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The mayor of Valenzuela (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela), a highly urbanized city in northern Metro Manila, Philippines, is the official head and chief executive of Valenzuela. He leads on enforcing city ordinances and improving public services. The mayor has a term of office of three years, but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms. Inaugural holder of the office was Pío Valenzuela (1869–1956), served from 1899 to 1901, for whom the city was named.
Mayor of Valenzuela | |
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Punong Lungsod ng Valenzuela | |
Style | (Mr.) Mayor, Honorable Mayor |
Appointer | None, elected via popular vote |
Term length | 3 years (Maximum of three consecutive terms) |
Inaugural holder | Pío Valenzuela |
Formation | September 6, 1899 |
Salary | ₱334,104 (US$7,856.28, Aug 2011) |
Website | valenzuela.gov.ph |
During the Spanish colonial period, the town that composed of what is now Valenzuela, called before as Polo, was ruled by a gobernadorcillo appointed through an exclusive nomination provided by the Spanish law. Later in the American period, first mayor Pío Valenzuela was appointed as its first municipal president until his resignation in 1901. Since then, municipal presidents are elected by a popular vote.
The current 1987 Constitution of the Philippines and the City Charter of 1998 defined the position, powers and responsibilities of the mayor.[1]
Name | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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1 | Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino | 1899 | 1901 | Member of the Katipunan triumvirate. First mayor of Polo. Appointed by the Americans as the municipal president (presidente municipal) of the town in 1899. Served as the 10th governor of Bulacan from 1921 to 1925.[2] | |
2 | Nemencio D. Santiago | 1901 | 1903 | ||
3 | Rufino D. Valenzuela | 1903 | 1907 | First of two terms as mayor. | |
4 | Inoc D. Guansing | 1908 | 1909 | ||
5 | Melencio Hernandez | 1910 | 1912 | ||
6 | José Serapio | 1912 | 1917 | Served as the 3rd governor of Bulacan from 1900 to 1901.[3] | |
– | Fortunato Rivera | 1917 | Acting mayor | ||
7 | Rufino D. Valenzuela | 1917 | 1919 | Second of two terms as mayor. | |
8 | Tomás de Castro | 1920 | 1922 | ||
9 | Arcadío Deato | 1922 | 1928 | ||
10 | Barcenico Espiritu | 1928 | 1931 | ||
11 | Andres Fernando | 1931 | 1937 | First two of three terms as mayor. | |
12 | Leopoldo Santiago | 1937 | 1940 | ||
13 | Andres Fernando | 1940 | 1942 | Third of three terms as mayor. | |
14 | Feliciano Ponciano | 1942 | 1944 | Replaced Fernando in 1942. Executed by the Japanese during the reign of terror of 1944.[4] | |
15 | Pedro de Guía | 1944 | 1945 | ||
16 | Faustino Cruz y Dela Cruz | 1945 | 1946 | First Military Mayor. The prime mover in changing the name Municipality of Polo to Municipality of Valenzuela in honor of Dr. Pio Valenzuela in 1947 and later approved by President Carlos P. Garcia in 1960. | |
17 | Florentino Deato | 1946 | 1951 | First of two terms as mayor. | |
18 | Avelino Deato | 1952 | 1955 | ||
19 | Ignacio Santiago, Sr. | 1956 | 1959 | First of two terms as mayor, last mayor of a unified Polo. | |
Name | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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20 | Florentino Deato | 1960 | 1963 | Only mayor of Polo; second of two terms as mayor. |
Name | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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– | Enrique Bautista | 1960 | First mayor of Valenzuela; appointed mayor | ||
– | Pío Angeles | 1960 | 1961 | Appointed mayor | |
– | Gregorio Marcelo | 1961 | 1962 | Appointed mayor | |
– | Faustino Lazaro | 1962 | 1963 | Last mayor of Valenzuela; appointed mayor |
Name | From | To | Party | Notes | |
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21 | Ignacio Santiago, Sr. | 1964 | 1967 | Second of two terms as mayor; mayor of the reunified municipality of Valenzuela; served as the 15th governor of Bulacan from 1968 to 1986.[5] | |
22 | Geronimo S. Angeles | 1968 | 1986 | Longest-serving mayor; Republic of the Philippines up to Martial Law and integration of Valenzuela to Metropolitan Manila Commission in 1975. The Finance Center Building of the city, Bulwagang Geronimo Angeles (Geronimo Angeles Hall) was named after him. | |
– | Wilfredo F. Chongco | 1986 | 1987 | PDP–Laban | Appointed mayor by President Corazon Aquino |
– | Artemio P. Andres | 1988 | Acting mayor. | ||
– | Linda Tantay Santos | 1988 | Acting mayor. | ||
– | Romeo Llenado | 1988 | Acting mayor. | ||
23 | Santiago A. de Guzman | 1988 | 1995 | Nacionalista | |
24 | Jose Emmanuel L. Carlos | 1995 | 1998 | Lakas–CMD | Term extended until the cityhood of Valenzuela. |
Image | Name | From | To | Election | Party | Vice Mayor | |
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24 | Jose Emmanuel L. Carlos | December 30, 1998 | June 30, 2004 | 1998 | Lakas-CMD | Ernesto P. De Guzman | |
2001 | Antonio R. Espiritu | ||||||
25 | Sherwin T. Gatchalian | June 30, 2004 | June 30, 2013 | 2004 | NPC | ||
2007 | Eric M. Martinez | ||||||
2010 | |||||||
26 | Rexlon T. Gatchalian | June 30, 2013 | June 30, 2022 | 2013 | NPC | ||
2016 | Lorena C. Natividad-Borja | ||||||
2019 | |||||||
27 | Weslie T. Gatchalian | June 30, 2022 | Present | 2022 | NPC |
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