
The Department of the Interior and Local Government, abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.
This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been working or had worked at the Department of the Interior and Local Government and its predecessors. Find more at the master project page, Philippines Portal.
Director of the Interior
- Pascual Álvarez | April 17, 1897 - October 31, 1897
Ministers of the Interior
- Isabelo Artacho | November 1, 1897 - December 15, 1897
- Leandro Ibarra | June 23, 1898 - December 1898
- Teodoro Sandiko | January 21, 1899 - May 7, 1899
- Severino de las Alas | May 7, 1899 - November 13, 1899
Secretary of the Interior
A new Department of the Interior was created by the Philippine Commission in September 1901.
- Dean Conant Worcester | 1901 - 1913
- Winfred Thaxter Denison | 1914 - 1916
- Francis Burton Harrison (acting) | 1915 - 1916
- Rafael Palma | 1917 - 1920
- Teodoro Kalaw | 1920 - 1922
- José P. Laurel | February 9, 1923 - July 17, 1923
- Felipe Agoncillo | 1923 - 1925
- Honorio Ventura | 1925 - 1933
- Teófilo Sisón | 1933 - 1935
- Elpidio Quirino | 1935 - 1938
- Rafael Alunan | 1938 - August 29, 1941
- Francisco Zulueta | August 29, 1941 - December 22, 1941
Commissioner of the Interior
- Benigno Q. Aquino, Sr. | 1942
Minister of the Interior
- José P. Laurel | December 2, 1942 - October 14, 1943
Secretary of the Interior
- Tomás Confesor | March 8, 1945 - July 10, 1945
Secretary of National Defense and the Interior
- Alfredo Montelibano Montelibano, Sr. | July 11, 1945 - May 27, 1946
Secretaries of the Interior
- José Zulueta | May 28, 1946 - April 17, 1948
- Sotero Baluyut | September 21, 1948 - December 20, 1950
The Department of the Interior was abolished in 1950.
In 1956, the office of the Presidential Assistants on Community Development (PACD) was created, having roles resembling that of the Department of the Interior, except supervision over the police force. Notable PACD executive officers are Rafael Binamira, Hilarion Henares Jr., Cesar Climaco and Ernesto Maceda.
Secretary of General Services
- Vicente Duterte | December 30, 1965 - February 21, 1968
Secretary of Local Government and Community Development
- Jose Roño | January 1, 1973 - June 2, 1978
Minister of Local Government and Community Development
- Jose Roño | June 2, 1978 - February 28, 1982
Ministers of Local Government
- Jose Roño | February 28, 1982 - February 25, 1986
- Aquilino Pimentel Jr. | February 26, 1986 - December 7, 1986
- Jaime Nery Ferrer | December 8, 1986 - July 25, 1987
Secretaries of Local Government
- Jaime Nery Ferrer | July 25, 1987 - August 2, 1987
- Lito Monico Lorenzana (acting) | August 3, 1987 - November 8, 1987
- Luis Santos | November 9, 1987 - December 13, 1990
Secretaries of Interior and Local Government
- Luis Santos | December 13, 1990 - December 10, 1991
- Cesar Nabarete Sarino | December 11, 1991 - June 30, 1992
- Rafael Alunan III | June 30, 1992 - April 16, 1996
- Bobby Barbers | April 16, 1996 - February 4, 1998
- Epimaco Velasco | February 4, 1998 - May 30, 1998
- Sonny Collantes (officer-in-charge) | June 1, 1998 - June 30, 1998
- Joseph Estrada | June 30, 1998 - April 12, 1999
- Ronaldo Villanueva Puno | April 12, 1999 - January 10, 2000
- Alfredo Lim | January 10, 2000 - January 20, 2001
- Anselmo S. Avelino Jr. (officer-in-charge) | January 20, 2001 - January 28, 2001
- Joey Lina | January 29, 2001 - July 11, 2004
- Angelo Reyes | July 12, 2004 - February 16, 2006
- Ronaldo Villanueva Puno | April 4, 2006 - June 30, 2010
- Benigno Aquino III (officer-in-charge) | June 30, 2010 - July 9, 2010
- Jesse Robredo | July 9, 2010 - August 18, 2012
- Paquito Ochoa Jr. (officer-in-charge) | August 19, 2012 - September 19, 2012
- Mar Roxas | September 20, 2012 - September 11, 2015
- Mel Senen Sarmiento | September 14, 2015 - June 30, 2016
- Ismael Sueno | June 30, 2016 - April 4, 2017
- Catalino Salandanan Cuy (officer-in-charge) | April 5, 2017 - January 4, 2018
- Eduardo Año | November 6, 2018 - June 30, 2022, officer-in-charge from January 5, 2018 - November 6, 2018
- Benhur Abalos | June 30, 2022 - October 7, 2024
- Jonvic Remulla | October 8, 2024 - present
Resources
- "Department of the Interior and Local Government" Wikipedia.
- "Secretary of the Interior and Local Government" Wikipedia.
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