Mayor of Baguio
The Mayor of Baguio (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Baguio) is the chief executive of the government of Baguio, a highly urbanized city territorially located in Benguet and the regional center of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services and holds office at the Baguio City Hall. The mayor, like all local government executives, has a term of office of three years, but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms.[4] He is assisted by the City Vice Mayor. In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor.
Mayor of Baguio City
Punong Lungsod ng Baguio | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Seat | Baguio City Hall |
Appointer | Elected via popular vote |
Term length | 3 years (renewable twice ; total three terms) |
Inaugural holder | E.W Reynold (under United States regime) Sergio Bayan (under Philippine Commonwealth) |
Formation | 1909 |
Deputy | Vice Mayor |
Salary | ₱196,206 per month ₱2,354,472 per year [note 1] |
Website | http://www.baguio.gov.ph/mayor |
The Inaugural holder of the office is E.W. Reynolds who served from September 1, 1909 to February 5, 1910, and Sergio Bayan holds distinction as the first Filipino mayor of Baguio. Meanwhile, Luis Lardizabal is the first elected city mayor.
The incumbent mayor is Benjamin Magalong, a retired police general well-known for heading the Mamasapano board of inquiry in 2015.[5]
List of Mayors
No. | Name | Vice Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended |
American regime | ||||
1 | E.W. Reynolds[6] | September 1, 1909 | February 5, 1910 | |
2 | Elmer A. Eckman[6] | Robb White[6] | February 5, 1910 | January 28, 1913 |
L.H. Reithinger[6] | ||||
3 | A.D. Williams[6] | C.P.Hatheway(acting)[6] | May 24, 1913 | May 16, 1918 |
F.W. Darrah[6] | ||||
Henry M. Bankhead[6] | ||||
R.E. Fisher[6] | ||||
John H. Neff[6] | ||||
4 | Charles S. Dandois[6] | June 10, 1918 | December 28, 1919 | |
Alfred Ballin[6] | ||||
Walter L. Clark[6] | ||||
5 | Eusebius J. Halsema[6] | February 7, 1920 | May 31, 1937 | |
E.F. Taggart[6] | ||||
Emil Speth[7] | ||||
Philippine Commonwealth | ||||
6 | Sergio Bayan[6] | Emil Speth[6] | June 1, 1937 | September 11, 1939 |
7 | Nicasio Valderosa[6] | October 27, 1939 | May 3, 1944 | |
8 | Ramon P. Mitra[6] | May 4, 1944 | March 17, 1945 | |
9 | Placido Mapa[6] | Lucas Paredes[6] | March 23, 1945 | November 4, 1945 |
10 | Isidro Siapno[6] | Pedro Armeña[6] | November 5, 1945 | December 21, 1945 |
— | Pedro Armeña (Acting)[6] | December 31, 1945 | July 4, 1946 | |
— | Virginia O. de Guia (Acting)[6] | Virginia O. de Guia[6] | July 20, 1946 | July 30, 1946 |
11 | Dr. Jose Cariño[6] | July 30, 1946 | April 8, 1950 | |
12 | Luis P. Torres[6] | April 9, 1950 | February 15, 1951 | |
— | Virginia O. de Guia (Acting)[6] | August 15, 1950 | August 15, 1950 | |
— | Gil Mallare (Acting)[6] | February 16, 1951 | April 2, 1951 | |
— | Francisco Ortega (Acting)[6] | April 3, 1951 | January 12, 1952 | |
13 | Gil R. Mallare | January 14, 1952 | July 7, 1953 | |
Patricio C. Perez[6] | ||||
14 | Benito H. Lopez[6] | July 10, 1953 | December 21, 1953 | |
13 | Gil R. Mallare[6] | Carlos R. Lazo[6] | December 22, 1953 | January 10, 1954 |
15 | Alfonso Tabora[6] | January 11, 1954 | December 30, 1959 | |
Bienvenido R. Yandoc[8] | ||||
16 | Bienvenido R. Yandoc[6] | January 4, 1960 | February 27, 1960 | |
Elected Mayors | ||||
17* | Luis L. Lardizabal[6] | Norberto F. de Guzman[6] | March 1, 1960 | December 30, 1963 |
18 | Norberto F. de Guzman[6] | Braulio D. Yaranon[9] | December 31, 1963 | December 30, 1967 |
17* | Luis L. Lardizabal[6] | Sinforoso Fangonil[10] | December 31, 1967 | December 27, 1979 |
19 | Ernesto H. Bueno[6][9] | Antonio Romero[11] | December 27, 1979 | 1985 |
Jaime R. Bugnosen[11] | 1985 | March 16, 1986 | ||
20 | Francisco A. Paraan[9] | Reynaldo A. Cortes[9] | March 16, 1986 | January 31, 1988 |
21* | Ramon L. Labo Jr.[9] | Jaime R. Bugnosen[12] | February 2, 1988 | October 15, 1989 |
22 | Jaime R. Bugnosen[9] | Antonio Tabora Jr.[9] | October 15, 1989 | June 30, 1992 |
21* | Ramon L. Labo Jr.[9] | Mauricio G. Domogan[9] | June 30, 1992 | October 24, 1992 |
23* | Mauricio G. Domogan[9] | Daniel T. Farinas[13] | October 24, 1992 | June 30, 2001 |
24 | Bernardo M. Vergara[9] | Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda[14] | June 30, 2001 | June 30, 2004 |
25 | Braulio D. Yaranon[9] | Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr.[15] | June 30, 2004 | August 31, 2006 |
26 | Reinaldo A. Bautista, Jr.[9] | Leandro Yangot Jr.[9] | August 31, 2006 | June 30, 2010 |
Daniel T. Farinas[15][16] | ||||
23* | Mauricio G. Domogan | June 30, 2010 | June 30, 2019 | |
Edison R. Bilog | ||||
27 | Benjamin B. Magalong | Faustino A. Olowan | June 30, 2019 | Present |
Timeline of elected city mayors (1960 to present)
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Vice Mayor of Baguio
The Vice Mayor is the second-highest official of the city The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties.[17]
The Vice Mayor is the presiding officer of the 14-man Baguio City Council, and he can only vote in case of a tiebreaker. If the mayor dies or is either suspended or removed from office, the vice mayor assumes the functions as city mayor and serve out his remaining term until the next election.
In case that the vice mayor dies while in office or is either removed or suspended, his duties will be carried out by the No.1 councilor, which is the councilor who garnered the most votes in the immediately preceding election.
The incumbent Vice Mayor is Faustino A. Olowan as of June 30, 2019.
Notes
- On August 21, 1989, Republic Act No. 6758 directed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to establish and administer a unified Compensation and Position Classification System along lines specified in that Act.[1] On March 14, 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 611 Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is hereby directed to implement a ten percent (10%) increase over the basic monthly salaries of civilian government personnel whose positions are covered by the Compensation and Position Classification System as of June 30, 2007, including the salaries of the President, Vice-President, Senators and members of the House of Representatives, but to take effect only after the expiration of the respective terms of office of the incumbent officials pursuant to Section 10 of Article VI and Section 6 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.[2][3]
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