Secretary of Agrarian Reform

{{Short description|Cabinet secretary of a Philippine government agency}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Philippine English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox official post |post = Secretary of Agrarian Reform |native_name = ''Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan'' |body = |insignia = File:Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).svg |insigniasize = 140px |insigniacaption = |image = DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III.png |imagesize = |incumbent = Conrado Estrella III |incumbentsince = June 30, 2022<ref>{{cite news |last1=Domingo |first1=Katrina |title=ABONO Party-list solon follows grandfather's footsteps as Marcos Jr's agrarian reform chief |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/22/abono-party-list-solon-is-next-dept-of-agrarian-reform-secretary |access-date=June 3, 2025 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> |style = The Honorable |appointer = The president with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |appointerpost = |termlength = No fixed term |precursor = Governor of the Land Authority |formation = September 10, 1971 |inaugural = Conrado F. Estrella |website = [http://www.dar.gov.ph http://www.dar.gov.ph] }}

The '''secretary of agrarian reform''' (Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan'') in the Philippines is the head of the country's Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president's Cabinet.

== Powers and functions == According to the Administrative Code of 1987, the following are the powers and functions of a secretary:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 292 [BOOK IV/Chapter 2-Secretaries, Undersecretaries, and Assistant Secretaries] |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/07/25/executive-order-no-292-book-ivchapter-2-secretaries-undersecretaries-and-assistant-secretaries/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}{{source-attribution}}</ref>

* Advise the president on matters under a department's jurisdiction; * Establish the policies and standards for a department's operation; * Promulgate rules and regulations; * Promulgate administrative issuances; * Exercise disciplinary powers over officers and employees under a secretary; * Appoint officers and employees in a department; * Exercise jurisdiction over a department's bureaus, offices, agencies and corporations; * Delegate authority to officers and employees; * Perform other functions provided by law. {{Clear}}

==List==

=== Secretary of Agrarian Reform (1971–1978) === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- !Portrait !width="150px" | Name (Birth–Death) !width="95px" | Took office !width="95px" | Left office !width="150px" | President |- |125x125px |'''Conrado Estrella Sr.''' (1917–2011) <ref>{{Cite book |title=Official Gazette Vol. 68, No. 21 |publisher=Bureau of Printing |year=1972 |location=Manila |pages=4102–28}}</ref> |September 10, 1971 |June 2, 1978 |Ferdinand Marcos |}

=== Minister of Agrarian Reform (1978–1987) === President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Decree No. 1397 on June 2, 1978, converting all departments into ministries headed by ministers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Decree No. 1397, s. 1978 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1978/06/02/presidential-decree-no-1397-s-1978/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- !Portrait !width="150px" | Name (Birth–Death) !width="95px" | Took office !width="95px" | Left office !width="150px" | President |- | rowspan="2" |125x125px | rowspan="2" |'''Conrado Estrella Sr.''' (1917–2011) | rowspan="2" |June 2, 1978 | rowspan="2" |April 30, 1986 |Ferdinand Marcos |- | rowspan="2" |Corazon Aquino |- |120x120px |'''Heherson Alvarez''' (1939–2020) |May 1, 1986 |February 11, 1987 |}

=== Secretary of Agrarian Reform (1987–2004) === President Corazon Aquino issued Administrative Order No. 15 on February 11, 1987, converting all ministries into departments headed by secretaries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Administrative Order No. 15, s. 1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/02/11/administrative-order-no-15-s-1987/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- !Portrait !width="150px" | Name (Birth–Death) !width="95px" | Took office !width="95px" | Left office !width="150px" | President |- |120x120px |'''Heherson Alvarez''' (1939–2020) |February 11, 1987 |March 7, 1987 | rowspan="5" |Corazon Aquino |- |104x104px |'''Philip Juico''' |July 23, 1987 |July 1, 1989 |- |133x133px |'''Miriam Defensor Santiago''' (1945–2016) |July 20, 1989 |January 4, 1990 |- |106x106px |'''Florencio Abad''' (born 1954) |January 4, 1990 |April 5, 1990 |- |133x133px |'''Benjamin Leong''' |April 6, 1990 |June 30, 1992 |- |133x133px |'''Ernesto Garilao''' |June 30, 1992 |June 30, 1998 |Fidel V. Ramos |- | rowspan="2" |133x133px | rowspan="2" |'''Horacio Morales''' (1943–2012) | rowspan="2" |June 30, 1998 | rowspan="2" |February 11, 2001 |Joseph Estrada |- | rowspan="5" |Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |- |100px |'''Hernani Braganza''' |February 12, 2001 |January 15, 2003 |- |100px |'''Roberto Pagdanganan''' (born 1946) |January 20, 2003 |January 20, 2004 |- |133x133px |'''Jose Mari Ponce''' ''Acting'' |February 20, 2004 |August 24, 2004 |- |133x133px |'''Rene Villa''' |August 26, 2004 |September 27, 2004 |}

=== Secretary of Land Reform (2004–2005) === President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 364 on September 27, 2004, renaming the Department of Agrarian Reform into the Department of Land Reform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 364, s. 2004 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2004/09/27/executive-order-no-364-s-2004/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- !Portrait !width="150px" | Name (Birth–Death) !width="95px" | Took office !width="95px" | Left office !width="150px" | President |- |133x133px |'''Rene Villa''' |September 27, 2004 |July 9, 2005 | rowspan="2" |Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |- |100x100px |'''Nasser Pangandaman''' |July 9, 2005 |August 23, 2005 |}

=== Secretary of Agrarian Reform (from 2005) === President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued Executive Order No. 456 on August 23, 2005, renaming the Department of Land Reform back to the Department of Agrarian Reform.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 456, s. 2005 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2005/08/23/executive-order-no-456-s-2005/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- !Portrait !width="150px" | Name (Birth–Death) !width="95px" | Took office !width="95px" | Left office !width="150px" | President |- |100x100px |'''Nasser Pangandaman''' |August 23, 2005 |June 30, 2010 |Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |- |133x133px |'''Gil de los Reyes''' <ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointments: June 30, 2010 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2010/06/30/appointments-june-30-2010/ |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines}}</ref> |June 30, 2010 |June 30, 2016 |Benigno Aquino III |- |126x126px |'''Rafael V. Mariano''' (born 1956) ''Interim'' <ref name="PhilStar-DuterteCabinetTakesOath">{{cite news |last1=Viray |first1=Patricia Lourdes |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Duterte's Cabinet takes oath, holds first meeting |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701152211/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/30/1598175/dutertes-cabinet-takes-oath-holds-first-meeting |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |work=The Philippine Star}}</ref><ref name="mariano rejection">{{cite news |last=Geronimo |first=Jee Y. |date=September 6, 2017 |title=CA rejects Rafael Mariano as agrarian reform secretary |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/181267-ca-rejects-rafael-mariano-appointment-dar/ |access-date=September 6, 2017 |publisher=Rappler}}</ref> |June 30, 2016 |September 6, 2017 | rowspan="6" |Rodrigo Duterte |- |133x133px |'''Rosalina Bistoyong '''''Officer in Charge'' <ref>{{cite news |last1=Corrales |first1=Nestor |date=September 11, 2017 |title=Duterte names DAR officer in charge |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/929519/duterte-names-dar-officer-in-charge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222193525/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/929519/duterte-names-dar-officer-in-charge |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> |September 12, 2017 |November 30, 2017 |- | rowspan="2" |144x144px | rowspan="2" |'''John Castriciones'''{{Efn|John Castriciones served in an acting capacity from December 1, 2017 until March 22, 2018.}} (born 1962) <ref>{{cite news |last1=Ranada |first1=Pia |date=December 1, 2017 |title=Duterte appoints John Castriciones acting DAR secretary |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/190117-duterte-appoints-john-castriciones-acting-dar-secretary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201152721/https://www.rappler.com/nation/190117-duterte-appoints-john-castriciones-acting-dar-secretary/ |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=live |work=Rappler}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Musico |first1=Jelly |date=April 11, 2018 |title=PRRD names Castriciones as new DAR chief |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php/articles/1031630 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607220932/https://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php/articles/1031630 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pedrajas |first1=Joseph |date=October 14, 2021 |title=DAR Sec. Castriciones steps down for 2022 polls |url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/14/dar-sec-castriciones-steps-down-for-2022-polls/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014040318/https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/14/dar-sec-castriciones-steps-down-for-2022-polls/ |archive-date=October 14, 2021 |work=Manila Bulletin}}</ref> |December 1, 2017 |March 22, 2018 |- |March 22, 2018 |October 14, 2021 |- |133x133px |'''Bernie Cruz '''''Acting'' <ref>{{cite news |last1=Gita-Carlos |first1=Ruth Abbey |date=October 30, 2021 |title=Bernie Cruz named DAR acting chief |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1158313 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222200823/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1158313 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref> |October 28, 2021 |June 22, 2022 |- |133x133px |'''David Erro '''''Officer in Charge'' <ref name="PNAGovPH-Duterte-DAR-DENR-OICs">{{cite news |last1=Parrocha |first1=Azer |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Duterte names new DAR, DENR OICs |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1177433 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625181746/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1177433 |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency |language=en}}</ref> |June 22, 2022 |June 30, 2022 |- |100x100px |'''Conrado Estrella III''' (born 1960) |June 30, 2022 |Incumbent |Bongbong Marcos |}

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==External links== *[http://www.dar.gov.ph DAR website]

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