Secretary of Labor and Employment (Philippines)

Secretary of Labor and Employment Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo
Incumbent Silvestre Bello III since June 30, 2016
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	José Avelino
Formation	December 8, 1933
Website	www.dole.gov.ph

The Secretary of Labor and Employment (Filipino: Kalihim ng Paggawa at Empleyo) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member in charge of the Department of Labor and Employment.

The current Secretary is Silvestre Bello III, who assumed office on June 30, 2016.

Facade, DOLE

List of Secretaries of Labor and Employment

(*) Acting Capacity

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Secretary of Labor
1	José Avelino	November 15, 1935	1938	Manuel Quezon
2	Sotero Baluyut	1938	December 22, 1941	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor
3	Basilio Valdes	December 23, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of Justice, Labor and Welfare
*	Mariano A. Eraña	December 25, 1944	February 17, 1945	Sergio Osmeña
Secretary of Labor
4	Marcelo Aduru	1946	May 28, 1946	Sergio Osmeña
5	Pedro Magsalin	May 28, 1946	April 15, 1948	Manuel Roxas
6	Primitivo Lovina	September 21, 1948	December 21, 1950	Elpidio Quirino
7	Jose Figueroas	December 21, 1950	December 30, 1953	Elpidio Quirino
8	Emilio Espinosa Jr.	December 30, 1965	September 16, 1967	Ferdinand Marcos
9	Blas F. Ople	September 16, 1967	June 30, 1978	Ferdinand Marcos
Minister of Labor and Employment
	Blas F. Ople	June 30, 1978	February 25, 1986	Ferdinand Marcos
10	Augusto Sanchez	February 25, 1986	March 25, 1986	Corazon Aquino
Secretary of Labor and Employment
	Augusto Sanchez	March 25, 1986	June 30, 1992	Corazon Aquino
11	Ma. Nieves Confessor	June 30, 1992	June 30, 1995	Fidel Ramos
12	Jose Brillantes	July 1, 1995	January 16, 1996
13	Leonardo Quisumbing	January 16, 1996	January 26, 1998
14	Cresenciano Trajano	January 26, 1998	June 30, 1998
15	Bienvenido Laguesma	June 30, 1998	January 20, 2001	Joseph Estrada
16	Patricia Sto. Tomas	January 20, 2001	2006	Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
17	Arturo Brion	2006	2008
18	Marianito D. Roque	2008	June 30, 2010
19	Rosalinda Baldoz	June 30, 2010	June 30, 2016	Benigno S. Aquino III
20	Silvestre H. Bello III	June 30, 2016	Incumbent	Rodrigo Duterte

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