 the executive departments of the philippines is the largest component of the national executive branch of the government of the philippines. there are a total of nineteen executive departments. the departments comprise the largest part of the country's bureaucracy. the heads of these departments are referred to as the cabinet of the philippines. during the presidency of ferdinand marcos, upon the mandate of the then 1973 constitution, he changed the departments into ministries from 1978 to the end of his government. for example, the department of education became ministry of education, culture and sports. ==list of current executive departments (as of june 30, 2010)== all departments are listed by their present-day name with their english names on top and filipino names at the bottom. department heads are listed at the cabinet of the philippines article. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !department !acronym !secretary !function |- |department of agrarian reformkagawaran ng repormang pansakahan |dar (krp) |september 1, 1971 | |- |department of agriculturekagawaran ng pagsasaka |da (kps) |june 23, 1898 | |- |department of budget and managementkagawaran ng pagbabadyet at pamamahala |dbm (kpp) |april 25, 1936 | |- |department of educationkagawaran ng edukasyon |deped (ked) |january 21, 1901 | |- |department of energykagawaran ng enerhiya |doe (ken) |december 9, 1992 | |- |department of environment and natural resourceskagawaran ng kapaligiran at likas na kayamanan |denr (kklk) |january 1, 1917 | |- |department of financekagawaran ng pananalapi |dof (knpn) |march 17, 1897 | |- |department of foreign affairskagawaran ng ugnayang panlabas |dfa (kup) |june 23, 1898 | |- |department of healthkagawaran ng kalusugan |doh (knkl) |september 29, 1898 | |- |department of the interior and local governmentkagawaran ng interyor at pamahalaang lokal |dilg (kipl) |march 22, 1897 | |- |department of justicekagawaran ng katarungan |doj (knkt) |september 26, 1898 | |- |department of labor and employmentkagawaran ng paggawa at empleyo |dole (knpe) |december 8, 1933 |{{url|www.dole
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