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Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/govph/12301350536 This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria: It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

Isabelo Artacho (1860 - 1909)
Isabelo Artacho was a Filipino lawyer, revolutionary and politician. He served as Minister of the Interior from November 1, 1897 to December 15, 1897. He later served as Governor of Pangasinan from Mar...
El Progreso (25 August 1900, p. 3): https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/prgs19000825-01.1.3 This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria: It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

Leandro Ibarra (1852 - 1900)
Leandro Ibarra was a Filipino lawyer. He served as Minister of the Interior from June 23, 1898 to December 1898. Obituaries: El Comercio El Progreso Death certificate
Photo by Toto Lozano of the Philippine News Agency, from https://www.pna.gov.ph/photos/30211 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.

Ismael Sueno
Ismael Sueno is the former Secretary of the Philippine Department of the Interior and Local Government. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Mel Senen Sarmiento starting June 30, 20...
Official Portrait of General Eduardo M. Año Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20171107125418/https://www.afp.mil.ph/index.php Author: Armed Forces of the Philippines 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.

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Benjamin Abalos Jr. is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government since 2022. Before his appointment as DILG secretary, he last served as the Chairman of...

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Seal from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Department_of_the_Interior_and_Local_Government_(DILG)_Seal_-_Logo.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 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 Sison | 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 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 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
Benjamin Abalos Jr. | June 30, 2022 - Present

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