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Head of the provincial government of Laguna, Philippines

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Governor of Laguna
Gobernador ng Lalawigan ng Laguna
Incumbent Ramil Hernandez (Lakas) since May 27, 2014
Style	(Mr.) Governor, Honorable Governor, Your Honor,
Residence	Laguna Government Center, Santa Cruz, Laguna
Seat	Laguna Provincial Capitol, Santa Cruz, Laguna
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Juan Cailles
Formation	1901
Deputy	Vice Governor
Website	Official Website of the Province of Laguna

The governor of Laguna (Filipino: Punong Lalawigan ng Laguna) is the highest political office in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The governor holds office at the Laguna Provincial Capitol in Santa Cruz, Laguna and alternatively at the Laguna Provincial Capitol Extension in Calamba, Laguna.

List of governors of Laguna

Pre-Independence Governors (1899–1946)

Order	Governor	Party	Term in Office	Home Municipality
1	Gen. Juan Cailles (1871–1951)	Independent/Federalista	1899–1901	Santa Cruz
-	Gen. Juan Cailles (1871–1951)	Federalista/Progresista	1902–1910	Santa Cruz
2	Potenciano C. Malvar (1867–1964)	Nacionalista	July 10, 1910 – July 14, 1914	San Pablo
3	Marcos A. Paulino (1871–1951)	Progresista	1914–1916	San Pablo
–	Gen. Juan Cailles (1871–1951)	Progresista/Democrata	1916–1925	Santa Cruz
4	Feliciano A. Gomez (1882–1944)	Nacionalista Consolidado	1925–1928	Santa Rosa
5	Tomas D. Dizon (1888–1966)	Nacionalista Consolidado	1928–1931	San Pablo
–	Gen. Juan Cailles (1871–1951)	Democrata/National Socialist/Nacionalista Democrata	1932–1938	Santa Cruz
6	Arsenio L. Bonifacio (1893–1976)	Nacionalista	1938–1939	Santa Cruz
7	Agustin V. Gana (1885–1950)	Nacionalista	1939–1940	Biñan
8	Jesus C. Bautista	KALIBAPI	1941–1944	Santa Cruz
9	Marcelo P. Zorilla (1898–1945)	KALIBAPI	1944–1945	Mabitac
–	Gen. Juan Cailles (1871–1951)	Democratic Alliance	1945	Santa Cruz
10	Augusto H. de Castro (1904–1959)	Nacionalista	1945–June 1946	Biñan

Post-Independence Governors (1946–present)

No.	Portrait	Governor Office (Lifespan)	Party	Term of office			Election	City/Municipality	Vice Governor
No.	Portrait	Governor Office (Lifespan)	Party	start	end	duration	Election	City/Municipality	Vice Governor
11		Juan Pambuan Member of Provincial Board (1904–1970)	Liberal	11 June 1946	30 December 1947	1 year, 202 days	—	Santa Cruz	None (11 June 1946–30 December 1959)
12		Dominador Chipeco Sr. Provincial Administrator of Laguna (1906–1980)	Nacionalista	30 December 1947	30 December 1959	12 years, 0 days	1947	Calamba
							1951
							1955
13		Felicisimo San Luis Councilor of Santa Cruz (1919–1992)	Liberal	30 December 1959	18 December 1992	32 years, 354 days	1959	Santa Cruz		Liberal	Ruben de Roma (1959–1967)
							1963			Liberal	Ruben de Roma (1959–1967)
							1967			Liberal	William Dichoso (1967–1980)
							1971			Liberal	William Dichoso (1967–1980)
			KBL				1980			KBL	Rodolfo Tingzon Sr. (1980–1986)
			SAMAHAN							SAMAHAN	Rodolfo Tingzon Sr. (1980–1986)
			KBL							KBL	Leandro Balquiedra (February–March 1986)
			Independent							Independent	Joaquin Chipeco Jr. (1986–1987)
			UNIDO							UNIDO
			Liberal							Liberal
			Liberal							Liberal	Restituto Luna (1987–1992)
			Lakas				1988			Lakas
			LDP				1992			LDP
14		Restituto Luna Vice Governor of Laguna (1925–2002)	LDP	18 December 1992	30 June 1995	2 years, 194 days	—	Calamba		NPC	Teresita Lazaro (1992–2001)
15		Jose Lina Jr. Senator of the Philippines (born 1951)	LDP	30 June 1995	26 January 2001	5 years, 210 days	1995	Victoria		LDP
15		Jose Lina Jr. Senator of the Philippines (born 1951)	LAMMP	30 June 1995	26 January 2001	5 years, 210 days	1998	Victoria		LAMMP
16		Teresita Lazaro Vice Governor of Laguna (born 1942)	LAMMP	26 January 2001	30 June 2010	9 years, 155 days		Calamba	Vacant (26–27 January 2001)
			LAMMP							LAMMP	Gat-Ala Alatiit (January–June 2001)
			PMP				2001			NPC	Danilo Ramon Fernandez (2001–2004)
			Lakas–CMD/Lakas–Kampi–CMD				2004			Lakas–CMD	Edwin Olivarez (2004–2007)
			Lakas–CMD/Lakas–Kampi–CMD				2007			UNO	Ramil Hernandez (2007–2010)
17		Emillio Ramon Ejercito III Mayor of Pagsanjan (born 1963)	PMP	30 June 2010	27 May 2014	3 years, 331 days	2010	Pagsanjan		Lakas–Kampi–CMD	Caesar Perez (2010–2013)
17			UNA	30 June 2010	27 May 2014	3 years, 331 days	2013	Pagsanjan		Nacionalista	Ramil Hernandez (2013–2014)
18		Ramil Hernandez Vice Governor of Laguna (born 1972)	Nacionalista	27 May 2014	Incumbent	10 years, 207 days		Calamba	Vacant (27–30 May 2014)
										Independent	Katherine Agapay (2014–Incumbent)
							2016			Nacionalista
			PDP–Laban				2019			PDP–Laban
							2022			PDP–Laban
										PFP
			Lakas							PFP

Elections

Election results

1980

1980 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KBL	Felicisimo San Luis (Incumbent)	222,794	58.42
	Nacionalista	Wenceslao Lagumbay	158,589	41.58
Total votes			381,383	100.00
	KBL hold

1988

1988 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LnB	Felicisimo San Luis (Incumbent)	301,654	66.64
	NP–UNIDO	Edgardo Salandanan	98,688	21.80
	NUCD	Rodolfo Tingzon	52,345	11.56
Total votes			452,687	100.00
	LnB hold

1992

1992 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Felicisimo San Luis (Incumbent)	241,304	46.12
	NPC	Nereo Joaquin Sr.	167,768	32.06
	Nacionalista	Cesar Dizon	95,242	18.20
	LP–PDP	Ma. Lina Litton	9,346	1.79
	LDP	Reynaldo Roasa	7,300	1.40
	KBL	Zosimo De Baybay	2,265	0.43
Total votes			520,960	100.00
	LDP hold

1995

1995 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LDP	Jose Lina Jr.	278,981	47.73
	Lakas	Rodolfo Tingzon	202,336	34.62
	Independent	Restituto Luna (Incumbent)	76,722	13.13
	NPC	Felicidad San Luis	26,419	4.52
Total votes			584,458	100.00
	LDP gain from Independent

1998

1998 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	LAMMP	Jose Lina Jr. (Incumbent)	602,461	81.97
	Lakas	Florante Aquino	132,500	18.03
Total votes			734,961	100.00
	LAMMP hold

2001

2001 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Teresita Lazaro (Incumbent)	401,424	60.47
	KAMPI	Alberto Lina	262,403	39.53
Total votes			663,827	100.00
	PMP hold

2004

2004 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas	Teresita Lazaro (Incumbent)	317,116	35.32
	PDSP	Dan Fernandez	302,654	33.71
	LDP	Rodolfo San Luis	278,108	30.79
Total votes			897,878	100.00
	Lakas hold

2007

2007 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lakas–Kampi	Teresita Lazaro (Incumbent)	425,732	52.13
	UNO	Edwin Olivarez	390,891	47.87
Total votes			816,623	100.00
	Lakas–Kampi hold

2010

2010 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PMP	Emilio Ramon Ejercito III	334,530	34.88
	Lakas–Kampi	Dennis Lazaro	260,440	12.16
	Liberal	Jose Lina Jr.	234,473	24.45
	Nacionalista	Ramil Hernandez	123,670	12.89
	Independent	Christine Amador	3,634	0.38
	Independent	Randy Bautista	2,311	0.24
Total votes			1,050,890	100.00
	PMP gain from Lakas–Kampi

2013

2013 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UNA	Emilio Ramon Ejercito III (Incumbent)	566,325	55.47
	Liberal	Edgar San Luis	454,633	44.53
Total votes			1,020,958	100
	UNA hold

2016

2016 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nacionalista	Ramil Hernandez (Incumbent)	606,002	51.54
	PGP	Jorge Antonio Ejercito	336,797	28.65
	UNA	Emilio Ramon Ejercito III	232,927	19.81
Total votes			1,175,726	100.00
	Nacionalista hold

2019

2019 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ramil Hernandez (Incumbent)	817,250	66.55
	PFP	Emilio Ramon Ejercito III	391,270	31.86
	Independent	Berlene Alberto	7,414	0.60
	PDDS	Lope Grajera	4,362	0.35
	Independent	Leonardo Almadrigo	4,063	0.33
	Independent	Manolo Samia	3,652	0.29
Total votes			1,227,214	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

2022

2022 Laguna gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PDP–Laban	Ramil Hernandez (Incumbent)	872,378	57.60
	Nacionalista	Sol Aragones–Sampelo	630,232	41.62
	Independent	Berlene Alberto	11,936	0.79
Total votes			1,514,637	100.00
	PDP–Laban hold

Notes

Office before became/elected Governor.
Appointed Acting Governor from May 19, 1986 until June 19, 1986.

References

"Messages of the President Book 5: Manuel Roxas (Volume 2)". Internet Archive. Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved December 5, 2023. Juan G. Pambuan, appointed Provincial Governor of Laguna. Confirmed by the Commission on Appomtments, June 11, 1946.
Romero, Alexis. "Marcos swears in new PFP members". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2023-09-11.

External links

Official Website of the Province of Laguna

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