | July 19, 2024 | Bongbong Marcos |
| 54 | Sonny Angara (born 1972) | July 19, 2024 | Incumbent | Bongbong Marcos |