Cabinet of the Philippines

Cabinet of the Philippines
	Great Seal of the Philippines
Cabinet overview
Formed	January 21, 1899; (126 years ago)
Type	Advisory body
Headquarters	Malacañang Palace, Manila
Cabinet executives	Bongbong Marcos, President of the Philippines; Sec. Lucas Bersamin, Executive Secretary; Sec. Jay Ruiz, Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office; Anton Lagdameo Jr., Special Assistant to the President; Sec. Elaine T. Masukat, Chief of the Presidential Management Staff; Juan Ponce Enrile, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel;
Website	www.gov.ph

The Cabinet of the Philippines (Filipino: Gabinete ng Pilipinas, usually referred to as the Cabinet or Gabinete) consists of the heads of the largest part of the executive branch of the national government of the Philippines. Currently, it includes the secretaries of 23 executive departments and the heads of other several other minor agencies and offices that are subordinate to the president of the Philippines.

The cabinet secretaries are tasked to advise the president on the different affairs of the state such as agriculture, budget, energy, finance, education, social welfare, national defense, and foreign policy.

They are nominated by the president and then presented to the Commission on Appointments, a body of the Congress of the Philippines that confirms all appointments made by the president, for confirmation or rejection. If the presidential appointees are approved, they are sworn into office, receive the title "Secretary", and begin to function their duties.

On May 22, 2025, incumbent President Bongbong Marcos called for the "courtesy resignation of all Cabinet secretaries".^[1]^[2] This decision was made in proprietary measures following the administration's significant poor performance in the 2025 midterm elections which saw only half of Marcos' slate in the senate be elected.^[3]^[4]

Constitutional and legal basis

Appointment

Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of the Philippines says that the President:

shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and other officers whose appointments are vested in him in this Constitution. He shall also appoint all other officers of the Government whose appointments are not otherwise provided for by law, and those whom he may be authorized by law to appoint. The Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of other officers lower in rank in the President alone, in the courts, or in the heads of departments, agencies, commissions, or boards.

Cabinet and cabinet-level officials

The people listed below form the cabinet and are the heads of the current executive departments of the Philippines. The officials under these departments are appointed with the rank of Secretary. Appointed officials who are not confirmed by the Commission on Appointments, as required by law, will take the office under acting capacity, or as officer-in-charge, depending on the appointment released and approved by the President. The current structure of the Cabinet of the Philippines are based on the executive orders reorganizing the offices under its jurisdiction, given the fact that the Constitution allows executive privileges to reorganize its structure.

Official Filipino names of the agencies were derived from Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and Department of Budget and Management.^[5]^[6]

Executive departments and offices

Incumbent		Office	Department (Constituting instrument)	Acronym	Took office
Marcos Jr. Cabinet
	Lucas Bersamin	Executive Secretary	Office of the Executive Secretary (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	OES	September 27, 2022
	Enrique Manalo	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Foreign Affairs (Commonwealth Act No. 732)	DFA	May 23, 2025
	Ralph Recto	Secretary of Finance	Finance (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOF	January 12, 2024
	Gilberto Teodoro	Secretary of National Defense	National Defense (Commonwealth Act No. 1)	DND	June 5, 2023
	Jesus Crispin Remulla	Secretary of Justice	Justice (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOJ	June 30, 2022
	Jonvic Remulla	Secretary of the Interior and Local Government	Interior and Local Government (Republic Act No. 6975)	DILG	October 8, 2024
	Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.	Secretary of Agriculture	Agriculture (Presidential Decree No. 461, s. 1974)	DA	November 3, 2023
	Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque	Secretary of Trade and Industry	Trade and Industry (Executive Order No. 133, s. 1987)	DTI	August 2, 2024
	Bienvenido Laguesma	Secretary of Labor and Employment	Labor and Employment (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOLE	June 30, 2022
	Teodoro Herbosa	Secretary of Health	Health (Executive Order No. 94, s. 1947)	DOH	June 5, 2023
	Jose Ramon Aliling	Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development	Human Settlements and Urban Development (Republic Act No. 11201)	DHSUD	May 23, 2025
	Vivencio B. Dizon	Secretary of Transportation	Transportation (Republic Act No. 10844)	DOTr	February 21, 2025
	Sharon Garin Ad interim	Secretary of Energy	Energy (Republic Act No. 7638)	DOE	May 23, 2025
	Sonny Angara	Secretary of Education	Education (Republic Act No. 9155)	DepEd	July 19, 2024
	Raphael Lotilla Ad interim	Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources	Environment and Natural Resources (Presidential Decree No. 461, s. 1974)	DENR	May 23, 2025
	Amenah Pangandaman	Secretary of Budget and Management	Budget and Management (Presidential Decree No. 1405, s. 1978)	DBM	June 30, 2022
	Renato Solidum Jr.	Secretary of Science and Technology	Science and Technology (Executive Order No. 128, s. 1987)	DOST	July 22, 2022
	Conrado Estrella III	Secretary of Agrarian Reform	Agrarian Reform (Republic Act No. 6657)	DAR	June 30, 2022
	Christina Garcia-Frasco	Secretary of Tourism	Tourism (Executive Order No. 120, s. 1987)	DOT	June 30, 2022
	Rexlon Gatchalian	Secretary of Social Welfare and Development	Social Welfare and Development (Presidential Decree No. 994, s. 1976)	DSWD	January 31, 2023
	Manuel Bonoan	Secretary of Public Works and Highways	Public Works and Highways (Executive Order No. 124-A, s. 1987)	DPWH	June 30, 2022
	Henry Rhoel R. Aguda Ad interim	Secretary of Information and Communications Technology	Information and Communications Technology (Republic Act No. 10844)	DICT	March 20, 2025
	Hans Leo Cacdac	Secretary of Migrant Workers	Migrant Workers (Republic Act No. 11641)	DMW	August 20, 2024
	Arsenio Balisacan	Secretary of Economy, Planning and Development	Economy, Planning and Development (Republic Act No. 12145)	DEPDev	June 30, 2022
	Eduardo Año	National Security Adviser	National Security Council (Executive Order No. 330, s. 1950)	NSC	January 14, 2023
	Frederick Go	Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs	Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs (Executive Order No. 292, s. 2024)	OSAPIEA	January 12, 2024^[a]
	Elaine Masukat	Secretary of the Presidential Management Staff	Presidential Management (Executive Order No. 250, s. 1970)	PMS	January 3, 2023
	Juan Ponce Enrile	Chief Presidential Legal Counsel	Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (Executive Order No. 152, s. 2004)	OCPLC	June 30, 2022
	Andres Centino	Presidential Assistant for Maritime Concerns	Presidential Office for Maritime Concerns (Executive Order No. 57, s. 2024)	POMC	September 28, 2023
	Roman A. Felix	Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs	Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs (Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022)	OPAMPA	August 3, 2022
	Larry Gadon	Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation	Office of the Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation (Administrative Order No. 6, s. 1998)	OPAPA	June 26, 2023
	Carlito Galvez Jr.	Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity	Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Executive Order No. 125, s. 1993)	OPAPRU	June 26, 2023
	Vacant	Presidential Assistant for the Visayas	Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (Memorandum Order No. 8, s. 2016)	OPAV	No incumbent
	Antonio Cerilles	Presidential Adviser for Mindanao Concerns	Office of the Presidential Adviser for Mindanao Concerns	OPMC	March 13, 2025
	Antonio Lagdameo Jr.	Special Assistant to the President	Office of the Special Assistant to the President (Executive Order No. 1, s. 2016)	OSAP	June 30, 2022
	Darlene Berberabe	Solicitor General	Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines (Act No. 136)	OSG	May 29, 2022
	Jaybee C. Ruiz Ad interim	Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office	Presidential Communications Office (Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010)	PCO	February 24, 2025
	Mark Llandro Mendoza	Presidential Adviser on Legislative Affairs and Head of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office	Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (Memorandum Order No. 128, s. 1987)	PLLO	August 23, 2022

Agencies, authorities and offices under the Office of the President

The following officials are appointed on the following agencies directly under the supervision of the Office of the President. The current structure of these agencies and offices are based on Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022, wherein all agencies and offices under and attached to the Office of the President shall be under the supervision and control of the Office of Executive Secretary (Section 5).^[7] Meanwhile, officials under these agencies and offices can either have a rank of secretary or undersecretary, and therefore are permitted to attend Cabinet meetings for special purposes.

	Office	Department	Acronym	In office since
Ernesto Perez	Director-General of the Anti-Red Tape Authority	Anti-Red Tape Authority	ARTA	November 14, 2022
Mohammed Hussein Pangandaman	Chairperson and Administrator of the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan	Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan	AFAB	May 15, 2023
Atty. Hilario B. Paredes	Chairperson of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority	Bases Conversion and Development Authority	BCDA	October 29, 2024
Katrina Ponce Enrile^[8]	Administrator and CEO of Cagayan Economic Zone Authority	Cagayan Economic Zone Authority	CEZA	June 7, 2023
Sec. Robert E.A. Borje	Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the Climate Change Commission	Climate Change Commission	CCC	March 8, 2022
Shirley Agrupis	Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education	Commission on Higher Education	CHED	May 29, 2025
Dante Francis Ang II	Chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas	Commission on Filipinos Overseas	CFO
Arthur Casanova	Chairman of the Commission on the Filipino Language	Commission on the Filipino Language	KWF
Jaime C. Laya	Chairperson of the Cultural Center of the Philippines	Cultural Center of the Philippines	CCP	June 30, 2022
Sec. Oscar F. Valenzuela	Chairperson of the Dangerous Drugs Board	Dangerous Drugs Board	DDB
Usec. Jose Javier Reyes	Chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines	Film Development Council of the Philippines	FDCP	April 8, 2024
Richard Clarin	Chairman of the Games and Amusement Board	Games and Amusements Board	GAB
Regalado Trota José	Chairperson of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines	National Historical Commission of the Philippines	NHCP
Sec. Romando Artes	Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	MMDA	September 24, 2024
Elpidio J. Vega^[9]	Chairman of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System	Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System	MWSS
Sec. Leo Tereso A. Mango	Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority	Mindanao Development Authority	MinDA
Diorella Maria Sotto-Antonio	Chairperson of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board	Movie and Television Review and Classification Board	MTRCB
Victorino Manalo	Executive Director of the National Archives of the Philippines	National Archives of the Philippines	NAP
Victorino Manalo	Chairman of the Commission for Culture and the Arts	National Commission for Culture and the Arts	NCCA
Lope Santos III	Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission	National Anti-Poverty Commission	NAPC
Franklin Quijano	Chairperson of the National Commission of Senior Citizens	National Commission of Senior Citizens	NCSC
Glenda D. Relova	Chairperson of the National Council on Disability Affairs	National Council on Disability Affairs	NCDA
PLTGEN. Ricardo de Leon (Ret.)	Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency	National Intelligence Coordinating Agency	NICA	June 30, 2022
Dennis Lorenzo B. Pinlac, CSEE Officer-in-charge	Chairman of the Optical Media Board	Optical Media Board	OMB	December 13, 2024
Alfred Corpus	Executive Director of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime	Philippine Center on Transnational Crime	PCTC
Felix Reyes	Chairman of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office	Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office	PCSO	May 28, 2024
Michael G. Aguinaldo	Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission	Philippine Competition Commission	PhCC	January 12, 2023
PMGen. Isagani R. Nerez (Ret.)	Director-General of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency	Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency	PDEA	February 4, 2025
Katherine Chloe de Castro	Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency	Philippine Information Agency	PIA	October 3, 2024
Luis D. Carlos	Postmaster General of the Philippine Postal Corporation	Philippine Postal Corporation	PHLPost	July 19, 2024
Alexander T. Lopez^[10]	Chairman of the Philippine Reclamation Authority	Philippine Reclamation Authority	PRA	November 2023
Joel Joseph Marciano Jr.	Director-General of the Philippine Space Agency	Philippine Space Agency	PhilSA	January 7, 2020
Dickie Bachmann	Chairperson of the Philippine Sports Commission	Philippine Sports Commission	PSC	December 28, 2022
MGen. Jesus Nelson B. Morales, PAF	Commander of the Presidential Security Group	Presidential Security Group	PSG
Eduardo Aliño	Chairman and Administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority	Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority	SBMA

Notes

^ Served as Presidential Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs from January 30, 2023 to January 12, 2024.

References

^ Cabato, Luisa (May 22, 2025). "Marcos orders courtesy resignation of all Cabinet secretaries". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ Staff, The Manila Times (May 22, 2025). "Cabinet secretaries' courtesy resignations flood President's office". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ TDT (May 18, 2025). "Alyansa 'loss' not PBBM's fault, says solon". Daily Tribune. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico; jvicente (May 17, 2025). "Marcos on Alyansa bets: We hoped for more but we live to fight again". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF) (in Filipino). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaaan ng Pilipinas" (PDF) (in Filipino). Department of Budget and Management. 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Executive Order No. 1" (PDF). Pcoo.gov.ph. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ "Our People". December 15, 2021.
^ "MWSS Profile Sheet: Corporate Profile" (PDF). MWSS Corporate Office. p. 4.
^ "Board and Mangement Profile Cy 2020-2021". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021.

[7] Served as Presidential Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs from January 30, 2023 to January 12, 2024.

[1] Cabato, Luisa (May 22, 2025). "Marcos orders courtesy resignation of all Cabinet secretaries". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[2] Staff, The Manila Times (May 22, 2025). "Cabinet secretaries' courtesy resignations flood President's office". The Manila Times. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[3] TDT (May 18, 2025). "Alyansa 'loss' not PBBM's fault, says solon". Daily Tribune. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[4] Lalu, Gabriel Pabico; jvicente (May 17, 2025). "Marcos on Alyansa bets: We hoped for more but we live to fight again". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 22, 2025.

[5] "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF) (in Filipino). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[6] "Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaaan ng Pilipinas" (PDF) (in Filipino). Department of Budget and Management. 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[8] "Executive Order No. 1" (PDF). Pcoo.gov.ph. Retrieved July 24, 2022.

[9] "Our People". December 15, 2021.

[10] "MWSS Profile Sheet: Corporate Profile" (PDF). MWSS Corporate Office. p. 4.

[11] "Board and Mangement Profile Cy 2020-2021". Philippine Reclamation Authority. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021.

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