Mayor of Baguio

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

Mayor of Baguio City Punong Lungsod ng Baguio
Incumbent Benjamin B. Magalong since June 30, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Seat	Baguio City Hall
Appointer	Elected via popular vote
Term length	3 years (renewable twice ; total three terms)
Inaugural holder	E.W Reynold (under United States regime) Sergio Bayan (under Philippine Commonwealth)
Formation	1909
Deputy	Vice Mayor
Salary	₱196,206 per month ₱2,354,472 per year [note 1]
Website	http://www.baguio.gov.ph/mayor

The Inaugural holder of the office is E.W. Reynolds who served from September 1, 1909 to February 5, 1910, and Sergio Bayan holds distinction as the first Filipino mayor of Baguio. Meanwhile, Luis Lardizabal is the first elected city mayor.

The incumbent mayor is Benjamin Magalong, a retired police general well-known for heading the Mamasapano board of inquiry in 2015.[5]

List of Mayors

No.	Name	Vice Mayor	Term Began	Term Ended
American regime
1	E.W. Reynolds[6]		September 1, 1909	February 5, 1910
2	Elmer A. Eckman[6]	Robb White[6]	February 5, 1910	January 28, 1913
		L.H. Reithinger[6]
3	A.D. Williams[6]	C.P.Hatheway(acting)[6]	May 24, 1913	May 16, 1918
		F.W. Darrah[6]
		Henry M. Bankhead[6]
		R.E. Fisher[6]
		John H. Neff[6]
4	Charles S. Dandois[6]		June 10, 1918	December 28, 1919
		Alfred Ballin[6]
		Walter L. Clark[6]
5	Eusebius J. Halsema[6]		February 7, 1920	May 31, 1937
		E.F. Taggart[6]
		Emil Speth[7]
Philippine Commonwealth
6	Sergio Bayan[6]	Emil Speth[6]	June 1, 1937	September 11, 1939
7	Nicasio Valderosa[6]		October 27, 1939	May 3, 1944
8	Ramon P. Mitra[6]		May 4, 1944	March 17, 1945
9	Placido Mapa[6]	Lucas Paredes[6]	March 23, 1945	November 4, 1945
10	Isidro Siapno[6]	Pedro Armeña[6]	November 5, 1945	December 21, 1945
—	Pedro Armeña (Acting)[6]		December 31, 1945	July 4, 1946
—	Virginia O. de Guia (Acting)[6]	Virginia O. de Guia[6]	July 20, 1946	July 30, 1946
11	Dr. Jose Cariño[6]		July 30, 1946	April 8, 1950
12	Luis P. Torres[6]		April 9, 1950	February 15, 1951
—	Virginia O. de Guia (Acting)[6]		August 15, 1950	August 15, 1950
—	Gil Mallare (Acting)[6]		February 16, 1951	April 2, 1951
—	Francisco Ortega (Acting)[6]		April 3, 1951	January 12, 1952
13	Gil R. Mallare		January 14, 1952	July 7, 1953
		Patricio C. Perez[6]
14	Benito H. Lopez[6]		July 10, 1953	December 21, 1953
13	Gil R. Mallare[6]	Carlos R. Lazo[6]	December 22, 1953	January 10, 1954
15	Alfonso Tabora[6]		January 11, 1954	December 30, 1959
		Bienvenido R. Yandoc[8]
16	Bienvenido R. Yandoc[6]		January 4, 1960	February 27, 1960
Elected Mayors
17*	Luis L. Lardizabal[6]	Norberto F. de Guzman[6] [9]	March 1, 1960	December 30, 1963
18	Norberto F. de Guzman[6]	Braulio D. Yaranon[9]	December 31, 1963	December 30, 1967
17*	Luis L. Lardizabal[6]	Sinforoso Fangonil[10]	December 31, 1967	December 27, 1979
19	Ernesto H. Bueno[6][9]	Antonio Romero[11]	December 27, 1979	1985
		Jaime R. Bugnosen[11]	1985	March 16, 1986
20	Francisco A. Paraan[9]	Reynaldo A. Cortes[9]	March 16, 1986	January 31, 1988
21*	Ramon L. Labo Jr.[9]	Jaime R. Bugnosen[12]	February 2, 1988	October 15, 1989
22	Jaime R. Bugnosen[9]	Antonio Tabora Jr.[9]	October 15, 1989	June 30, 1992
21*	Ramon L. Labo Jr.[9]	Mauricio G. Domogan[9]	June 30, 1992	October 24, 1992
23*	Mauricio G. Domogan[9]	Daniel T. Farinas[13]	October 24, 1992	June 30, 2001
24	Bernardo M. Vergara[9]	Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda[14]	June 30, 2001	June 30, 2004
25	Braulio D. Yaranon[9]	Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr.[15]	June 30, 2004	August 31, 2006
26	Reinaldo A. Bautista, Jr.[9]	Leandro Yangot Jr.[9]	August 31, 2006	June 30, 2010
		Daniel T. Farinas[15][16]
23*	Mauricio G. Domogan		June 30, 2010	June 30, 2019
		Edison R. Bilog
27	Benjamin B. Magalong	Faustino A. Olowan	June 30, 2019	Present

Timeline of elected city mayors (1960 to present)

Vice Mayor of Baguio

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.[17]

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][3]

References

1. Compensation and Position Classification Act of 1989 (August 21, 1989), Chan Robles Virtual Law Library.
3. "EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 611, AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL]". Official Gazette. Government of the Philippines. July 1, 2007.
4. "Baguio Mayors". cityofpines.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
5. "2016 Election Results: Mayor, Baguio City". ph.rappler.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
6. Gutierrez, Lazaro, ed. (1960). Memoirs of Baguio. L. Wilson, G. Mamoyac, M. Concepcion, C. Basco. Baguio City: Summer Capital Publishing House.
7. Gutierrez, Lazaro, ed. (1960). Memoirs of Baguio. L. Wilson, G. Mamoyac, M. Concepcion, C. Basco. Baguio City: Summer Capital Publishing House.
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11. "Baguio Midland Courier Website". baguiomidlandcourier.com.ph. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
12. Lapniten, Karlston (May 17, 2017). "Baguio mourns 2 ex-mayors who steered city thru crises". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
13. "Sun-Star Baguio: New city officials proclaimed". GMA Network News, SunStar Baguio. May 19, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
14. "SC Decisions". Chan Robles Law. April 2004. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
15. "New City officials proclaimed". SunStar Baguio. May 19, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
16. Agreda, JM (May 5, 2014). "Baguio vice mayor Farinas dies at 61". SunStar Baguio. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
17. Carantes, Benny (May 2019). "70 years of Baguio politics". Baguio Midland Courier. Retrieved June 21, 2019.