Secretary of Agrarian Reform

The secretary of agrarian reform (Filipino: Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan) is the head of the Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.

Secretary of Agrarian Reform
Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan
Incumbent Conrado Estrella III since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Precursor	Governor of the Land Authority
Inaugural holder	Conrado F. Estrella
Formation	September 10, 1971
Website	http://www.dar.gov.ph

Powers and functions

According to the Administrative Code of 1987, the following are the powers and functions of a secretary:^[1]

• Advise the president in issuing executive orders, regulations, proclamations and other issuances, the promulgation of which is expressly vested by law in the president relative to matters under the jurisdiction of the department;
• Establish the policies and standards for the operation of the department pursuant to the approved programs of government;
• Promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out department objectives, policies, functions, plans, programs and projects;
• Promulgate administrative issuances necessary for the efficient administration of the offices under the secretary and for proper execution of the laws relative thereto;
• Exercise disciplinary powers over officers and employees under the secretary in accordance with law, including their investigation and the designation of a committee or officer to conduct such investigation;
• Appoint all officers and employees of the department except those whose appointments are vested in the president or in some other appointing authority;
• Exercise jurisdiction over all bureaus, offices, agencies and corporations under the department;
• Delegate authority to officers and employees under the secretary’s direction;
• Perform such other functions as may be provided by law.

List

No.	Portrait	Secretary	Took office	Left office	President
Secretary of Agrarian Reform
1		Conrado Estrella Sr. (1917–2011) [2]	September 10, 1971	June 2, 1978	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Agrarian Reform[3]
(1)		Conrado Estrella Sr. (1917–2011)	June 2, 1978	April 30, 1986	Ferdinand Marcos
					Corazon Aquino
2		Heherson Alvarez (1939–2020)	May 1, 1986	February 11, 1987
Secretary of Agrarian Reform[4]
(2)		Heherson Alvarez (1939–2020)	February 11, 1987	March 7, 1987	Corazon Aquino
3		Philip Juico	July 23, 1987	July 1, 1989
4		Miriam Defensor Santiago (1945–2016)	July 20, 1989	January 4, 1990
5		Florencio Abad (born 1954)	January 4, 1990	April 5, 1990
6		Benjamin Leong	April 6, 1990	June 30, 1992
7		Ernesto Garilao	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1998	Fidel V. Ramos
8		Horacio Morales (1943–2012)	June 30, 1998	February 11, 2001	Joseph Estrada
					Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
9		Hernani Braganza	February 12, 2001	January 15, 2003
10		Roberto Pagdanganan (born 1946)	January 20, 2003	January 20, 2004
–[lower-alpha 1]		Jose Mari Ponce	February 20, 2004	August 24, 2004
11		Rene Villa	August 26, 2004	September 27, 2004
Secretary of Land Reform[5]
(11)		Rene Villa	September 27, 2004	July 9, 2005	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
12		Nasser Pangandaman	July 9, 2005	August 23, 2005
Secretary of Agrarian Reform[6]
(12)		Nasser Pangandaman	August 23, 2005	June 30, 2010	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
13		Virgilio de los Reyes [7]	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno Aquino III
–[lower-alpha 2]		Rafael V. Mariano (born 1956) [8][9]	June 30, 2016	September 6, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte
–[lower-alpha 3]		Rosalina Bistoyong [10]	September 12, 2017	November 30, 2017
–[lower-alpha 1]		John Castriciones (born 1962) [11][12][13]	December 1, 2017	March 22, 2018
14			March 22, 2018	October 14, 2021
–[lower-alpha 1]		Bernie Cruz [14]	October 28, 2021	June 22, 2022
–[lower-alpha 3]		David Erro [15]	June 22, 2022	June 30, 2022
15		Conrado Estrella III (born 1960)	June 30, 2022	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

Notes

1. Acting secretary.
2. Interim secretary.
3. Officer in charge.

References

1. "Executive Order No. 292 [BOOK IV/Chapter 2-Secretaries, Undersecretaries, and Assistant Secretaries]". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Official Gazette Vol. 68, No. 21. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1972. pp. 4102–28.
3. "Presidential Decree No. 1397, s. 1978". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
4. "Administrative Order No. 15, s. 1987". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
5. "Executive Order No. 364, s. 2004". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
6. "Executive Order No. 456, s. 2005". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
7. "Appointments: June 30, 2010". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
8. Viray, Patricia Lourdes (June 30, 2016). "Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on July 1, 2016.
9. Geronimo, Jee Y. (September 6, 2017). "CA rejects Rafael Mariano as agrarian reform secretary". Rappler. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
10. Corrales, Nestor (September 11, 2017). "Duterte names DAR officer in charge". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022.
11. Ranada, Pia (December 1, 2017). "Duterte appoints John Castriciones acting DAR secretary". Rappler. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
12. Musico, Jelly (April 11, 2018). "PRRD names Castriciones as new DAR chief". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on June 7, 2022.
13. Pedrajas, Joseph (October 14, 2021). "DAR Sec. Castriciones steps down for 2022 polls". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on October 14, 2021.
14. Gita-Carlos, Ruth Abbey (October 30, 2021). "Bernie Cruz named DAR acting chief". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022.
15. Parrocha, Azer (June 23, 2022). "Duterte names new DAR, DENR OICs". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022.

External links

• DAR website