List of mayors in Metro Manila explained

Metro Manila is a metropolitan area in the Philippines, consisting of 16 cities and a municipality, designated as the National Capital Region (NCR) of the country.

The mayors in Metro Manila are considered as the local chief executives of their respective localities and they also form part of the Metro Manila Council of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).^[1]

Incumbent mayors

City/Municipality	Name	Image	Birth date	Party	Took office	Term	Title	Vice Mayor	Term
			31 October 1979	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino		1st	Mayor of Caloocan	Anna Karina Teh-Limsico	1st
			31 October 1946	Nacionalista		3rd	Mayor of Las Piñas	April Aguilar-Nery	2nd
			12 December 1975			3rd	Mayor of Makati	Monique Lagdameo	3rd
			14 January 1978	Nacionalista		1st	Mayor of Malabon	Bernard Dela Cruz	2nd
			21 September 1934			1st	Mayor of Mandaluyong	Carmelita Abalos	1st
			8 May 1965			1st	Mayor of Manila	Yul Servo Nieto	1st
			2 August 1970			3rd	Mayor of Marikina	Marion Andres	2nd
			20 March 1969			1st	Mayor of Muntinlupa	Artemio Simundac	2nd
			21 November 1972			1st	Mayor of Navotas	Tito Sanchez	1st
			4 October 1970		Partido Demokratiko Pilipino		1st	Mayor of Parañaque	Joan Villafuerte-Densing	1st
			16 August 1960			2nd	Mayor of Pasay	Waldetrudes Del Rosario	1st
			17 June 1989	Independent		2nd	Mayor of Pasig	Robert Jaworski Jr.	1st
			15 June 1959			3rd	Mayor of Pateros	Carlo Santos	1st
			15 March 1970			2nd	Mayor of Quezon City	Gian Sotto	2nd
			5 December 1977		Partido Demokratiko Pilipino		2nd	Mayor of San Juan	Angelo Agcaoili	1st
			11 December 1981	Nacionalista		1st	Mayor of Taguig	Arvin Ian Alit	1st
			11 August 1980			1st	Mayor of Valenzuela	Lorena Natividad-Borja	3rd

Lists of mayors

The following is the lists of mayors of Metro Manila's 17 local government units since 1901.

Caloocan

See main article: Mayor of Caloocan.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Pedro Silva	1902–1904	First municipal president
2	Silverio Baltazar	1904–1906
3	Tomás Susano	1906–1908
4	León Nadurata	1908–1910
5	Emilio Sánchez	1910–1913
6	Godofredo Herrera	1913–1915
7	José Sánchez	1915–1921
8	Dominador Aquino	1922–1925
9	Pablo Pablo	1926–1928
10	Dominador Aquino	1928–1931
11	Pablo Pablo	1932–1940
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
12	Cornelio Cordero	1941–1944	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Caloocan
13	Oscar Baello	1945–1946
14	Jesús Basa	1946–1951
15	Macario Asistio Sr.	1952–1971	First city mayor
16	Marcial Samson	1972–1976
17	Alejandro Fider	1976–1978
18	Toribio Paulino	1978–1978
19	Alejandro Fider	1978–1978
20	Virgilo Robles	1978–1979
21		1980–1986
	Virgilio Robles	1986–1986	Acting mayor
	Antonio Martínez	1986–1987	Acting mayor
	Críspulo San Gabriel	1987–1988	Acting mayor
21		1988–1995
22		1995–2004
23		2004–2013
24		2013–2022
25		2022–present

Las Piñas

See main article: Mayor of Las Piñas.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Juan Tiongkiao	1908–1913
2	Mariano Santos	1913–1916
3	Rufino De Leon	1916–1918
4	Manuel Arevalo	1918–1922
5	Clemente Dalandan	1922–1925
6	Elías Aldana	1925–1934
7	Eugenio Trinidad	1935–1937
8	Bernardo Aldana	1938–1946
9	Eugenio Trinidad	1947–1951
10	Pedro de la Cruz	1952–1959
11	Francisco Antonio	1959–1963
12	Filemón Aguilar	1964–1986
	Alfredo Juntilla	1986–1988	Acting mayor
13	Rosalino Riguera	1988–1992
14	Gabriel Casimiro	1992–1995
15		1995–2004	First city mayor
16		2004–2007
	Vergel Aguilar	2007–2016
	Imelda Aguilar	2016–present

Makati

See main article: Mayor of Makati.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Marcelino Magsaysay	1901–1903	First municipal president of San Pedro de Macati
2	Eusebio Arpilleda	1903–1908
3	Hermogenes Santos	1908–1911
4	Urbano Navarro	1911–1913
5	José Magsaysay	1913–1916	First municipal president of Makati renamed from San Pedro de Macati
6	Pedro Domingo	1917–1919
7	Ricardo Arpilleda	1919–1920
8	Igmidio Flores	1920–1922
9	Nicanor García	1922–1934
10	José Villena	1935–1944	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Makati (1941–1944)
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
11	Pablo Cortés	1944–1947
	José Villena	1948–1954
12	Ignacio Babasa	1954
13	Bernardo Umali	1954
14	Máximo Estrella	1956–1969
15	José Luciano	1969–1971	Died in office
	César Alzona	1971–1971	Acting mayor
16		1972–1986	Died in office
		1986–1987	Acting mayor
	Sergio Santos	1988–1988	Acting mayor
17		1988–1998	First city mayor
18		1998–2001	First Female City Mayor
		2001–2010
19		2010–2015
		2015–2016	Acting mayor
20		2016–present	Second Female City Mayor

Malabon

See main article: Mayor of Malabon.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1		1903–1905	Municipal president of Malabon after amalgamation with Navotas
2	Ángel Luna	1909–1911
3	Basilio Bautista	1918–1921
4	Teófilo Santos	1922–1927
5	Sinfroso Pascual	1928–1930
6	Teófilo Santos	1931–1936
7	Eleutério de Jesús	1937–1939
8	Francisco Barican	1939–1939
9	José Geukeko	1940–1945
	Victor Gaza	1945–1945
10	Patério Aquino	1946–1951
11	Florante Villegas	1952–1955
12	Lucio Gutiérrez	1960–1971
	José Cruz	1971–1971	Died in office
13	Maynardo Espíritu	1972–1986
	Cipriano Lacson	1987–1988
14	Prospero "Pong" Oreta	1988–1995
15	Amado "Boy" Vicencio	1995–2004	First city mayor
16		2004–2012	Uncle of former Mayor Antolin Oreta III
17		2012–2022	Son of former Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta
18		2022–present	First female mayor of the city.^[2]

Mandaluyong

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Buenaventura Domingo	1901	First municipal president of San Felipe Neri
2	Dr. Antonio Fernando	1902
3	Januario Coronado	1902
4	Miguel Vergara	1902
5	Pantaleón Blas	1903	Municipal president after the annexation of San Juan
6	Claro Castañeda	1905	Municipal president after the restoration of San Juan
7	Apolinar Coronado	1907–1909
	Januario Coronado	1909–1912
8	Marcelo Lerma	1912–1916
9	Mariano Castañeda	1916–1922
10	Clemente Fernando	1922–1925
11	Gregorio Pedro	1925–1928
	Clemente Fernando	1928–1934	First municipal mayor of Mandaluyong renamed from San Felipe Neri
12	Isaac López	1935–1939
13	Ponciano Enríquez	1940–1941
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
14	Pedro Cruz	1941–1944	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Mandaluyong (1941–1944)
15	Primo Guzmán	1945
	Pedro Cruz	1946
16	Bonifacio Javier	1946–1955
	Pedro Cruz	1956–1959
	Bonifacio Javier	1960–1962
17	Amado T. Reyes	1963–1963
18	Melchor Arcangel	1963–1963
19	Macario Trinidad	1963–1963
20	Filemón Javier	1964–1971
21	Renato López	1972–1980
22	Ernesto Domingo	1980–1986
		1986–1987	Acting mayor
	Román de los Santos	1987–1988	Acting mayor
23		1988–1998	First city mayor
24		1998–2004
25		2004–2007
		2007–2016
26		2016–2022
		2022–present

Manila

See main article: Mayor of Manila.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1		1901–1905	First appointed City Mayor
2	Félix Roxas	1905–1917
3		1917–1920
4	Ramón Fernández	1920–1923
5		1923–1924
6	Miguel Romuáldez	1924–1927
7	Tomás Earnshaw	1927–1933
8	Juan Posadas	1934–1940
(5)		1940–1941
9		1941–1941
10		1941–1942	Concurrently as Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
11		1942–1944	Concurrently as Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
12		1944–1945
(9)		1945–1946
13	Valeriano Fugoso	1946–1947
14	Manuel de la Fuente	1948–1951
15		1952–1962	First elected Mayor
16		1962–1971
17		1972–1986
18		1986–1987	Acting City Mayor
19	Gregorio Ejército	1987–1988	Acting City Mayor
(18)		1988–1992
20		1992–1998
21		1998–2007
(20)		2007–2013
22		2013–2019
23		2019–2022	Youngest person to become mayor of Manila since Antonio Villegas
24		2022–present	First female Mayor of the city ^[3]

Marikina

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Wenceslao de la Paz	1933–1938
2	Juan Chanyungco	1938–1945
3	Enrique de la Paz	1945–1947
4	Gil Estanislao Fernando	1947–1951
	Juan Chanyungco	1951–1955
	Gil Estanislao Fernando	1955–1959
5	Osmundo de Guzman	1959–1986
	Teofisto Santos	1986–1986
6		1986–1987
	Guillermo S. Flores	1987–1988	Appointed "caretaker"^[4]
	Rodolfo B. Valentino	1988–1992
7		1992–2001	First city mayor
8		2001–2010	First Female City Mayor
9		2010–2016
10		2016–present

Muntinlupa

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Vidal Joaquín	1918–1919
2	Primo Ticman	1919–1922
3	Melencio Espeleta	1922–1924
4	Pedro Díaz	1925–1930
5	Tomás Molina	1931–1933
6	Marciano Arciaga	1934–1936
7	León Mendiola	1937–1939
8	Francisco Gilbuena	1945–1945
	Baldomero Viñalon	1945–1946
9	Bonifacio Ticman	1946–1951
10	Baldomero Viñalon	1952–1959
11	Francisco de Mesa	1960–1964	Died in office
	Demetrio Loresca	1964–1964	Acting mayor
12	Maximino Argana	1964–1966
13	Demetrio Loresca	1966–1971
	Maximino Argana	1972–1985
14	Santiago Carlos	1985–1986
	Victor Aguinaldo	1987–1988	Acting mayor
15		1986–1998	First city mayor
16		1998–2007
17	Aldrin San Pedro	2007–2013
	Jaime Fresnedi	2013–2022
18		2022–present

Navotas

See main article: Mayor of Navotas.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1		1901–1903	First municipal president
2		1903–1905	Municipal president of Malabon after annexation of Navotas
3	Hermogenes Monroy	1905–1907	Municipal president of Navotas after restoration
4	Rufino Hernández	1907–1909
5	José Pascual	1909–1916
6	Ángelo Ángeles	1916–1919
7	Arsenio Roldan	1919–1922
8	Alejandro Leóngson	1922–1928
9	Ángel Santiago	1928–1931
	Alejandro Leóngson	1931–1934
10	Benjamín Alonzo	1934–1937	First municipal mayor
11	Félix Monroy	1937–1946
12	Nemesio Ángeles	1944–1944
	Félix Monroy	1944–1946
13	Tomás Gómez	1946–1947
14	Pacífico Javier	1948–1951
15	Roberto Monroy	1952–1963
16	Felipe del Rosario Sr.	1964–1980
17	Victor Javier	1980–1986
18	Felipe del Rosario Jr.	1986–1998
19		1998–2000	Died in office
20		2000–2010	First city mayor
21		2010–2019
		2019–2022
		2022–present

Parañaque

See main article: Mayor of Parañaque.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
	Santiago García	1897–1897
	Timoteo Bernabé	1898–1899
	Máximo Rodríguez	1900–1901
1	Patricio Bernabé	1902–1903
2	Valentino de León	1904–1908
3	Flaviano Rodríguez	1908–1912
4	Nicanor Mayuga	1912–1916
5	Francisco Cruz	1916–1916
6	Andrés Buenaventura	1916–1922
7	Victor Medina	1922–1925
8	Juan Gabriel	1925–1928
9	Olímpico Peña	1928–1931
10	Sabas de Guzmán	1931–1934
11	Francisco Gabriel	1934–1937
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
12	José Luciano	1945–1945
13	Laureano Capistrano	1945–1945
14	Nicanor Cruz	1946–1955
15	Eleuterio de León	1956–1964
16	Florencio Bernabé Sr.	1965–1986
	Rodolfo Buenavista	1986–1987
17	Walfrido Ferrer	1988–1992
18	Pablo Olivarez	1992–1995
19		1995–2004	First city mayor
20	Florencio Bernabe Jr.	2004–2013
21		2013–2022
22		2022–present

Pasay

See main article: Mayor of Pasay.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Pascual Villanueva	1900–1905	First municipal president of Pasay renamed from Pineda
2	Gregorio Villanueva	1906–1908
3	Mauro Reyes	1908–1910
4	Eugenio Villanueva	1910–1912
	Pascual Villanueva	1912–1919
5		1919–1922
6	Moises San Juan	1931–1937
7	Rufino Mateo	1937–1940
	Moises San Juan	1940–1942	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Pasay (1941–42)
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
	Adolfo Santos	1942–1942	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Pasay (1942)
	Enrique Manaloto	1942–1945	City of Greater Manila Assistant Mayor for Pasay (1942–1944)
	Alipio Pestañas	1945–1945
	Nicanor Santos	1945–1945
	Adolfo Santos	1945–1945
	Rufino Mateo	1946–1950
8	Carlos Revilla	1950–1951
9	Primitivo Lovina	1951–1952
10		1953–1963	First elected mayor
11	Jovito Claudio	1968–1971
		1972–1986
	Eduardo Calixto	1986–1987	Acting mayor, father of Mayor Imelda Calixto-Rubiano and Rep. Antonino Calixto.
	Norman Urbina	1987–1988	Acting mayor
		1988–1998	Father of megastar Sharon Cuneta
	Jovito Claudio	1998–2000
12	Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad	2000–2006
	Allan Panaligan	2006–2007	Acting mayor, former city councilor
	Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad	2007–2010
13	Antonino Calixto	2010–2019
14		2019–present	First female city mayor

Pasig

See main article: Mayor of Pasig.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Felipe Benicio Gómez	1902–1904	First municipal president
2	Julio Raymundo	1904–1906
3	José Feliciano	1906–1909
4	Lupo Miguel	1910–1912
5	Francisco Reyes	1912–1915
6	Alejandro Ramos	1915–1918
7	Fortunato Concepción	1918–1921
8	José Pérez	1921–1924
9	Sixto Antonio	1924–1935
10	Cipriano Raymundo	1936–1945
11	Bibiano Reynoso	1945–1945
12	Apolonio Santiago	1945–1945
	Cipriano Raymundo	1945–1946
13	Francisco Legaspi	1946–1951
	Cipriano Raymundo	1952–1955
14	Emiliano Caruncho	1956–1986
15	Mario Raymundo	1986–1992
16	Vicente Eusebio	1992–2001	First city mayor
17	Soledad Eusebio	2001–2004
	Vicente Eusebio	2004–2007
18	Robert Eusebio	2007–2013
19	Maribel Andaya-Eusebio	2013–2016
	Robert Eusebio	2016–2019
20		2019–present	Youngest elected city mayor

Pateros

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes^[5]
1	Gregorio Flores	1900–1906
2	Julio Tangco	1907–1912
3	Estanislao Calingo Sr.	1913–1917
4	Simplicio Manalo	1918–1920
5	Adriano Almeda	1921–1925
6	Juan Sanchez	1926–1930
7	Emiliano Almeda	1931–1934
8	Moises Flores	1934–1940
9	Delfin Salonga	1941–1944
10	Melchor Menguito	1944–1945
11	Antonino Ponce Sr.	1946–1947
	Moises Flores	1947–1951
	Antonino Ponce Sr.	1952–1959
12	Eustacio Flores	1960–1971
13	Nestor Ponce Sr.	1972–1979	Died in office
14	Normando Sta. Ana	1980–1986
15	Cesar Borja	1986–1989	Died in office
16	Jose Capco Jr.	1989–2001
17	Rosendo Capco	2001–2007
18	Jaime Medina	2007–2016
19	Miguel Ponce III	2016–present

Quezon City

See main article: Mayor of Quezon City.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
		1939–1939	Acting mayor
1		1939–1942	First appointed mayor
		1941–1942	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Mayor of the City of Greater Manila
2		1946–1949	Died in office
3	Nicanor Roxas	1949–1950	Acting mayor
4	Ignacio Díaz	1950–1953	First elected mayor
5		1954–1976
6		1976–1986
	Brigido Simón	1986–1987	Acting mayor
	Reynaldo Bernardo	1987–1987	Acting mayor
	Elmer Pormento	1987–1988	Acting mayor
	Leoncio de Perio	1988–1988	Acting mayor
7	Brigido Simón	1988–1992
8		1992–2001
9		2001–2010
10		2010–2019
11		2019–present

San Juan

See main article: Mayor of San Juan, Metro Manila.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Andres Soriano	1901–1903	First municipal president of San Juan^[6]
	Pantaleon Blas	1903	Municipal president of San Felipe Neri (Mandaluyong) after annexation of San Juan
	Miguel Vergara	1904-1904
	Claro Castañeda	1905–1906
2	Marcelo Luna	1907–1910	First municipal president after restoration
3	Juan Domingo de Mesa	1910–1912
4	Juan Gutiérrez	1912–1916
5	Valentín Ibáñez	1928–1931
6	Graciano Santos	1931–1933	First elected mayor
7	Máximo Reyes	1933–1934	First elected municipal president
8	Engracio Santos	1935–1938	Elected mayor
9	Daniel Santiago	1939–1942	Elected mayor
	Aquilino de Guzman	1942–1943	District chief under Leon Guinto
	Regino Eustanquio	1944–1945	District chief under Leon Guinto
		1941–1942	Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila
		1942–1944	Concurrently as mayor of the City of Greater Manila.
	Daniel Santiago	1945–1946	Appointed mayor
10	Engracio Santos	1946–1954	Elected mayor
	Mariano Domingo	1954–1955	Acting mayor
11	Nicanor Salaysay	1954–1955	Acting appointed mayor
12	Nicanor Ibuna	1956–1967
13	Braulio Santo Domingo	1968–1969
14		1969–1986
	Reynaldo San Pascual	1986–1987	Officer in charge following the People Power Revolution
	Antonio Quirino	1986–1987	Officer in charge
15	Adolfo Santo Domingo	1988–1992
16		1992–2001
17		2001–2010	First city mayor
18		2010–2019
19		2019–present

Taguig

See main article: Mayor of Taguig.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1	Feliciano Pagcalinauan	1901–1903	First municipal president
2	Felipe Rayos del Sol	1904–1910
3	Braulio Pagcalinauan	1911–1912
4	Graciano Juta	1912–1916
5	José Pagtakhan	1916–1925
6	Eusebio Santos	1925–1931
7	Cleto Mastrili	1931–1934
8	Artemio Natividad	1934–1942
9	Leocadio de León	1942–1945
	Pedro Cruz	1945–1945
	Leocadio de León	1946–1946
10	Pedro Cruz	1946–1947
11	Nicanor Cruz	1948–1951
12	Bonifacio Relón	1952–1955
13	Monico Tanyag	1956–1975
14	Levi Mariano	1976–1986
	Isidro García	1986–1988
15	Rodolfo de Guzman	1988–1992
16	Ricardo Papa Sr.	1992–1995
17	Isidro García	1995–1998
	Ricardo Papa Sr.	1998–2001
18		2001–2010	First city mayor
19		2010–2019
20		2019–2022
		2022–present

Valenzuela

See main article: Mayor of Valenzuela.

	Mayor	Dates in Office	Notes
1		1899–1901	First municipal president of Polo
2	Nemencio Santiago	1901–1903
3	Rufino Valenzuela	1903–1907
4	Inoc Guansing	1908–1909
5	Melencio Hernández	1910–1912
6	José Serapio	1912–1917
	Fortunato Rivera	1917–1917	Acting mayor
	Rufino Valenzuela	1917–1919
7	Tomás de Castro	1920–1922
8	Arcadio Deato	1922–1928
9	Barcenico Espíritu	1928–1931
10	Andrés Fernando	1931–1937
11	Leopoldo Santiago	1937–1940
	Andrés Fernando	1940–1942
12	Feliciano Ponciano	1942–1943
13	Pedro de Guía	1944–1945
14	Faustino Cruz	1945–1946
15	Florentino Deato	1946–1951
16	Avelino Deato	1952–1955
17		1956–1959
	Florentino Deato	1960–1963	Last mayor of Polo
	Enrique Bautista	1960–1960	First appointed mayor of Valenzuela carved out from Polo
	Pío Ángeles	1960–1961
	Gregorio Marcelo	1961–1962
	Faustino Lázaro	1962–1963
		1964–1967	First mayor of Valenzuela after amalgamation with Polo
18	Gerónimo Ángeles	1968–1986	First mayor of Valenzuela after annexation to Metro Manila
	Wilfredo Chongco	1986–1987	Acting mayor
	Artemio Andrés	1988–1988	Acting mayor
	Linda Santos	1988–1988	Acting mayor
	Romeo Llenado	1988–1988	Acting mayor
19	Santiago de Guzman	1988–1995
20		1995–2004	First city mayor
21		2004–2013
22		2013–2022
23		2022–present

See also

• Governor of Metro Manila

Notes and References

1. Web site: METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING R. A. 7924, THE LAW CREATING THE METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. February 5, 2017. June 8, 1996.
2. News: Nievera . Allysa . Mayor Jeannie, 1st female leader of Malabon City, takes oath . October 14, 2022 . Manila Bulletin . June 30, 2022.
3. News: Moaje. Marita. May 10, 2022. Lacuna to be first woman Mayor of Manila. es. Philippine News Agency . Manila, Philippines. June 14, 2022.
4. News: Palace man is MMC head; 7 OICs named. August 30, 2023. Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc.. December 2, 1987. 8.
5. Web site: Category:Mayors of Pateros - Wikimedia Commons . April 7, 2022 . commons.wikimedia.org . en.
6. Book: Neira, Eladio. Glimpses Into the History of San Juan, Metro Manila. 1994. Life Today Publications. 978-971-8596-09-8. en.