Worldwide Guide
to Women in Leadership
Republic of the Philippines/ Repúblika ñg Filipinas (Female Suffrage 1937) Spanish Rule till 1898,
US-Rule 1898-1946, Independent 1946
Also see Philippine Ministers
1948-54 Commissioner of Social
Welfare Asuncion Arnola Perez
1949-54 Cabinet Minister
Between 1941-44 Lieutenant Colonel in the resistance movement in Pacific War.
1954-55 Minister without Portfolio,
Administrator of Welfare Pacita Madriga Warns
Between 1954-55 Member of Council of State, From 1955 Senator.
1957-61 Administrator of The
Welfare Department Ampora Villamor
1961 Administrator of Social
Welfare Tecla San-Andres Ziga
1972-78 Secretary of Social Affairs
Estefania Aldaba-Lim
1975-77 Commissioner of National
Integration Moma Sinsuat
1978-84 Secretary of Resettlement Imelda Ramúaldez Marcos
1978-83 Secretary of Ecology
1982-84 Member of Executive Council of Cabinet
1992 and 1998 Presidential Candidate
Between 1975-86 Governor of Manila, 1987-1993 Leader New Society Movement Party.
Married to President Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled as a dictator for many years
until 1987. (b. 1927-)
1978-86 Secretary of Social Affairs
and Development Sylvia P. Montes
1986-92 President and
Head of the Cabinet Maria Corazón Cojuangco Aquino(25.2-30-6)
Cory Aquino was leader of the opposition after the murder of her husband Ninoi Aquino in 1986,
1998 among the senior advisors of the new President Estrada. Born Maria Corazón
Sumulong Cojungaco, and mother of 4 children. She lived (1933-2009)
1986-87 Secretary of Economic
Planning Solita “Winnie” Collas-Monsod
1987-89 Cabinet Minister, Director General for the National Economic and
Development Department.
1986-90 Secretary of Education,
Culture and Sports Lourdes
Sevilla Quisumbung
Between 1990-92 Ambassador and Secretary General of UNESCO National Commission
in the Philippines and Member of the Executive Board in Paris.
1986-89? Secretary of Social
Services Dr. Minita Pardo de Tavera
1986-89? Cabinet Minister, Head of
President's Commission on Human Rights Mary Concepçion Bautista
1987-?90 Executive Secretary to
President Luz Culta Reyes-Bakunawa
The executive secretary is the highest ranking secretary, the office is placed
in the Office of the President. She later became member of the House of
Representatives
1989-92 Secretary of Tourism
Narzalina Lim
Undersecretary of Tourism
1987-90 Chairperson of the Cabinet
Commission of Immigration and Deportation Maria Defensor Santiago
Circa 1990 Undersecretary of Agricultural Reform 1992 and 1998 Presidential
Candidate
Since 1991 Chairperson of People’s Reform Party
1992-92 Secretary of Labour Marie
Nieves E. Confessor
1992-93
Cabinet Member and
Presidential Spokesperson Anabella T. Abaya
1992-96
Cabinet Member and Secretary
of
the
President's Management Staff of the National Security Council
1992-95 Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
Corazon Alma C. de Leon
Assistant Secretary of Social
Welfare and Development 1987-92
and
1992 Undersecretary in the Department
1995-96
and 1998
Secretary of Social Welfare
and Development Lilian Laigo
1995 and
1996
Acting Secretary of Science and Technology
Amelia C. Ancog
Assistant Secretary of Science and Technology 1987-1993
and 1993-2000
Undersecretary
in the Department
(b.1933-).
1996-98
and
1998-99 Secretary of Health Carmencita Reodica
1996 Acting Secretary of Tourism
Evelyn B. Pantrig
Since around 1996
Undersecretary of Tourism
1996-98 Secretary of Tourism
Undersecretary of Tourism 1992-96
1996-98 Cabinet Member Amina
Rasul-Bernado
1996-99 Presidential Advisor for Youth Affairs
Ca.1997-98 Chairperson and Director of the Economic Zone Authority Lilia B. de
Lima
1998-2001 Executive Vice-President
Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo
1998-2000 Secretary of Social
Development and Welfare
2001-10 President
and Head of the Cabinet
2002 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2003 Minister of Defence
2003 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2006-07 Minister of Defence
Gloria Arroyo
was Senator 1992-98and 1987-89 Assistant Secretary of
Trade and Industry
1989-92 Undersecretary of Trade and Industry (b. 1947-)
1998 and 2001- Secretary of Budget and Management Emilia T. Boncodin
Assistant Secretary of
Budget and Management 1989-91
and 1991-98 Undersecretary
in the Department
1998 Acting Secretary of Transportation and Communication
Josefina Trinidad-Lichauco
Undersecretary of Transportation
and Communication 1992-98 and 2000-01
1998-2000 Cabinet Secretary and
Presidential Secretary Leonora Vazques-De Jesus
2000-01 Secretary of
Housing
2001-04 Officer-in-Charge of the Housing and Urban Development Coordination
Council
Resigned during the protests against President Estrada
2000-01 Secretary of Social Welfare
Dulce Sasuinsag
Resigned during the protests against the regime of President Estrada in January
2001.
2001-05
and 2010-16 Secretary of Social Welfare
and Development Dinky Juliano-Soliman
Her full name is Corazon Julian N. Soliman
She was Administrator of DOEA/DDLE 1982-87 and 1988 and
2001 Acting Secretary of Tourism
Ruth E. Layug
Assistant Secretary of Social
Welfare and Development 1999-2000
and again from 2002.
Assistant Secretary of Tourism
2000-02
2001-04 Member of the Cabinet and
Chief of Presidential Management Staff Victoria Garchitorena
2001-?
Secretary General
of the National Anti-Powerty Commission Teresita Ging Quintos Deles
2002-04 Secretary of Environment and Natural
Resources Elisea G. Gozun
Assistant Secretary
of Environment and Natural
Resources 1990-91,
From 1991-2002 Bebet Gozun, as she is
also known, worked in various private companies. (b. 1952-)
2003-04 Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Delia Domingo Albert
She has been a career diplomat since 1967 among others as
Ambassador to Australia, Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu and
the ASEAN 2002-03 Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs
for International Economic Relations.
2003-05 Secretary of Finance Juanita D. Amatong
Assistant Secretary of
Finance 1986-92 and
Undersecretary of Finance
1992-95 and 2001-03
2004 Acting Secretary of Justice
Maria Mereditas N. Gutierrez
She was Undersecretary of Justice from before 2003.
2004-09 Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange
Commission Fe Barin
Former Chairperson of the Energy
Regulatory Commission
2004-09 Secretary General of the National Anti-Poverty Commission Imelda Nicolas
2006-10 Secretary of Social Welfare and
Development Dr. Esperanza Cabral
2010 Secretary of Health
2010-15 Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima
Senator from
2016.
2010-16 Secretary of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Baldoz
2010- Secretary and Head of the Commission on Higher Education Patricia Licuanan
2010-16 Secretary and Head of the Presidential Management Staff Julia Abad
2010- Cabinet Secretary and Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority
Luwalhati Antonino
Her husband, Adelbert Antonino was Member of the House of
Representatives and Mayor Santos City as later their daughter, Darlene
Antonino-Custodio. Another daughter, Eliza Bettina R. Antonino, was Commissioner
of the Social Security System
2010- Cabinet Secretary and Chair of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Y
2014-16 Secretary of Health Janette Loreta-Garin
2015-16 Secretary of
Energy Zenaida Y. Monsada
2015 Under-Secretary of the Office of the Chief
Presidential Legal Councel Erdelyne Go
2015-16 Secretary and Chief
Presidential Legal Counce
2015-16 Cabinet Secretary and Presidential Assistant
for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Fredelita C. Guiza
2015-16 Secretary of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
Irene Isaac
2016- Vice-President Leni Robredo
She was Member of the
House of Representatives 2013-16. (b. 1964)
2016- Vice-President Leni
Robredo
2016 Secretary of Housing
Maria Leonor Santo Tomas Gerona was Member of the House of
Representatives 2013-16. In December 2016, she resigned as Housing Secretary and
announced that she would not take part in the Cabinet Meetings. Her husband, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, was
killed in a plane crash in 2012. (b. 1964-).
2016- Secretary of Social Welfare and
Development Judy Taguiwalo
2016- Secretary of Tourism Wanda Corazon T.
Tulfo-Teo
2016- Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Regina Paz
La'O Lopez is the current
Gina Lopez is a long time environmental activist.
2016- Secretary of the Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corporation Andrea Domingo
2016- Cabinet Secretary and Lead
Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission Liza Maza
Leader of and
former MP for the Gabriela Women's Party
2016- Secretary of Healthy
Dr.
Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial
Assistant Health Secretary 2009-16.
Last update 08.12.16