Department of Social Welfare and Development

The Philippines' Department of Social Welfare and Development is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare of rights of Filipinos and to promote the social development.

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

Minister of Welfare

• Gracio P. Gonzaga | January 21, 1899 - May 7, 1899

Commissioner of Public Welfare

• Jose F. Fabella | November 15, 1921 - November 15, 1935

Secretaries of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare

• Juan Nolasco | November 15, 1935 - December 24, 1941
• Sergio Osmeña | December 24, 1941 - August 1, 1944

Secretaries of Justice, Labor and Welfare

• Honorio Poblador | August 1, 1944 - December 25, 1944
• Mariano Alba Eraña (acting) | December 25, 1944 - February 17, 1945

Secretaries of Health and Public Welfare

• Juan Salcedo Jr. | February 17, 1945 - November 10, 1945
• José Corteza Locsín | November 10, 1945 - May 28, 1946

Secretaries of Social Welfare

• Asunción Arriola-Pérez | 1950 - 1953
• Pacita Warns Gonzalez | 1954 - 1955
• Amparo Villamor | 1960 - 1961
• Tecla San Andres Ziga | 1962 - 1963
• Jose O. Pelayo | 1963 - 1965
• Francisco Remotigue | 1966 - 1967
• Gregorio M[endoza] Feliciano | 1967 - 1971
• Estefania Aldaba-Lim | April 11, 1971 - 1976

Secretaries of Social Services and Development

• Estefania Aldaba-Lim | 1976 - November 30, 1977
• Nathaniel Bautista Tablante | December 1, 1977 - March 28, 1978

Ministers of Social Services and Development

• Sylvia Montes | March 28, 1978 - February 25, 1986
• Mita Pardo de Tavera | February 25, 1986 - January 30, 1987

Secretaries of Social Welfare and Development

• Mita Pardo de Tavera | January 30, 1987 - June 30, 1992
• Corazon Alma de Leon | June 30, 1992 - June 30, 1995
• Lina Laigo | June 30, 1995 - June 30, 1998
• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | June 30, 1998 - October 12, 2000
• Dulce Saguisag | October 12, 2000 - January 19, 2001
• Dinky Soliman | January 20, 2001 - July 8, 2005
• Luwalhati Pablo (acting) | July 8, 2005 - July 20, 2005
• Esperanza Cabral | July 21, 2005 - August 31, 2009
• Celia Capadocia Yangco | September 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010
• Dinky Soliman | June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2016
• Judy Taguiwalo (ad interim) | June 30, 2016 - August 16, 2017
• Emmanuel Leyco (officer-in-charge) | August 19, 2017 - May 9, 2018
• Virginia Nazarrea Orogo (acting) | May 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018
• Rolando Joselito Delizo Bautista | October 17, 2018 - June 30, 2022
• Erwin Tulfo (ad interim) | June 30, 2022 (reappointed October 4, 2022) - December 27, 2022
• Eduardo Mabasa Punay (officer-in-charge) | December 27, 2022 - January 31, 2023
• Rex Gatchalian | January 31, 2023 - Present

Resources

• "Department of Social Welfare and Development" Wikipedia.
• "Secretary of Social Welfare and Development" Wikipedia.

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