| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Baguio |
| Native Name: | Punong Lungsod ng Baguio |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the City of Baguio |
| Incumbent: | Benjamin B. Magalong |
| Incumbentsince: | June 30, 2019 |
| Style: | The Honorable |
| Appointer: | Elected via popular vote |
| Termlength: | 3 years (renewable twice ; total three terms) |
| Formation: | 1909 |
| Inaugural: | E.W Reynold Sergio Bayan |
| Website: | https://www.benjaminmagalong.com |
| Deputy: | Vice Mayor |
| Seat: | Baguio City Hall |
| Salary: | ₱196,206 per month ₱2,354,472 per year |
The mayor of Baguio (Filipino; Pilipino: Punong Lungsod ng Baguio) is the chief executive of the government of Baguio, a highly urbanized city territorially located in Benguet and the regional center of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services and holds office at the Baguio City Hall. The mayor, like all local government executives, has a term of office of three years, but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms.[1] He is assisted by the City Vice Mayor. In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor.
The Inaugural holder of the office is E.W. Reynolds having been appointed by the governor general. He served from September 1, 1909, to February 5, 1910. He was succeeded by E.A. Eckman, concurrently serving as lieutenant governor of the sub-province of Benguet. He would serve until 1913 when he was appointed as governor of Mountain Province.[2] In February 1920, Eusebius Halsema was appointed as city mayor, as well as city engineer and district engineer of Benguet. He is best known for building the mountain trail to Bontoc, which was renamed in his honor, now known as Halsema Highway.[3] He also undertook major infrastructure developments in the city, such as widening and paving roads, the construction of the Loakan airfield and the Asin Hydropower Plant.[4] He would be longest serving and the last American mayor of Baguio, serving for more than 17 years.[5] [6]
On May 31, 1937, upon the resignation of Mayor Halsema, District Engineer of Mountain Province Sergio Bayan was appointed as mayor by President Manuel Quezon.[7] He holds distinction as the first Filipino mayor of Baguio. Baguio saw its first-ever female mayor, Virginia Oteyza-de Guia, albeit in an acting capacity. She also holds the distinction as the first elected female councilor and first (and to date the only) female vice mayor of Baguio.[8]
Baguio held its first elections in 1960, which saw its first elected mayor, Luis Lardizabal. Since the elections in 1960 which saw the first elected mayor of Baguio up to the present time, only two were appointed as mayor of Baguio, Mayors Bueno and Paraan. During the martial law years, President Ferdinand Marcos appointed Gen. Ernesto Bueno upon the expiration of Mayor Lardizabal's term in 1979. When the suspension on elections was lifted, Mayor Bueno ran and won in the subsequent 1980 elections. He would serve as mayor until his death in March 1986 due to a vehicular accident.[9] Mayor Bueno's death, which coincided with the upheavals brought about by the People Power Revolution saw Col. Francisco Paraan appointed as mayor by President Cory Aquino.[10]
In the 1988 elections that followed, Ramon Labo, a well known faith healer during that time, won the race. He was, however, subsequently disqualified due to his citizenship.[11] Vice Mayor Bugnosen was elevated to city mayor following Labo's disqualification.[12] They would later face-off in the subsequent 1992 elections which would see Labo winning the mayoralty a second time around. Labo would again be disqualified in the same year, elevating Vice Mayor Mauricio Domogan to the mayoral post.[13] Domogan would go on to become the longest serving mayor of the city, serving for almost 18 years, from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2010 to 2019.[14]
In 2004, Councilor Braulio Yaranon, who was a retired judge and former city vice mayor won the mayoral post, beating incumbent mayor Bernardo Vergara. Mayor Yaranon would face suspension in 2006 due to issues stemming from a complaint filed by a private parking company operating in the city. Vice Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. would take his oath as acting city mayor.[15] The two would later go head to head in the 2007 elections, where Bautista would defeat Yaranon for the post.
The incumbent mayor is Benjamin Magalong, a retired police general well known for heading the Mamasapano board of inquiry in 2015.[16]
This is a list of the city mayors of Baguio.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
| No. | Name (Birth-Death) | Party | Term began | Term ended | Vice Mayor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American regime Appointed Mayors (1909 to 1937) | ||||||
| 1 | E.W. Reynolds | September 1, 1909 | February 5, 1910 | William M. Haube | ||
| 2 | Elmer A. Eckman | February 5, 1910 | January 28, 1913 | Robb White | ||
| L.H. Reithinger | ||||||
| 3 | A.D. Williams | May 24, 1913 | May 16, 1918 | C.P. Hatheway(acting) | ||
| F.W. Darrah | ||||||
| Henry M. Bankhead | ||||||
| R.E. Fisher | ||||||
| John H. Neff | ||||||
| 4 | Charles S. Dandois | June 10, 1918 | December 28, 1919 | |||
| Alfred Ballin | ||||||
| Walter L. Clark | ||||||
| 5 | Eusebius J. Halsema (1882-1945) | February 7, 1920 | May 31, 1937 | |||
| E.F. Taggart | ||||||
| Emil Speth | ||||||
| Philippine Commonwealth Appointed Mayors (1937 to 1946) | ||||||
| 6 | Sergio Bayan | Nacionalista | June 1, 1937 | September 11, 1939 | Emil Speth | |
| 7 | Nicasio S. Valderrosa (1891-?) | Nacionalista | October 27, 1939 | May 3, 1944 | ||
| 8 | Ramon P. Mitra (1904-?) | Nacionalista | May 4, 1944 | March 17, 1945 | ||
| 9 | Placido L. Mapa (1901-1967) | Nacionalista | March 23, 1945 | November 4, 1945 | Lucas Paredes | |
| 10 | Isidro Siapno | Nacionalista | November 5, 1945 | December 21, 1945 | Pedro Armeña | |
| — | Pedro Armeña (Acting) | Nacionalista | December 31, 1945 | July 4, 1946 | ||
| Philippine Republic Appointed Mayors (1946 to 1960) | ||||||
| — | Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting) (1917-2015) | Liberal | July 20, 1946 | July 30, 1946 | Virginia O. de Guia | |
| 11 | Dr. Jose Cariño (1892-?) | Liberal | July 30, 1946 | April 8, 1950 | ||
| — | Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting) (1917-2015) | Liberal | November 7, 1949 | March 31, 1950 | ||
| 12 | Luis P. Torres | Liberal | April 11, 1950 | February 15, 1951 | ||
| — | Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting) (1917-2015) | Liberal | August 15, 1950 | August 15, 1950 | ||
| — | Gil Mallare (Acting) (1908-?) | Liberal | February 16, 1951 | April 2, 1951 | ||
| — | Francisco I. Ortega (Acting) (1904-?) | Liberal | April 3, 1951 | January 12, 1952 | ||
| — | Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting) (1917-2015) | Liberal | January 12, 1952 | January 14, 1952 | ||
| 13* | Gil R. Mallare (1908-?) | Liberal | January 14, 1952 | July 7, 1953 | ||
| Patricio C. Perez | ||||||
| 14 | Benito H. Lopez(1908-1988) | Liberal | July 10, 1953 | December 21, 1953 | ||
| 13* | Gil R. Mallare (1908-?) | Liberal | December 22, 1953 | January 10, 1954 | Carlos R. Lazo | |
| 15 | Alfonso Tabora (1900-?) | Nacionalista | January 11, 1954 | December 30, 1959 | ||
| Bienvenido R. Yandoc | ||||||
| 16 | Bienvenido R. Yandoc (1900-?) | Nacionalista | January 4, 1960 | February 27, 1960 | ||
| Philippine Republic Elected Mayors (1960 to present) | ||||||
| 17* | Luis L. Lardizabal (1914-2004) | Nacionalista | March 1, 1960 | December 30, 1963 | Norberto F. de Guzman | |
| 18 | Norberto F. de Guzman (1910-?) | Liberal | December 30, 1963 | December 30, 1967 | Braulio D. Yaranon | |
| 17* | Luis L. Lardizabal (1914-2004) | Nacionalista | December 30, 1967 | December 30, 1971 | Sinforoso Fangonil | |
| December 30, 1971 | December 27, 1979 | |||||
| 19 | Ernesto H. Bueno (1926-1986) | KBL | December 27, 1979 | January 30, 1980 | Antonio Romero | |
| January 30, 1980 | March 16, 1986 | |||||
| Jaime R. Bugnosen | ||||||
| 20 | Francisco A. Paraan (1917-2009) | UNIDO | March 16, 1986 | January 31, 1988 | Reynaldo A. Cortes | |
| 21* | Ramon L. Labo Jr. (born 1934) | Lakas | February 2, 1988 | October 15, 1989 | Jaime R. Bugnosen | |
| 22 | Jaime R. Bugnosen (1927-2017) | Lakas | October 15, 1989 | June 30, 1992 | Antonio Tabora Jr. | |
| 21* | Ramon L. Labo Jr. (born 1934) | Independent | June 30, 1992 | October 24, 1992 | Mauricio G. Domogan | |
| 23* | Mauricio G. Domogan (born 1946) | PRP | October 24, 1992 | June 30, 1995 | Daniel T. Farinas | |
| June 30, 1995 | June 30, 1998 | |||||
| Lakas | June 30, 1998 | June 30, 2001 | ||||
| 24 | Bernardo M. Vergara | Lakas | June 30, 2001 | June 30, 2004 | Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda | |
| 25 | Braulio D. Yaranon (1926-2017) | LDP | June 30, 2004 | August 31, 2006 | Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr. | |
| 26 | Reinaldo A. Bautista, Jr. | LDP | August 31, 2006 | June 30, 2007 | Leandro Yangot Jr. | |
| Lakas | June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2010 | Daniel T. Farinas | |||
| 23* | Mauricio G. Domogan (born 1946) | Lakas | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2013 | ||
| UNA | June 30, 2013 | June 30, 2016 | ||||
| Edison R. Bilog | ||||||
| June 30, 2016 | June 30, 2019 | |||||
| 27 | Benjamin B. Magalong (born 1960) | NPC | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | Faustino A. Olowan | |
| June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | |||||
The Vice Mayor is the second-highest official of the city The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.[22]
The Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the 14-man Baguio City Council, and he can only vote in case of a tiebreaker. If the mayor dies or is either suspended or removed from office, the vice mayor assumes the functions as city mayor and serve out his remaining term until the next election.
In case that the vice mayor dies while in office or is either removed or suspended, his duties will be carried out by the No.1 councilor, which is the councilor who garnered the most votes in the immediately preceding election.
The incumbent Vice Mayor is Faustino A. Olowan as of June 30, 2019.