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Ronald Aguto Jr.
Ronald P. Aguto, Jr is a Filipino politician and Certified Public Accountant and the Governor-elect of Batanes due to take office on June 30, 2025. Source Certificate of Candidacy (2025)
Photo by the United States Army Signal Corps, from https://catalog.archives.gov/id/80666762?objectPage=112 This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

Víctor de Padua (1898 - 1952)
Víctor de Padua was the Provincial Governor of the province of Batanes during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from June 1944 and February 1945. A member of the Ilocano people, he had previou...
Juan Manzano (1820 - 1889)
Baptismal certificates: Copy 1 Copy 2 Pre-marriage investigation file Marriage Marriage certificate
Photo from Cornejo’s Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines (1939), by Miguel Cornejo (p. 1572, Image 108): https://issuu.com/filipinasheritagelibrary/docs/cornejo_s_commonwealth_directory_of_5e604229a95e4b?fr=sNDIzYTU5NzMyNjE Original file: https://ibb.co/QY9fwBW or https://imgbox.com/Mz95i7d5 or https://pixhost.to/show/9/473225746_page_108.jpg Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Abad_y_Castillejos.jpg 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 because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.

José Abad y Castillejos (1875 - 1957)
José Abad y Castillejos was a Filipino politician. He served as governor of Batanes from October 19, 1931 to December 30, 1937. Cornejo’s Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines (1939), by Miguel C...
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Juan Agudo (1895 - 1942)
Juan Agudo was a Filipino teacher and politician. He was the Governor of Batanes when he was beheaded by the Japanese.

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Governors of Batanes

1. **SPANISH PERIOD (1783–1898)**

  - José Huelva y Melgarejo (June 26, 1783 - 1785)

  - Miguel del Amo (1785 – 1789)

  - Joaquin del Castillo (1789 – 1794)

  - Felimon Zenoreta (1794-1798)

  - Valerio Bermudez (1799-1831)

  - Luis Lima (1831-1855)

  - Fernando de la Cueva (1855-1872)

Juan Manzano (appointed August 29, 1865, but never went to Batanes to serve until he was relieved on September 18, 1868)

  - Jose Serra (1872-1885)

  - Julián Fortea (1885-September 18, 1898)

2. **FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC (1898–1899)**

 - Teófilo Castillejos (September 20, 1898 - 1899)

3. **PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE (1907–1937)**

  - Otto Johns Scheerer (August 20, 1909 - November 29, 1909)

  - Jose Jimenez (December 6, 1909 - September 12, 1910)

  - George M. Egan (September 17, 1910 - November 6, 1911; April 29, 1912 - July 21, 1913)

  - Clifton M. Spears (November 13, 1911 - April 8, 1912)

  - Alexander Cordenker (July 28, 1913 - February 23, 1915)

  - I. Susana (March 15, 1915 - January 24, 1916; February 28, 1916 - September 11, 1916)

  - Jose O. Ocampo (January 31, 1916 - February 21, 1916; January 29, 1917 - May 3, 1917)

  - Vicente Barsana (September 18, 1916 - January 22, 1917)

  - Lucas Gonzalo (May 15, 1917 - May 6, 1918; June 17, 1918 - November 3, 1919)

  - Antonio F. Buenaventura (May 20, 1918 - June 10, 1918)

  - Mariano Lizardo (November 11, 1919 - December 1, 1923)

  - Juan Castillejos (January 3, 1923 - September 30, 1925)

  - Claudio Castillejos (October 21, 1925 - October 10, 1928)

  - Bernardo Barsana (October 16, 1928 - October 12, 1931)

  - José Abad y Castillejos (October 19, 1931 - December 30, 1937)

4. **COMMONWEALTH PERIOD (1938–1946)**

  - Domingo Cacho (December 30, 1937 - December 30, 1940)

  - Juan Agudo (December 30, 1940 - August 31, 1942)

  - Víctor de Padua (June 1, 1944 - February 28, 1945)

5. **THIRD PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC (1946–1978)**

  - Mariano Bayares (March 6, 1946 - June 27, 1946)

  - Eugenio Agudo (July 18, 1946 - December 30, 1951; December 30, 1959 - December 30, 1963)

  - Ciriaco A. Abad (December 30, 1951 - December 30, 1955)

  - Marcos P. Malupa (December 30, 1955 - December 30, 1959)

  - Silvino Barsana Agudo (December 30, 1968 – December 30, 1971)

  - Simon G. Gato (December 30, 1971 - June 30, 1978)

6. **FOURTH PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC (1978–1986)**

  - Jose A. Santana (June 30, 1978 – February 19, 1980)

  - Mario C. Lizardo (March 3, 1980 – June 18, 1986)

7. **FIFTH PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC (1986–present)**

  - Aurora Abad (June 18, 1986 - November 30, 1987)

  - Godofredo C. Fabi (December 1, 1987 - December 5, 1987)

  - Tomas H. Batin (December 6, 1987 - February 1, 1988)

  - Telesforo Castillejos (February 2, 1988 - June 30, 1998; June 30, 2007 - June 30, 2010)

  - Vicente S. Gato (June 30, 1998 - June 30, 2007; June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2016)

  - Marilou Horlina Cayco (June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2022, June 30, 2022 to June 30, 2025)

  - [Ronald Aguto Jr. Ronald P. Aguto, Jr ] (June 30, 2025 to Present)

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