Mayor of Bacolod
The Mayor of Bacolod ((Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Bakulod); Hiligaynon: Alkalde sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod) is the local chief executive and head of the City Government of Bacolod. Along with the Governor of Negros Occidental and the Governor of Negros Oriental, as mayor of a highly urbanized city, he sits as one of the chief executives of Negros Island.
Mayor of the City of Bacolod
Alkalde sang Dakbanwa sang Bacolod Alkalde sa Dakbayan sa Bacolod Alcalde de la Ciudad de Bacolod | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Seat | Bacolod City Hall (legal) Government Center (official) |
Appointer | Elected via popular vote |
Term length | 3 years |
Inaugural holder | Bernardino de los Santoss (as Gobernadorcillo) Gregorio Gonzaga (as Presidente Municipal) Fernando M. Cuadra (as interim City Mayor) Alfredo Montelibano Sr. (as first City Mayor) |
Formation | 1775 (historic) 1890 (gobernadorcillo) 1894 (presidente municipal) 1934 (de jure, city mayorship) |
History
While Bacolod was first established as a town on January 20, 1755, the capital of Negros Island in 1846 and the capital of Negros Occidental in 1890, the archives of the City Government of Bacolod lists Bernardino de los Santos as Gobernadorcillo[1] upon the establishment of Bacolod as the capital of Negros Occidental after the division of the island, while Gregorio Gonzaga as the recorded Presidente Municipal[2] in 1894. Bacolod, being a pueblo and municipality then, was composed of a municipal council headed by a president. The Presidente Municipal may opt to be assisted by deputies normally called Tiniente Mayor.
As the Province of Negros Occidental grew in importance due to the sugar industry, Bacolod became a hub for business and politics, drawing more immigrant families into the city. Along with nearby Silay, population swelled due to economic and work opportunities, including education and the Sugar Exchange Center located near the town plaza.
Cityhood
Through Commonwealth Act No. 326, sponsored by Representative Pedro C. Hernaez of the Second District of Negros Occidental, Bacolod was chartered as a city on June 18, 1938. Alfredo Montelíbano, Sr. became the first city mayor upon his inauguration on October 18, 1938, along with the formal inauguration of the City Government of Bacolod. On the City Plaza still stands the tindalo tree planted by President Manuel Quezon as a reminder of the inauguration ceremonies.
As Highly-Urbanized City
Batas Pambansa Blg. 51 elevated the status of the city further as a highly urbanized city on December 22, 1979. Due to this, the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental ceased to have control over Bacolod. It received funding directly from the national allocation, but meant that the citizens of Bacolod cannot vote for the officials of the Provincial Government nor run for elective provincial posts.
The last city official to have become won a post in the province was former Governor Alfredo Montelibano, Jr. After the promulgation of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Bacolod City was given its own representation in Congress as the Lone District of Bacolod.
List
No. | Name | Term | Title (Mayor) | Deputy | Title (Deputy) | Administration | Era |
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1 | Bernardino delos Santos | 1890–1894 | Gobernadorcillo | None | Next lower post: Cabeza de Barangay | Valeriano Weyler | Spanish Colonial Government |
2 | Gregorio Gonzaga | 1894–1895 | Presidente Municipal | Manual Fernandez | Teniente Mayor | Ramón Blanco | Spanish Colonial Government |
3 | Isabelo Labarro | 1895–1896 | Presidente Municipal | Leoncio Garrucho | Teniente Mayor | Ramón Blanco | Spanish Colonial Government |
4 | Fausto Gonzaga | 1896–1897 | Presidente Municipal | Pio Arcea | Teniente Mayor | Camilo de Polavieja | Spanish Colonial Government |
5 | Manuel Fernandez | 1897–1898 | Presidente Municipal | Faustino Velez | Teniente Mayor | Fernando Primo de Rivera | Spanish Colonial Government |
6 | Basiliso Villanueva | 1898–1899 | Presidente Municipal | Francisco Agravante | Secretario Municipal | Aniceto Lacson | Republic of Negros |
7 | Jose Gonzaga | 1899–1903 | Presidente Municipal | Timoteo Manalo | Secretario Municipal | Aniceto Lacson | Republic of Negros |
8 | Jo. V.L. Gonzaga | 1903–1906 | Presidente Municipal | Francisco Agravante | Secretario Municipal | William Howard Taft | Insular Government |
9 | Mario Ramos | 1906–1909 | Presidente Municipal | Manuel Fernandez | Vice Presidente Municipal | Henry Clay Ide | Insular Government |
10 | Esteban Guanzon | 1909–1912 | Presidente Municipal | Domiciano Gonzaga | Vice Presidente Municipal | James Francis Smith | Insular Government |
11 | Olimpio San Jose | 1912–1913 | Presidente Interim | V. D. Aragon | Secretario Municipal | William Cameron Forbes | Insular Government |
12 | Esteban Henares | 1913–1916 | Presidente Municipal | Olimpio San Jose | Vice Presidente Municipal | Francis Burton Harrison | Insular Government |
13 | Crispino Ramos | 1917–1919 | Presidente Municipal | Timoteo Manalo | Vice Presidente Municipal | Francis Burton Harrison | Insular Government |
14 | Olimpio de la Rama | 1919–1922 | Presidente Municipal | Generoso Villanueva | Vice Presidente Municipal | Francis Burton Harrison | Insular Government |
15 | Jose Ramos | 1922–1925 | Presidente Municipal | Dionisio Gonzaga | Vice Presidente Municipal | Leonard Wood | Insular Government |
16 | Domingo Vallesteros | 1925–1931 | Presidente Municipal | Augusto R. Villarosa (first) Hilarion Gonzaga (first) |
Vice Presidente Municipal | Leonard Wood | Insular Government |
17 | Felipe Arroyo | 1931–1934 | Presidente Municipal | Dominador Vallesteros | Vice Presidente Municipal | Dwight F. Davis | Insular Government |
18 | Pablo D. Makilan | 1934–1937 | Presidente Municipal | Cirilo Ciocon | Vice Presidente Municipal | Manuel Quezon | Commonwealth Government |
19 | Fernando M. Cuadra | 1937–1938 | Alcalde Municipal (Interim City Mayor) |
Jose M. Millarez | Vice Alcalde | Manuel Quezon | Commonwealth Government |
20 | Alfredo Montelibano Sr. | 1938–1939 | City Mayor | Jose M. Millarez | Vice Mayor | Manuel Quezon | Commonwealth Government |
21 | Alfredo Yulo | 1939–1941 | City Mayor | Aurelio L. Locsin | Vice Mayor | Manuel Quezon | Commonwealth Government |
22 | Aurelio L. Locsin | 1945–1946 | City Mayor | Juan D. Ta-ala | Vice Mayor | Sergio Osmeña | Commonwealth Government |
23 | Vicente T. Remitio | 1947–1949 | City Mayor | Mario Villanueva | Vice Mayor | Manuel Roxas | Third Republic |
24 | Mario S. Villanueva | 1949–1951 | City Mayor | Sixto Castillo | Vice Mayor | Elpidio Quirino | Third Republic |
25 | Felix Amante | 1951–1955 | City Mayor | Mario M. Villanueva | Vice Mayor | Elpidio Quirino | Third Republic |
26 | Teofisto Cordova | 1956–1963 | City Mayor | Romeo Guanzon Gloria Esteban |
Vice Mayor | Ramon Magsaysay Carlos P. Garcia |
Third Republic |
27 | Romeo Guanzon | 1964–1971 | City Mayor | Inoncencio Lucasan Jovito Sayson |
Vice Mayor | Diosdado Macapagal Ferdinand Marcos |
Third Republic |
28 | Carlos Benares | 1972–1976 | City Mayor | Raymundo Dizon | Vice Mayor | Ferdinand Marcos | Fourth Republic |
29 | Raymund Dizon | 1976–1980 | City Mayor | Inocencio Lucasan | Vice Mayor | Ferdinand Marcos | Fourth Republic |
30 | Jose Montalvo | 1980–1986 | City Mayor | Jose Las Piñas | Vice Mayor | Ferdinand Marcos | Fourth Republic |
31 | Amado A. Parreño | 1986–1987 | City Mayor | Juan Ramon Guanzon | Vice Mayor | Corazon Aquino | Fourth Republic |
32 | Napoleon Gonzaga | 1987–1988 | City Mayor | Reynaldo Sayson | Vice Mayor | Corazon Aquino | Fifth Republic |
33 | Alfredo Montelibano, Jr. | 1988–1995 | City Mayor | Kenneth Barredo (1988–1992) Evelio Leonardia (1992–1995) |
Vice Mayor | Corazon Aquino Fidel Ramos |
Fifth Republic |
34 | Alfredo Jalbuena | March–June 1995 (Acting) | City Mayor | Rolando V. Villamor | Vice Mayor | Fidel Ramos | Fifth Republic |
35 | Evelio Leonardia | 1995–1998 | City Mayor | Wilmar Drilon | Vice Mayor | Fidel Ramos | Fifth Republic |
36 | Oscar Verdeflor | July 1, 1998 – March 13, 2001 | City Mayor | Luzviminda Valdez | Vice Mayor | Joseph Estrada | Fifth Republic |
37 | Luzviminda Valdez | March 13, 2001 – June 30, 2004 | City Mayor | Ramiro Garcia, Jr. | Vice Mayor | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Fifth Republic |
38 | Evelio Leonardia | June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2013 | City Mayor | Renecito Novero (2004–2007) Jude Thaddeus Sayson (2007–2013) |
Vice Mayor | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III |
Fifth Republic |
39 | Monico Puentevella | July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2016 | City Mayor | Greg Gasataya | Vice Mayor | Benigno Aquino III | Fifth Republic |
– | Greg Gasataya | Nov. 2015–Feb. 2016 | City Mayor (Acting) | El Cid Familiaran | Vice Mayor (Acting) | Benigno Aquino III | Fifth Republic |
40 | Evelio Leonardia | June 30, 2016–present | City Mayor | El Cid Familiaran | Vice Mayor | Rodrigo Duterte | Fifth Republic |
References
- "The Official Website of Bacolod City". bacolodcity.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2016-06-20.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "The Official Website of Bacolod City". bacolodcity.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2016-06-01.