Cabinet of the Philippines

Cabinet of Republic of the Philippines
	Great Seal of the Philippines
Cabinet overview
Formed	January 21, 1899; (125 years ago)
Type	Advisory body
Headquarters	Malacañang Palace, Manila
Cabinet executives	Bongbong Marcos, President of the Philippines; Lucas Bersamin, Executive Secretary; Usec. Cesar Chavez, Acting Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office; Sec. Antonio Lagdameo Jr., Special Assistant to the President; Usec. Elaine T. Masukat, Acting Chief of Presidential Management Staff; Sec. Juan Ponce Enrile, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel;
Website	www.gov.ph

The Cabinet of the Philippines (Filipino: Gabinete ng Pilipinas, usually referred to as the Cabinet or Gabinete) consists of the heads of the largest part of the executive branch of the national government of the Philippines. Currently, it includes the secretaries of 22 executive departments and the heads of other several other minor agencies and offices that are subordinate to the president of the Philippines.

The cabinet secretaries are tasked to advise the president on the different affairs of the state like agriculture, budget, energy, finance, education, social welfare, national defense, foreign policy, and the like.

They are nominated by the president and then presented to the Commission on Appointments, a body of the Congress of the Philippines that confirms all appointments made by the president, for confirmation or rejection. If the presidential appointees are approved, they are sworn into office, receive the title "Secretary", and begin to function their duties.

Constitutional and legal basis

Appointment

Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of the Philippines says that the President

shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and other officers whose appointments are vested in him in this Constitution. He shall also appoint all other officers of the Government whose appointments are not otherwise provided for by law, and those whom he may be authorized by law to appoint. The Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of other officers lower in rank in the President alone, in the courts, or in the heads of departments, agencies, commissions, or boards.

Cabinet and cabinet-level officials

The people listed below form the cabinet and are the heads of the current executive departments of the Philippines. The officials under these departments are appointed with the rank of Secretary. Appointed officials who are not confirmed by the Commission on Appointments, as required by law, will take the office under acting capacity, or as officer-in-charge, depending on the appointment released and approved by the President. The current structure of the Cabinet of the Philippines are based on the executive orders reorganizing the offices under its jurisdiction, given the fact that the Constitution allows executive privileges to reorganize its structure.

Official Filipino names of the agencies were derived from Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino and Department of Budget and Management.^[1]^[2]

Departments and Executive Offices of the Philippine Government

Department (Constituting instrument)	Acronym	Office	Incumbent	In office since
Office of the Executive Secretary (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	OES	Executive Secretary	Lucas Bersamin	September 27, 2022
Foreign Affairs (Commonwealth Act No. 732)	DFA	Secretary of Foreign Affairs	Enrique Manalo	July 1, 2022
Finance (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOF	Secretary of Finance	Ralph Recto	January 12, 2024
National Defense (Commonwealth Act No. 1)	DND	Secretary of National Defense	Gilberto Teodoro	June 5, 2023
Justice (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOJ	Secretary of Justice	Jesus Crispin Remulla	June 30, 2022
Interior and Local Government (Republic Act No. 6975)	DILG	Secretary of the Interior and Local Government	Jonvic Remulla	October 8, 2024
Agriculture (Presidential Decree No. 461, s. 1974)	DA	Secretary of Agriculture	Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.	November 3, 2023
Trade and Industry (Executive Order No. 133, s. 1987)	DTI	Secretary of Trade and Industry	Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque (Acting)	August 2, 2024
Labor and Employment (Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987)	DOLE	Secretary of Labor and Employment	Bienvenido Laguesma	June 30, 2022
Health (Executive Order No. 94, s. 1947)	DOH	Secretary of Health	Teodoro Herbosa	June 5, 2023
Human Settlements and Urban Development (Republic Act No. 11201)	DHSUD	Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development	Jose Rizalino Acuzar	July 29, 2022
Transportation (Republic Act No. 10844)	DOTr	Secretary of Transportation	Jaime Bautista	June 30, 2022
Energy (Republic Act No. 7638)	DOE	Secretary of Energy	Raphael Lotilla	July 11, 2022
Education (Republic Act No. 9155)	DepEd	Secretary of Education	Sonny Angara	July 19, 2024
Environment and Natural Resources (Presidential Decree No. 461, s. 1974)	DENR	Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources	Maria Antonia Loyzaga	July 12, 2022
Budget and Management (Presidential Decree No. 1405, s. 1978)	DBM	Secretary of Budget and Management	Amenah Pangandaman	June 30, 2022
Science and Technology (Executive Order No. 128, s. 1987)	DOST	Secretary of Science and Technology	Renato Solidum Jr.	July 22, 2022
Agrarian Reform (Republic Act No. 6657)	DAR	Secretary of Agrarian Reform	Conrado Estrella III	June 30, 2022
Tourism (Executive Order No. 120, s. 1987)	DOT	Secretary of Tourism	Christina Garcia-Frasco	June 30, 2022
Social Welfare and Development (Presidential Decree No. 994, s. 1976)	DSWD	Secretary of Social Welfare and Development	Rexlon Gatchalian	January 31, 2023
Public Works and Highways (Executive Order No. 124-A, s. 1987)	DPWH	Secretary of Public Works and Highways	Manuel Bonoan	June 30, 2022
Information and Communications Technology (Republic Act No. 10844)	DICT	Secretary of Information and Communications Technology	Ivan John Uy	June 30, 2022
Migrant Workers (Republic Act No. 11641)	DMW	Secretary of Migrant Workers	Hans Leo Cacdac	August 20, 2024
National Security	NSC	National Security Adviser	Eduardo Año	January 14, 2023
National Economy and Development (Presidential Decree No. 107, s. 1972)	NEDA	Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority and Secretary of Socio-economic Planning	Arsenio Balisacan	June 30, 2022
Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs	OSAPIEA	Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs	Frederick Go	January 12, 2024^[a]
Presidential Management	PMS	Secretary of the Presidential Management Staff	Usec. Elaine T. Masukat (Officer-in-charge)	January 3, 2023
Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel	OCPLC	Chief Presidential Legal Counsel	Juan Ponce Enrile	June 30, 2022
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Creative Communications	OPACC	Presidential Adviser on Creative Communications	Vacant	?
Office of the Presidential Assistant on Maritime Affairs	OPAMA	Presidential Assistant on Maritime Affairs	Andres Centino	September 28, 2023
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs	OPAMPA	Presidential Adviser on Military and Police Affairs	Roman A. Felix	August 3, 2022
Office of the Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation	OPAPA	Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation	Larry Gadon	June 26, 2023
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity	OPAPRU	Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity	Carlito Galvez Jr.	June 26, 2023
Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas	OPAV	Presidential Assistant for the Visayas	Terence Calatrava	December 6, 2022
Office of the Special Assistant to the President	OSAP	Special Assistant to the President	Antonio Lagdameo Jr.	June 30, 2022
Solicitor General	OSG	Solicitor General	Menardo Guevarra	June 30, 2022
Presidential Communications Office	PCO	Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office	Usec. Cesar B. Chavez (Acting)	September 5, 2024
Presidential Legislative Liaison Office	PLLO	Presidential Adviser on Legislative Affairs and Head of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office	Mark Llandro Mendoza	August 23, 2022

Agencies, authorities and offices under the Office of the President

The following officials are appointed on the following agencies directly under the supervision of the Office of the President. The current structure of these agencies and offices are based on Executive Order No. 1, s. 2022, wherein all agencies and offices under and attached to the Office of the President shall be under the supervision and control of the Office of Executive Secretary (Section 5).^[3] Meanwhile, officials under these agencies and officies can either have a rank of secretary or undersecretary, and therefore are permitted to attend Cabinet meetings for special purposes.

Notes

^ Served as Presidential Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs from January 30, 2023 to January 12, 2024.

References

^ "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF) (in Filipino). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaaan ng Pilipinas" (PDF) (in Filipino). Department of Budget and Management. 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
^ "Executive Order No. 1" (PDF). Pcoo.gov.ph. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ "Our People". December 15, 2021.
^ https://mwss.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/MWSS-Profile-Sheet-rev-3-03302023compressed.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://www.pea.gov.ph/corporate-profile/2016-03-03-05-03-02 ^{[bare URL]}

[3] Served as Presidential Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs from January 30, 2023 to January 12, 2024.

[1] "Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino" (PDF) (in Filipino). Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[2] "Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaaan ng Pilipinas" (PDF) (in Filipino). Department of Budget and Management. 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2022.

[4] "Executive Order No. 1" (PDF). Pcoo.gov.ph. Retrieved July 24, 2022.

[5] "Our People". December 15, 2021.

[6] ttps://mwss.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/MWSS-Profile-Sheet-rev-3-03302023compressed.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[7] ttps://www.pea.gov.ph/corporate-profile/2016-03-03-05-03-02 ^{[bare URL]}

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