{{Short description|Local chief executive of Cagayan Province}} {{Infobox Political post |post = Governor |body = Cagayan |insignia = |insigniasize = |insigniacaption = |image = Governor Edgar Aglipay Official Portrait 2025.jpg |imagesize = |incumbent = Edgar Aglipay |incumbentsince = June 30, 2025 |style = |residence = |appointer = |termlength = 3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms |formation = 1581 (Spanish era) <br> 1901 (American era) |succession = |inaugural = Don Pablo Guzman <br> (Civil Governor) |website = https://www.cagayan.gov.ph/governors-corner/ }}
The '''governor of Cagayan''' ({{langx|fil|Punong Panlalawigan ng Cagayan}}), is the chief executive of the provincial government of Cagayan.
==List of governors of Cagayan==
There have been 34 governors of Cagayan since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Governors|url=https://cagayano.tripod.com/offipast.html|publisher=Province of Cagayan|accessdate=30 August 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! No. ! Image ! Governor ! Hometown ! Term |- | 1 |||| Enrique Altamirano y Salcedo <br> (''Last Spanish Governor of Cagayan'') | - || 1898 |- | 2 |||| Gen. Daniel Mata Tria Tirona <br> (''Governor of Isabela and Cagayan'') | Cavite El Viejo (Kawit) <br> (Cavite)|| 1898 |- | 3 ||100px|| Vicente Nepomuceno <br> (''Governor of Cagayan'') |Camalaniugan|| 1898–1900 |- | 4 ||100px|| Gracio Gonzaga |Tuguegarao|| 1900–1901 |- | 5 ||100px|| Pablo Guzman |Enrile|| 1901–1906 |- | 6 |||| Vicente Masigan |Santa Maria (Isabela)|| 1907–1910 |- | 7 ||100px|| Antonio Carag |Tuguegarao|| 1911–1914 |- | 8 |||| Honorio Lasam |Tuguegarao|| 1915–1918 |- | 9 |||| Fermin Macanayan |Aparri|| 1919–1922 |- | 10 ||100px|| Proceso Sebastian |Claveria|| 1922–1929 |- | 11 ||100px|| Vicente Formoso |Aparri|| 1930–1937 |- | 12 |||| Servando Liban |Tuguegarao|| 1938–1940<br>1946–1947 |- | 13 ||100px|| Marcelo Adduru |Tuguegarao|| 1941–1942<br>1943<br>1955–1959 |- | 14 ||100px|| Nicanor Carag |Tuguegarao|| 1942–1946 <br> (appointed by the Japanese) |- | 15 |||| Baldomero Perez |Tuguegarao|| 1945–1946 <br> (appointed by the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit during the Liberation) |- | 16 |||| Peregrino R. Quinto |Tuguegarao|| 1946 |- | 17 |||| Nicasio P. Arranz |Alcala|| 1948–1950 |- | 18 |||| Roberto Avena | - || 1950 |- | 19 |||| Jose P. Carag |Camalaniugan|| 1950–1955 |- | 20 ||100px|| Felipe R. Garduque |Camalaniugan|| 1960–1963 |- | 21 |||| Teresa J. Dupaya |Lal-lo|| 1964–1979<br>1987 |- | 22 |||| Brig. Gen. Romeo Gatan | - <br> (Isabela)|| 1979–1980 |- | 23 |||| Justiniano P. Cortez |Ballesteros|| 1980–1986 |- | 24 ||100px|| Benjamin Ligot |Solana|| 1986–1987 |- | 25 |||| Francisco Mamba |Tuao|| 1987 |- | 26 |||| Domingo de Leon |Tuguegarao|| 1987–1988 |- | 27 |||| Rodolfo E. Aguinaldo |Gattaran <br> (Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte)|| 1988–1990<br>1992–1998 |- | 28 |||| Melvin P. Vargas Sr. |Abulug|| 1990–1992 |- | 29 |||| David Puzon Jr. |Pamplona|| 1992 |- | 30 ||100px|| Florencio L. Vargas |Abulug|| 1998–2001 |- | 31 |||| Edgar R. Lara |Lasam|| 2001–2007 |- | 32 ||100px|| Alvaro T. Antonio |Alcala|| 2007–2016 |- | 33 ||100px|| Manuel N. Mamba Sr. |Tuao|| 2016–2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lazaro |first=Ramon Efren |title=More incumbents reelected |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/05/12/2180416/more-incumbents-reelected |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> |- | – ||100px|| Melvin K. Vargas Jr. |Abulug|| 2025<ref>{{cite news |title=Comelec affirms disqualification of Cagayan governor Mamba in 2022 polls|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/947981/comelec-affirms-disqualification-of-cagayan-governor-mamba-in-2022-polls/story/ |access-date=May 31, 2025 |publisher=GMA News |date=May 31, 2025}}</ref> <br> (Acting capacity) |- | 34 ||100px|| Edgar B. Aglipay |Camalaniugan|| 2025–present<ref>{{cite news|last1=Andam |first1=Rolando Jr. |title=Retired PNP chief and newbie politician is Cagayan’s new governor |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/edgar-aglipay-results-cagayan-governor-2025/ |access-date=May 13, 2025 |work=Rappler|date=May 13, 2025}}</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Provincial governors in the Philippines}}
* Cagayan