Secretary of Transportation (Philippines)

Secretary of Transportation
Kalihim ng Transportasyon
Official seal of the Department of Transportation
Incumbent Jaime Bautista since June 30, 2022
Style	The Honorable
Member of	Cabinet
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Maximo Paterno
Formation	January 23, 1899 (1899-01-23)
Website	www.dotr.gov.ph

The secretary of transportation (Filipino: Kalihim ng Transportasyon) is the head of the Department of Transportation and is a member of the president’s Cabinet.

The current secretary is Jaime Bautista, who assumed office on June 30, 2022.

List of secretaries of transportation

#	Image	Name	Term began	Term ended	President
Minister of Public Works and Communications
1		Maximino Paterno	January 21, 1899	November 13, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo
Secretary of Public Works and Communications
2		Antonio de las Alas	November 15, 1935	1936	Manuel Quezon
3		Mariano Jesús Cuenco	1936	1939
4		José Avelino	1939	1941
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor
5		Basilio Valdes	December 23, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of Public Works and Communications
6		Jose Paez	1944	1945	Sergio Osmeña
7		Sotero Cabahug	1945	May 28, 1946
8		Ricardo Nepumoceno	May 28, 1946	July 1, 1949	Manuel Roxas
					Elpidio Quirino
9		Prospero Sanidad	February 21, 1950	1951
10		Sotero Baluyut	January 6, 1951	1952
11		Pablo Lorenzo	May 6, 1952	1953
Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
12		Vicente Orosa	March 10, 1954	1955	Ramon Magsaysay
13		Florencio Moreno	April 30, 1955	December 30, 1961
					Carlos P. Garcia
14		Marciano Bautista	1961	1962	Diosdado Macapagal
15		Paulino Cases	1962	1962
16		Brigido Valencia	1962	1963
17		Jorge Abad	1963	1965
18		Antonio Raquiza	August 24, 1966	1968	Ferdinand Marcos
19		Rene Espina	November 1968	September 1969
20		Manuel Syquio	September 1969	1970
21		David Consunji	1970	1975
22		Alfredo Juinio	1975	1978
Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
(22)		Alfredo Juinio	1978	1981	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Transportation and Communications
23		Jose P. Dans	1981	1986	Ferdinand Marcos
Secretary of Transportation and Communications
24		Hernando Perez	February 25, 1986	March 1987	Corazon C. Aquino
25		Rainerio O. Reyes	March 1987	1989
26		Oscar Orbos	January 3, 1990	December 9, 1990
27		Arturo Corona	1990	1992
28		Pete Nicomedes Prado	1992	1992
29		Jesus Garcia	July 1992	March 1996	Fidel V. Ramos
30		Amado S. Lagdameo	April 1996	April 1997
31		Arturo Enrile	April 1997	January 1998
32		Josefina Trinidad-Luchauco	January 1998	June 30, 1998
33		Vicente C. Rivera	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001	Joseph Ejercito Estrada
34		Pantaleon Alvarez	January 20, 2001	2002	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
35		Leandro Mendoza	July 3, 2002	February 23, 2010
Act		Anneli R. Lontoc	March 9, 2010	June 30, 2010
36		Jose de Jesus	June 30, 2010	July 4, 2011	Benigno S. Aquino III
37		Mar Roxas	July 4, 2011	October 18, 2012
38		Jun Abaya	October 18, 2012	June 30, 2016
Secretary of Transportation
39		Arthur Tugade	June 30, 2016	June 30, 2022	Rodrigo Duterte
40		Jaime Bautista	June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022)	Incumbent	Bongbong Marcos

External links

• DOTr official website