Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines)

The secretary of trade and industry (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya) is the head of the Department of Trade and Industry and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.^[1]

Secretary of Trade and Industry
Kalihim ng Kalakalan at Industriya
Official logo of the Department of Trade and Industry
Incumbent Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque since August 2, 2024
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	León María Guerrero
Formation	September 6, 1901 (123 years ago) (1901-09-06)
Website	www.dti.gov.ph

List of secretaries of trade and industry

#	Image	Name	Position	Tenure started	Tenure ended	President
1		León María Guerrero	Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce	May 7, 1899	November 13, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
2		William Cameron Forbes	Secretary of Commerce and Police	June 5, 1904	November 10, 1909	Luke Edward Wright (Governor General)
3		Rafael Alunan Sr.	Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce	1932	1932	Insular Government
4		Vicente Singson Encarnacion		1933	1934
5		Eulogio Rodriguez		July 26, 1934	November 15, 1935
				November 15, 1935	1938	Manuel Quezon
6		Benigno Aquino Sr.		1938	1940
7		Rafael Alunan Sr.		1940	1941
8		Andrés Soriano Sr.	Secretary of Finance, Agriculture, and Commerce	March 26, 1942	July 31, 1944
9		Manuel Nieto	Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce	1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
10		Delfín Jaranilla	Secretary of Justice, Agriculture and Commerce	February 27, 1945	July 12, 1945
11		Vicente Singson Encarnacion	Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce	July 12, 1945	1946
12		Cornelio Balmaceda	Secretary of Commerce and Industry	1947	1953	Manuel Roxas
						Elpidio Quirino
13		Oscar Ledesma		1953	1957	Ramon Magsaysay
14		Pedro Hernaez		1957	1960	Carlos P. Garcia
15		Manuel Lim		1960	1962
						Diosdado Macapagal
16		Rufino Hechanova		1962	1963
(12)		Cornelio Balmaceda		1963	1965
17		Marcelo Balatbat		1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
18		Leonides Sarao Virata		1969	1970
19		Ernesto Maceda		1970	1971
20		Troadio Quiazon		1971	1974
21		Vicente Paterno	Secretary of Industry	1974	1978
			Minister of Industry	1978	1979
22		Roberto Ongpin		July 23, 1979	June 30, 1981
23		Luis Villafuerte Sr.	Minister of Commerce	July 23, 1979	June 30, 1981
(22)		Roberto Ongpin	Minister of Commerce and Industry	June 30, 1981	February 25, 1986
24		Jose Concepcion Jr.	Secretary of Trade and Industry	February 25, 1986	January 8, 1991	Corazon C. Aquino
25		Peter Garrucho		January 9, 1991	February 1992
26		Lilia Bautista		February 1992	June 30, 1992
27		Rizalino Navarro		July 1, 1992	July 30, 1996	Fidel V. Ramos
28		Cesar B. Bautista		August 1, 1996	June 30, 1998
29		Jose Pardo		June 30, 1998	January 2, 2000	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
30		Mar Roxas		January 2, 2000	December 10, 2003
						Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
31		Cesar Purisima		December 10, 2003	February 15, 2005
32		Juan Santos		February 15, 2005	July 8, 2005
33		Peter B. Favila		July 8, 2005	March 15, 2010
34		Jesli Lapus		March 15, 2010	June 30, 2010
35		Gregory Domingo		June 30, 2010	December 30, 2015	Benigno S. Aquino III
36		Adrian Cristobal Jr.[2]		December 31, 2015	June 30, 2016
37		Ramon Lopez		June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Roa Duterte
38		Alfredo E. Pascual[3][4]		June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022)	August 2, 2024	Bongbong Marcos
39		Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque[5]		August 2, 2024	Incumbent