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Seal from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Department_of_Education.svg This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.

The Department of Education is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. It is the main agency tasked to manage and govern the Philippine system of basic education.

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been working or had worked at the Department of Education and its predecessors. Find more at the master project page, Philippines Portal.

Under President Emilio Aguinaldo, supervision on schools and basic education was put under the Department of the Interior.

Secretaries of Public Instruction

Bernard Norton Moses | September 1, 1901 - December 31, 1902
James Francis Smith | January 1, 1902 - September 20, 1906
William Morgan Shuster III | September 28, 1906 - March 1, 1909
Newton W. Gilbert | March 1, 1909 - December 1, 1913
Henderson Martin | December 1, 1913 - June 28, 1917
Charles Yeater | June 29, 1917 - January 25, 1922
Eugene Allen Gilmore | January 26, 1922 - June 20, 1930
Nicholas Roosevelt | July 29, 1930 - September 24, 1930
George C. Butte | December 31, 1930 - June 30, 1932
John Hodgman Holliday | August 13, 1932 - September 1, 1933
Joseph Ralston Hayden | November 7, 1933 - November 15, 1935
Sergio Osmeña | November 15, 1935 - December 1, 1938
Manuel L. Quezon | December 1, 1938 - April 19, 1939
Jorge Bocobo | April 19, 1939 - January 22, 1941

Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare

Sergio Osmeña | December 24, 1941 - August 1, 1944

Commissioner of Education, Health and Public Welfare

Claro M. Recto | January 26, 1942 - October 14, 1943

Minister of Education, Health and Public Welfare

Gabriel R. Mañalac | October 20, 1943 - January 1, 1944

Minister of Education

Camilo Osías | May 18, 1944 - February 1945

Secretary of of Information and Public Relation

Carlos P. Romulo | October 1944 - February 27, 1945

Secretaries of Instruction

Maximo M. Kalaw | March 8, 1945 - May 4, 1945
Jose Sesbreño Reyes | May 5, 1945 - January 3, 1946
Francisco Francia Benitez | January 3, 1946 - May 27, 1946
Manuel Viola Gallego, Sr. | May 28, 1946 - September 20, 1948
Prudencio Langcauon | September 1948 - September 13, 1950
Pablo Lorenzo | September 14, 1950 - April 3, 1951
Teodoro Evangelista | May 18, 1951 - September 30, 1951
Cecilio Putong | April 18, 1952 - January 13, 1954
Pastor Endencia | January 13, 1954 - June 30, 1954
Gregorio Hernandez Jr. | June 30, 1954 - March 17, 1957
Martín Aguilar Jr. | March 29, 1957 - September 2, 1957
Manuel Lim | September 3, 1957 - November 17, 1957
Daniel Magno Salcedo | November 18, 1957 - May 31, 1959
Jose E. Romero | June 1, 1959 - September 4, 1962
Jose Y[ap] Tuason | September 5, 1962 - December 30, 1962
Alejandro Reyes Roces | December 30, 1962 - September 7, 1965
Carlos P. Romulo | December 30, 1965 - December 16, 1967
Onofre Corpuz (acting) | December 17, 1967 - April 20, 1971
Juan L. Manuel | April 21, 1971 - September 23, 1972

Secretary of Education and Culture

Juan L. Manuel | September 24, 1972 - June 2, 1978

Ministers of Education and Culture

Juan L. Manuel | June 2, 1978 - June 1979
Onofre Corpuz | July 1979 - September 10, 1982

Ministers of Education, Culture and Sports

Onofre Corpuz | September 11, 1982 - January 1984
Jaime Laya | January 1984 - February 1986
Lourdes Reynes-Quisumbing | February 25, 1986 - January 30, 1987

Secretaries of Education, Culture and Sports

Lourdes Reynes-Quisumbing | January 30, 1987 - December 1989
Isidro Cariño | January 3, 1990 - June 30, 1992
Armand Fabella | July 1, 1992 - July 6, 1994
Ricardo Gloria | July 7, 1994 - December 1997
Erlinda Pefianco | February 2, 1998 - June 30, 1998
Andrew Gonzalez | July 1, 1998 - January 22, 2001
Raul Roco | January 22, 2001 - August 10, 2001

Secretaries of Education

Raul Roco | August 11, 2001 - August 31, 2002
Edilberto de Jesus | September 16, 2002 - August 2004
Florencio Abad | September 24, 2004 - July 8, 2005
Ramon Carlos Bacani (officer-in-charge) | July 8, 2005 - August 30, 2005
Fe Hidalgo (officer-in-charge) | August 31, 2005 - October 3, 2006
Jesli Lapus | October 4, 2006 - March 15, 2010
Mona Valisno | March 15, 2010 - June 30, 2010
Armin Luistro | June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2016
Leonor Briones | June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2022
Sara Duterte | June 30, 2022 - July 19, 2024
Sonny Angara | July 19, 2024 - present

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"Department of Education (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
"Secretary of Education (Philippines)" Wikipedia.

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