Governor of Samar

The Governor of Samar is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Samar (province).

Governor of Samar Gobernador han Lalawigan han Samar Waray
Seal of the Province of Samar
Incumbent Reynolds Michael T. Tan since November 30, 2019
Style	Governor, Honorable Governor
Residence	Samar Capitol, Catbalogan City
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Julio Llorente
Formation	1768 (Separation from the former Province of Samar and Leyte) 1965 (Partition into 3 Provinces)

Order	Name	Year in Office	Notes
1	Julio Llorente	1902 – 1903	First appointed governor of Samar
2	Segundo Singzon	1903 – 1904	Second appointed governor of Samar from Cebu.
3	George Curry	1905 – 1907	First American governor of Samar.
4	Maximo Cinco	1908 – 1910	First elected governor of Samar.
5	Vicente Jasmines	1910 – 1916
6	Clodualdo Lucero	1916 – 1922
7	Juan Sulse	1922 – 1931
8	Felipe Abrigo	1932 – 1934, 1937 – 1940
9	Cayetano Lucero	1940 – 1944
10	Vicente Dira	1944 – 1945	Japanese Appointee
11	Gerardo Morrero	1945 – 1946
12	Baltazar Avelino	1946 – 1950
13	Decoroso Rosales	1950 – 1955
14	Fernando Veloso	1955 – 1960
15	Vicente Valley	1960 – 1963
16	Esteban Piczon	1963 – 1967
17	Jose Roño	1967 – 1973
18	Pablo Cinco	1973 – 1976
19	Tomas O. Ricalde	1976 – 1986
20	Antonio M. Bolastig	1986 – 1995
21	Jose Roño	1995 – 2001
22	Milagrosa T. Tan	2001 – 2010	First Female Governor
23	Sharee Ann Tan	2010 – 2019	Youngest Elected Governor
24	Milagrosa T. Tan	2019	Died in Office
25	Reynolds Michael T. Tan	2019 – incumbent

This article is about the Governors of (Western) Samar. For the island, see Samar. For other uses, see Samar (disambiguation).

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