Mayor of Baguio

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Mayor of Baguio City
Punong Lungsod ng Baguio
Benjamin Magalong.png
Incumbent
Benjamin B. Magalong
since June 30, 2019
StyleThe Honorable
SeatBaguio City Hall
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years (renewable twice ; total three terms)
Inaugural holderE.W Reynold
(under United States regime)
Sergio Bayan
(under Philippine Commonwealth)
Formation1909
DeputyVice Mayor
Salary₱196,206 per month
₱2,354,472 per year [note 1][failed verification]
Websitehttp://www.baguio.gov.ph/mayor

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.[3] He is assisted by the City Vice Mayor. In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor.

History[]

The Inaugural holder of the office is E.W. Reynolds having been appointed by the governor general. He served from September 1, 1909, to February 5, 1910. He was succeeded by E.A. Eckman, concurrently serving as lieutenant governor of the sub-province of Benguet. He would serve until 1913 when he was appointed as governor of Mountain Province.[4] In February 1920, Eusebius Halsema was appointed as city mayor, as well as city engineer and district engineer of Benguet. He is best known for building the mountain trail to Bontoc, which was renamed in his honor, now known as Halsema Highway.[5] He also undertook major infrastructure developments in the city, such as widening and paving roads, the construction of the Loakan airfield and the Asin Hydropower Plant.[6] He would be longest serving and the last American mayor of Baguio, serving for more than 17 years.[7][8]

On May 31, 1937, upon the resignation of Mayor Halsema, District Engineer of Mountain Province Sergio Bayan was appointed as mayor by President Manuel Quezon.[9] He holds distinction as the first Filipino mayor of Baguio. Baguio saw its first-ever female mayor, Virginia Oteyza-de Guia, albeit in an acting capacity. She also holds the distinction as the first elected female councilor and first (and to date the only) female vice mayor of Baguio.[10]

Baguio held its first elections in 1960, which saw its first elected mayor, Luis Lardizabal. Since the elections in 1960 which saw the first elected mayor of Baguio up to the present time, only two were appointed as mayor of Baguio, Mayors Bueno and Paraan. During the martial law years, President Ferdinand Marcos appointed Gen. Ernesto Bueno upon the expiration of Mayor Lardizabal's term in 1979. When the suspension on elections was lifted, Mayor Bueno ran and won in the subsequent 1980 elections. He would serve as mayor until his death in March 1986 due to a vehicular accident.[11] Mayor Bueno's death, which coincided with the upheavals brought about by the People Power Revolution saw Col. Francisco Paraan appointed as mayor by President Cory Aquino.[12]

In the 1988 elections that followed, Ramon Labo, a well known faith healer during that time, won the race. He was, however, subsequently disqualified due to his citizenship.[13] Vice Mayor Bugnosen was elevated to city mayor following Labo's disqualification.[14] They would later face-off in the subsequent 1992 elections which would see Labo winning the mayoralty a second time around. Labo would again be disqualified in the same year, elevating Vice Mayor Mauricio Domogan to the mayoral post.[15] Domogan would go on to become the longest serving mayor of the city, serving for almost 18 years, from 1992 to 2001 and again from 2010 to 2019.[16]

In 2004, Councilor Braulio Yaranon, who was a retired judge and former city vice mayor won the mayoral post, beating incumbent mayor Bernardo Vergara. Mayor Yaranon would face suspension in 2006 due to issues stemming from a complaint filed by a private parking company operating in the city. Vice Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. would take his oath as acting city mayor.[17] The two would later go head to head in the 2007 elections, where Bautista would defeat Yaranon for the post.

The incumbent mayor is Benjamin Magalong, a retired police general well known for heading the Mamasapano board of inquiry in 2015.[18]

List[]

This is a list of the city mayors of Baguio City.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

No. Name
(Birth-Death) 		Party Term began Term ended Vice Mayor
American regime
Appointed Mayors (1909 to 1937)
1 E.W. Reynolds September 1, 1909 February 5, 1910 William M. Haube
2 Elmer A. Eckman February 5, 1910 January 28, 1913 Robb White
L.H. Reithinger
3 A.D. Williams May 24, 1913 May 16, 1918 C.P. Hatheway(acting)
F.W. Darrah
Henry M. Bankhead
R.E. Fisher
John H. Neff
4 Charles S. Dandois June 10, 1918 December 28, 1919
Alfred Ballin
Walter L. Clark
5 Eusebius J. Halsema
(1882-1945) 		February 7, 1920 May 31, 1937
E.F. Taggart
Emil Speth
Philippine Commonwealth
Appointed Mayors (1937 to 1946)
6 Sergio Bayan Nacionalista June 1, 1937 September 11, 1939 Emil Speth
7 Nicasio S. Valderrosa
(1891-?) 		Nacionalista October 27, 1939 May 3, 1944
8 Ramon P. Mitra
(1904-?) 		Nacionalista May 4, 1944 March 17, 1945
9 Placido L. Mapa
(1901-1967) 		Nacionalista March 23, 1945 November 4, 1945 Lucas Paredes
10 Isidro Siapno Nacionalista November 5, 1945 December 21, 1945 Pedro Armeña
— Pedro Armeña (Acting) Nacionalista December 31, 1945 July 4, 1946
Philippine Republic
Appointed Mayors (1946 to 1960)
— Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting)
(1917-2015) 		Liberal July 20, 1946 July 30, 1946 Virginia O. de Guia
11 Dr. Jose Cariño 1
(1892-?) 		Liberal July 30, 1946 April 8, 1950
— Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting)
(1917-2015) 		Liberal November 7, 1949 March 31, 1950
12 Luis P. Torres Liberal April 11, 1950 February 15, 1951
— Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting)
(1917-2015) 		Liberal August 15, 1950 August 15, 1950
— Gil Mallare (Acting)
(1908-?) 		Liberal February 16, 1951 April 2, 1951
— Francisco I. Ortega (Acting)
(1904-?) 		Liberal April 3, 1951 January 12, 1952
— Virginia Oteyza-de Guia (Acting)
(1917-2015) 		Liberal January 12, 1952 January 14, 1952
13* Gil R. Mallare
(1908-?) 		Liberal January 14, 1952 July 7, 1953
Patricio C. Perez
14 Benito H. Lopez

(1908-1988)

Liberal July 10, 1953 December 21, 1953
13* Gil R. Mallare
(1908-?) 		Liberal December 22, 1953 January 10, 1954 Carlos R. Lazo
15 Alfonso Tabora
(1900-?) 		Nacionalista January 11, 1954 December 30, 1959
Bienvenido R. Yandoc
16 Bienvenido R. Yandoc
(1900-?) 		Nacionalista January 4, 1960 February 27, 1960
Philippine Republic
Elected Mayors (1960 to present)
17* Luis L. Lardizabal
(1914-2004) 		Nacionalista March 1, 1960 December 30, 1963 Norberto F. de Guzman
18 Norberto F. de Guzman
(1910-?) 		Liberal December 30, 1963 December 30, 1967 Braulio D. Yaranon
17* Luis L. Lardizabal
(1914-2004) 		Nacionalista December 30, 1967 December 30, 1971 Sinforoso Fangonil
December 30, 1971 December 27, 1979
19 Ernesto H. Bueno 1
(1926-1986) 		KBL December 27, 1979 January 30, 1980 Antonio Romero 1
January 30, 1980 March 16, 1986
Jaime R. Bugnosen 2
20 Francisco A. Paraan
(1917-2009) 		UNIDO March 16, 1986 January 31, 1988 Reynaldo A. Cortes
21* Ramon L. Labo Jr. 2
(born 1934) 		Lakas February 2, 1988 October 15, 1989 Jaime R. Bugnosen
22 Jaime R. Bugnosen 3
(1927-2017) 		Lakas October 15, 1989 June 30, 1992 Antonio Tabora Jr.
21* Ramon L. Labo Jr. 4
(born 1934) 		Independent June 30, 1992 October 24, 1992 Mauricio G. Domogan
23* Mauricio G. Domogan 3
(born 1946) 		PRP October 24, 1992 June 30, 1995 Daniel T. Farinas 3
June 30, 1995 June 30, 1998
Lakas June 30, 1998 June 30, 2001
24 Bernardo M. Vergara Lakas June 30, 2001 June 30, 2004 Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda
25 Braulio D. Yaranon 5
(1926-2017) 		LDP June 30, 2004 August 31, 2006 Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr.
26 Reinaldo A. Bautista, Jr. 6 LDP August 31, 2006 June 30, 2007 Leandro Yangot Jr. 2
Lakas June 30, 2007 June 30, 2010 Daniel T. Farinas 1
23* Mauricio G. Domogan
(born 1946) 		Lakas June 30, 2010 June 30, 2013
UNA June 30, 2013 June 30, 2016
Edison R. Bilog 4
June 30, 2016 June 30, 2019
27 Benjamin B. Magalong
(born 1960) 		NPC June 30, 2019 Present Faustino A. Olowan
Notes on the mayors
1 Died in office.
2 Subsequently disqualified in 1989[13]
3 Elevated to city mayor[13]
4 Subsequently disqualified in 1992[15]
5 Suspended for one year[15]
6 Served as acting mayor until 2006. Won the subsequent 2007 elections.[17]
Notes on the vice mayors
1 Died in office.[29]
2 Elevated to city vice mayor
3 Elevated to city vice mayor in 1992. Won subsequent vice mayoral elections in 1995 and 1998.
4 Elevated to city vice mayor. Subsequently won as vice mayor in 2016.

Timeline of elected city mayors (1960 to present)[]

Benjamin MagalongMauricio DomoganBraulio YaranonBernardo Vergara

Elections[]

  • The City Hall of Baguio at night
    1960 Baguio local elections
  • 1963 Baguio local elections
  • 1967 Baguio local elections
  • 1971 Baguio local elections
  • 1980 Baguio local elections
  • 1988 Baguio local elections
  • 1992 Baguio local elections
  • 1995 Baguio local elections
  • 1998 Baguio local elections
  • 2001 Baguio local elections
  • 2004 Baguio local elections
  • 2007 Baguio local elections
  • 2010 Baguio local elections
  • 2013 Baguio local elections
  • 2016 Baguio local elections
  • 2019 Baguio local elections
  • 2022 Baguio local elections

Vice Mayor[]

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.[24]

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[]

  1. ^ 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][clarification needed]

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  17. ^ a b Dumlao, Artemio. "Palace upholds Baguio mayor's suspension". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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