The City Mayor of Taguig (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Tagig) is the head of the local government of the city of Taguig who is elected to three year terms. The mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term. Lani Cayetano of Nacionalista Party is the incumbent since 2022.
| Mayor of Taguig | |
|---|---|
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| Style | The Honorable, Mayor |
| Seat | Taguig City Hall |
| Appointer | Elected via popular vote |
| Term length | 3 years |
History
From the start, Taguig has its own chieftain, Lakan named Juan Basi who fought his life against the Spaniard along with Agustin de Legaspi, a nephew of Lakan Dula and son-in-law of the Sultan of Brunei during the Magat Salamat uprising in 1587–1588. But since the year 1584, a non-resident vicar from the Augustinian order named P. Melchor de Ribera was assigned to convert to Christianity the natives of the town.
In 1587, according to P. Gaspar San Agustin, Taguig was once again accepted in the list of "Augustinian Chapter" in a meeting held on April 4, 1587 through "Tomamos de nuevo la casa de Tagui, con voto".[1]
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From 1856 to 1897, Taguig, then a municipality of the province of Manila (previously Tondo until 1859), was headed by the capitan municipal as its chief executive. Following the Philippine Declaration of Independence, the position was replaced by the Pangulo ng Bayan (transl. Municipal President), which was solely held by Baltazar Capistrano from 1898 to 1899. In 1901, the year when Taguig became part of the newly established province of Rizal, the chief executive was named mayor, which was first held by Feliciano Pagkalinawan. Despite merging with Pateros from 1903 to 1909, both municipalities had different leaders, respectively.
List
Municipal President/Mayor of Taguig
| Name | Deputy (later Vice Mayor) | Term Began | Term Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitan Municipal de Taguig | |||
| Domingo Franco | 1856 | 1857 | |
| Vicente Azores | 1857 | 1858 | |
| Juan B. Labao | 1859 | 1860 | |
| Domingo Guevarra | 1860 | 1861 | |
| Venancio Sandoval | 1861 | 1862 | |
| Leandro Labao | 1862 | 1863 | |
| Salvador Esguerra | 1863 | 1864 | |
| Tomas Cruz | 1865 | 1866 | |
| Ciriaco Labao | 1867 | 1868 | |
| Domingo Guerrero | 1869 | 1870 | |
| Agustin Rayos | 1871 | 1872 | |
| Leoncio Pagkalinawan | 1873 | 1874 | |
| Clemente Labao | 1875 | 1876 | |
| 1877 | 1878 | ||
| Jose Natividad | 1879 | 1880 | |
| Feliciano Pagkalinawan | 1881 | 1882 | |
| Miguel Aquino | 1887 | 1888 | |
| 1889 | 1890 | ||
| Jose Natividad | 1891 | 1892 | |
| Marcos Lontoc | 1893 | 1894 | |
| Jose Natividad | 1895 | 1897 | |
| Pangulo ng Bayan | |||
| Baltazar Capistrano | June 12, 1898 | March 16, 1899 | |
| Municipal Mayor of Taguig | |||
| Feliciano Pagkalinawan | 1901 | 1903 | |
| Felipe Rayos del Sol | 1904 | 1910 | |
| Braulio Pagkalinawan | 1911 | 1912 | |
| Graciano Juta | 1912 | 1916 | |
| Jose Pagtakhan | 1916 | 1925 | |
| Eusebio Santos | 1925 | 1931 | |
| Cleto Mastrili | 1931 | 1934 | |
| Artemio Natividad | Teotimo Cuevas[2] | October 16, 1934 | December 3, 1942 |
| Leocadio De Leon | December 4, 1942 | February 17, 1945 | |
| Pedro D. Cruz | July 1, 1945 | December 31, 1945 | |
| Leocadio De Leon | January 9, 1946 | May 31, 1946 | |
| Pedro D. Cruz | June 1, 1946 | December 31, 1947 | |
| Nicanor P. Cruz | January 1, 1948 | December 30, 1951 | |
| Bonifacio Relon | January 1, 1952 | December 31, 1955 | |
| Monico C. Tanyag | January 1, 1956 | December 31, 1975 | |
| Levi B. Mariano | April 14, 1976 | March 25, 1986 | |
| Isidro Garcia | March 26, 1986 | February 1, 1988 | |
| Rodolfo De Guzman | October 10, 1988 | June 30, 1992 | |
| Ricardo D. Papa, Jr. | Daniel Castillo | July 6, 1992[3] | June 30, 1995 |
| Isidro Garcia | Alan Peter Cayetano | June 30, 1995 | August 27, 1997 |
| Ricardo D. Papa, Jr. | Alan Peter Cayetano (1997–1998) Loida Labao-Alzona (1998–2001) | September 2, 1997 | June 30, 2001 |
| Sigfrido R. Tiñga | Loida Labao-Alzona (2001–2004) George Elias (2004) | June 30, 2001 | December 8, 2004 |
City Mayor of Taguig
| No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) | Party | In office | Election | Vice Mayor | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Time in office | ||||||||
| 1 | Sigfrido Tiñga (born 1965) | Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig[a] | December 8, 2004 | June 30, 2010 | 5 years, 204 days | – | George Elias (2004–2013) | |||
| 2007 | ||||||||||
| 2 | .jpg) | Lani Cayetano (born 1981) | Nacionalista | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2019 | 9 years, 0 days | 2010 | |||
| 2013 | Ricardo Cruz Jr. (2013–2022) | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  | Lino Cayetano (born 1978) | Nacionalista | June 30, 2019 | June 30, 2022 | 3 years, 0 days | 2019 | |||
| (2) | .jpg) | Lani Cayetano (born 1981) | Nacionalista | June 30, 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 327 days | 2022 | Arvin Ian Alit (2022–present) | ||
List of acting and appointed OIC mayors of Taguig
| Name | Term Began | Term Ended | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acting and Appointed OIC Mayor of Taguig | |||
| Aquilino Sarmiento | February 17, 1945 | June 30, 1945 | Acting Mayor during the liberation of Taguig |
| Donato L. Estacio, Jr. | December 1, 1987 | October 9, 1988 | Appointed OIC Mayor after People Power Revolution |
| Source:[4] | |||
Pictures of some past Mayors of Taguig
| Past Mayors of Taguig |  |