Philippines Status and Rulers

Philippines

---

 1569                              Spanish colony

 6 Oct 1762 - 10 Feb 1763    British rule

23 Mar 1897 - 16 Dec 1897    Philippine Republic (insurrection against Spain)

12 Jun 1898 - 16 Apr 1902    Philippine Republic (insurrection against Spain and U.S.)

13 Aug 1898                        U.S. territory

15 Nov 1935                         Commonwealth of the Philippines

 3 Jan 1942 - 14 Oct 1943      Japanese military occupation (de facto to 17 Aug 1945)

14 Oct 1943 - 17 Aug 1945      nominal independence (Republic of the Philippines)

 4 Jul 1946                            independence (Republic of the Philippines)

---

 Governors-general :

25 Jul 1690 -  8 Sep 1701  Fausto Cruzat y Góngora

8 Sep 1701 - 25 Aug 1709  Domingo de Zabalburu de Echeverri

25 Aug 1709 -  4 Feb 1715  Martín de Ursúa Arizmendi, conde de Lizárraga  (b. 1653 - d. 1715)

4 Feb 1715 -  9 Aug 1717  José de Torralba (acting)          (b. 16... - d. 1726)

9 Aug 1717 - 11 Oct 1719  Fernando Manuel de Bustamante y  Bustillo Rueda    (b. 16... - d. 1719)

11 Oct 1719 -  6 Aug 1721  Fray Francisco de la Cuesta        (b. 16... - d. 1724)
                           (acting)

6 Aug 1721 - 14 Aug 1729  Toribio José Miguel de Cosio y  Campo, marqués de Torre Campo

14 Aug 1729 -    Jul 1739  Fernando de Valdés Tamón

   Jul 1739 - 21 Sep 1745  Gaspar de la Torre Ayala           (b. ... - d. 1745)

21 Sep 1745 - 20 Jul 1750  Fray Juan de Arechederra (acting)  (b. 16... - d. 1751)

20 Jul 1750 -    Jul 1754  Francisco José de Ovando y Solís,  marqués de Ovando   (b. ... - d. 1755)

   Jul 1754 - 31 May 1759  Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban  (b. ... - d. 1759)

   Jun 1759 -    Jul 1761  Miguel Lino de Espeleta (acting)   (b. ... - d. 1771)

   Jul 1761 -    Oct 1762  Manuel Rojo del Río (acting)       (b. ... - d. 1764)

   Oct 1762 - 17 Mar 1764  Simón de Anda y Salazar (1st time) (b. 1710 - d. 1776)

2 Nov 1762 - 10 Feb 1763    Dawsonne Drake
                             (British governor)

17 Mar 1764 -  6 Jul 1765  Francisco Javier de la Torre
                           (acting)

6 Jul 1765 -    Jul 1770  José Raón

   Jul 1770 - 30 Oct 1776  Simón de Anda y Salazar (2nd time) (s.a.)

30 Oct 1776 -    Jul 1778  Pedro Sarrio (1st time) (acting)

   Jul 1778 - 22 Sep 1787  José Basco y Vargas

22 Sep 1787 -  1 Jul 1788  Pedro Sarrio (2nd time) (acting)

1 Jul 1788 -  1 Sep 1793  Félix Berenguer de Marquina        (b. 1738 - d. 1826)

1 Sep 1793 -  7 Aug 1806  Rafael María de Aguilar y  Ponce de León  (... - d. 1806)

7 Aug 1806 -  4 Mar 1810  Mariano Fernández de Folgueras  (1st time) (acting)         (b. 17... - d. 1823)

4 Mar 1810 -  4 Sep 1813  Manuel González Aguilar

4 Sep 1813 - 10 Dec 1816  José de Gardoqui Jaraveita

10 Dec 1816 - 30 Oct 1822  Mariano Fernández de Folgueras
                           (2nd time)                         (s.a.)

30 Oct 1822 - 14 Oct 1825  Juan Antonio Martínez

14 Oct 1825 - 23 Dec 1830  Mariano Ricafort Palacín y Abarca

23 Dec 1830 -  1 Mar 1835  Pascual Enrile y Alcedo

1 Mar 1835 - 23 Apr 1835  Gabriel de Torres y Velasco        (b. ... - d. 1835)

23 Apr 1835 -  9 Sep 1835  Joaquín de Crámer (acting)

9 Sep 1835 - 27 Aug 1837  Pedro Antonio de Salazar Castillo y Varona (acting)

27 Aug 1837 - 29 Dec 1838  Andrés García Camba (acting)

29 Dec 1838 - 14 Feb 1841  Luis Lardizabal y Montojo

14 Feb 1841 - 17 Jun 1843  Marcelino de Oraá y Lecumberri     (b. 1788 - d. 1851)

17 Jun 1843 - 16 Jul 1844  Francisco de Paula Alcalá de la Torre

16 Jul 1844 - 26 Dec 1849  Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa

26 Dec 1849 - 29 Jul 1850  Antonio María Blanco (acting)

29 Jul 1850 - 20 Dec 1853  Antonio de Urbiztondo y Eguía      (b. 179... - d. c.1856)

20 Dec 1853 -  2 Feb 1854  Ramón Montero y Blandino      (1st time) (acting)

2 Feb 1854 - 28 Oct 1854  Manuel Pavia y Lacy, marqués de  Novaliches   (b. 1814 - d. 1896)

28 Oct 1854 - 20 Nov 1854  Ramón Montero y Blandino
                           (2nd time) (acting)

20 Nov 1854 -  5 Dec 1856  Manuel Crespo y Cebrián

5 Dec 1856 -  9 Mar 1857  Ramón Montero y Blandino
                           (3rd time) (acting)

9 Mar 1857 - 12 Jan 1860  Fernando de Norzagaray y Escudero

12 Jan 1860 - 29 Aug 1860  Ramón María Solano y Llanderal     (b. ... - d. 1860)
                           (acting)

29 Aug 1860 -  2 Feb 1861  Juan Herrera Dávila (acting)

2 Feb 1861 -  7 Jul 1862  José Lemery e Ibarrola Ney y Gonzáles   (b. 1811 - d. 1886)

7 Jul 1862 -  9 Jul 1862  Salvador Valdés (acting)

9 Jul 1862 - 24 Mar 1865  Rafael Echagüe y Bermingham

24 Mar 1865 - 25 Apr 1865  Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez
                           (1st time) (acting)

25 Apr 1865 - 13 Jul 1866  Juan de Lara e Irigoyen

13 Jul 1866 - 21 Sep 1866  José Laureano Sanz y Posse         (b. 1822 - d. 1898)
                                    (acting)

21 Sep 1866 - 27 Sep 1866  Juan Antonio Osorio (acting)

27 Sep 1866 - 26 Oct 1866  Joaquín del Solar e Ibáñez
                                      (2nd time) (acting)

26 Oct 1866 -  7 Jun 1869  José de la Gándara y Navarro       (b. 1820 - d. 1885)

7 Jun 1869 - 23 Jun 1869  Manuel Maldonado (acting)

23 Jun 1869 -  4 Apr 1871  Carlos María de la Torre y Nava Cerrada

4 Apr 1871 -  8 Jan 1873   Rafael Izquierdo y Gutiérrez

8 Jan 1873 - 24 Jan 1873   Manuel MacCrohon (acting)

24 Jan 1873 - 17 Mar 1874   Juan Alaminos y de Vivar

17 Mar 1874 - 18 Jun 1874   Manuel Blanco Valdemarra (acting)


18 Jun 1874 - 28 Feb 1877   José Malcampo y Monje, marqués de San Rafael, conde de Jolo,vizconde de Mindanao (b. 1828 - d. 1880)

28 Feb 1877 - 20 Mar 1880  Domingo Moriones y Murillo         (b. 1823 - d. 1881)

20 Mar 1880 - 15 Apr 1880  Rafael Rodríguez Arias (acting)

15 Apr 1880 - 10 Mar 1883  Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte (1st time)              (b. 1831 - d. 1921)

10 Mar 1883 -  7 Apr 1883  Emilio Molins (1st time) (acting)

7 Apr 1883 -  1 Apr 1885  Joaquín Jovellar y Soler           (b. 1819 - d. 1892)

1 Apr 1885 -  4 Apr 1885  Emilio Molins (2nd time) (acting)

4 Apr 1885 -        1888  Emilio Terrero y Parenat

       1888                Antonio Molto (acting)

       1888                Federico Lobaton (acting)


       1888 -  1891       Valeriano Weyler                   (b. 1838 - d. 1930)

       1891 -  1893        Eulogio Despujol

       1893                Federico Ochando (acting)

       1893 - 13 Dec 1896  Ramón Blanco y Erenas, marqués de Peña Plata    (b. 1831 - d. 1906)

13 Dec 1896 - 15 Apr 1897   Camilo García de Polavieja y del Castillo    (b. 1838 - d. 1914)

15 Apr 1897 - 23 Apr 1897   José de Lachambre y Domínguez      (b. 1846 - d. 19...)
                           (acting)

23 Apr 1897 - 11 Apr 1898    Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte (2nd time)              (s.a.)

11 Apr 1898 -  5 Aug 1898    Basilio Augustín y Dávila          (b. 1840 - d. 1910)

5 Aug 1898 - 13 Aug 1898   Fermín Jáudenes y Álvarez (acting)

13 Aug 1898 -  1898           Francisco Rizzo (acting)
                           (at Malolos, in opposition to U.S.)

 1898 -  1 Jan 1899  Diego de los Ríos (acting)
                           (at Iloilo, in opposition to U.S.)

---------------

President of the Supreme Government Council
23 Mar 1897 - 16 Dec 1897    Emilio Aguinaldo                 (b. 1869 - d. 1964)
                             (chairman Revolutionary Government to 1 Nov 1897)

---

Dictator
12 Jun 1898 - 23 Jan 1899    Emilio Aguinaldo                 (s.a.)
                             (chairman Revolutionary Government from 23 Jun 1898)

---

Presidents
23 Jan 1899 -  1 Apr 1901    Emilio Aguinaldo                 (s.a.)
1 Apr 1901 - 16 Apr 1902    Miguel Malvar                    (b. 1865 - d. 1911)

---

Governors
13 Aug 1898 - 29 Aug 1898  Wesley Merritt                     (b. 1834 - d. 1910)
29 Aug 1898 -  5 May 1900  Elwell Stephen Otis                (b. 1838 - d. 1909)
5 May 1900 -  4 Jul 1901  Arthur MacArthur                   (b. 1845 - d. 1912)
4 Jul 1901 -  1 Feb 1904  William Howard Taft                (b. 1857 - d. 1930)
1 Feb 1904 -  3 Nov 1905  Luke E. Wright                     (b. 1846 - d. 1922)

---

Governors-general
3 Nov 1905 - 30 Mar 1906  Luke E. Wright                     (s.a.)
30 Mar 1906 -    Sep 1906  Henry Clay Ide                     (b. 1844 - d. 1921)
                           (acting to 2 Apr 1906)
   Sep 1906 - 11 Nov 1909  James Francis Smith                (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
11 Nov 1909 -  1 Sep 1913  William Cameron Forbes             (b. 1870 - d. 1959)
1 Sep 1913 -  6 Oct 1913  Newton W. Gilbert (acting)         (b. 1862 - d. 1939)
6 Oct 1913 -  5 Mar 1921  Francis Burton Harrison            (b. 1873 - d. 1957)
5 Mar 1921 - 15 Oct 1921  Charles E. Yeater (acting)         (b. 1861 - d. 19...)
15 Oct 1921 -  7 Aug 1927  Leonard Wood                       (b. 1860 - d. 1927)
7 Aug 1927 - 27 Dec 1927  Eugene Allen Gilmore (1st time)    (b. 1871 - d. 1953)
                           (acting)
27 Dec 1927 - 23 Feb 1929  Henry L. Stimson                   (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
23 Feb 1929 -  8 Jul 1929  Eugene Allen Gilmore (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                           (acting)
8 Jul 1929 -  9 Jan 1932  Dwight F. Davis                    (b. 1879 - d. 1945)
9 Jan 1932 - 29 Feb 1932  George C. Butte (acting)           (b. 1877 - d. 1940)
29 Feb 1932 - 15 Jul 1933  Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.            (b. 1887 - d. 1944)
15 Jul 1933 - 15 Nov 1935  Frank Murphy                       (b. 1890 - d. 1949)

---

U.S. high commissioners
15 Nov 1935 - 31 Dec 1936  Frank Murphy                       (s.a.)
1 Jan 1937 - 26 Apr 1937  J. Weldon Jones (1st time)         (b. 1896 - d. 1982)
                           (acting)
26 Apr 1937 - 12 Jul 1939  Paul V. McNutt (1st time)          (b. 1891 - d. 1955)
12 Jul 1939 - 21 Oct 1939  J. Weldon Jones (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                           (acting)
21 Oct 1939 - 12 Oct 1942  Francis B. Sayre                   (b. 1885 - d. 1972)
                           (from Mar 1942 in Washington, D.C.)
13 Oct 1942 - 14 Sep 1945  Harold L. Ickes                    (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
                           (U.S. interior secretary, in charge of high commissioner's
                           functions)
14 Sep 1945 -  4 Jul 1946  Paul V. McNutt (2nd time)          (s.a.)

---

Presidents

15 Nov 1935 -  1 Aug 1944  Manuel L. Quezon                   (b. 1878 - d. 1944)
                          (in Washington, D.C., exile from 3 Jan 1942)

23 Jan 1943 - 14 Oct 1943    Jorge B. Vargas                  (b. 1890 - d. 1980)
                            (president of the Executive Commission
                            of the Philippine Council of State)


14 Oct 1943 - 17 Aug 1945    José P. Laurel                   (b. 1891 - d. 1959)


1 Aug 1944 - 28 May 1946  Sergio Osmeña                      (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
                          (in Washington, D.C., exile to 20 Oct 1944)


28 May 1946 - 15 Apr 1948     Manuel Roxas                       (b. 1892 - d. 1948)


17 Apr 1948 - 30 Dec 1953      Elpidio Quirino                    (b. 1890 - d. 1956)


30 Dec 1953 - 17 Mar 1957      Ramon Magsaysay                    (b. 1907 - d. 1957)


17 Mar 1957 - 30 Dec 1961      Carlos P. Garcia                   (b. 1896 - d. 1971)


30 Dec 1961 - 30 Dec 1965      Diosdado Macapagal                 (b. 1910 - d. 1997)


30 Dec 1965 - 25 Feb 1986      Ferdinand E. Marcos                (b. 1917 - d. 1989)


25 Feb 1986 - 30 Jun 1992      Corazon Aquino (f)                 (b. 1933 - d. 2009)


30 Jun 1992 - 30 Jun 1998       Fidel V. Ramos                     (b. 1928)


30 Jun 1998 - 20 Jan 2001      Joseph Estrada                     (b. 1937)


20 Jan 2001 - 30 Jun 2010      Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (f)        (b. 1947)


30 Jun 2010 -              Benigno Aquino III                 (b. 1960)

---

Prime ministers :

21 Jan 1899 -  7 May 1899    Apolinario Mabini                (b. 1864 - d. 1903)

7 May 1899 - 13 Nov 1899    Pedro A. Paterno                 (b. 1858 - d. 1911)

12 Jun 1978 -  8 Apr 1981     Ferdinand E. Marcos                (s.a.)

8 Apr 1981 - 25 Feb 1986     Cesar Virata                       (b. 1930)

25 Feb 1986 - 25 Mar 1986     Salvador Laurel                    (b. 1928 - d. 2004)
-------------------------------------------------


Source of this topic (for non-commercial use only):
http://www.rulers.org/