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Governor of Leyte

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Governor of Leyte
Gobernador han Lalawigan han Leyte
since June 30, 2022
StyleGovernor, Honorable Governor
ResidenceNew Leyte Provincial Capitol Complex
Palo, Leyte
Term length
  • 3 years
Formation1768 (Separation of the former province of Samar and Leyte)

The governor of Leyte is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Leyte.

List

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Order Image Name Year in Office Notes
Military Governor of the Province of Leyte
1Joseph H. Grant1901[1]–1903Resigned in March 1903,[2] Peter Børseth became acting governor[3]
2Peter Børseth1903[3]–1904 (acting), 1904[4]–1906American civil governor of Leyte. Unpopular among the provincial citizens, he was eventually succeeded by Jaime C. de Veyra by popular vote.[4]
Order Image Name Year in Office Notes
Governor of the Province of Leyte
3Jaime C. de Veyra1906[4]–1907Served until 1907 due to being elected member of the Philippine Assembly[5]
4Vicente Diaz[6]1907–1908Appointed by the governor-general to finish De Veyra's term.[7]
5Francisco Enage[8][9]1908-1909
6Pastor Navarro[10]1909–1912
7Jose Maria B. Veloso1912–1916Renounced the position on his second term to be a Senator from 1916 to 1919[11]
8Julian de Veyra[12]1916–1917
9Salvador Demeterio[13]1917-1919Elected through a special election conducted in June 1917.[14]
10Eugenio Jaro[15]1919–1919
11Jose Maria B. Veloso1919–1922[16]
12Honorio Lopez1924–1927
13Rafael Martinez1936–1941
14Bernardo Torres1941–1944
15Ruperto Kangleon1944-1946Military Governor of Leyte
16Maria Salud Vivero - Parreño1946-1948Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña prior to the restoration of the Civilian Government in Tacloban. The First Female Governor of Leyte.
17Catalino T. Landia1948 - 1949
18Mamerto S. Ribo1949 - 1953
19Bernardo Torres1953 - 1957
20Ildefonso J. Cinco1958 - 1963
21Norberto Romualdez Jr.1964–1967
22Benjamin Romualdez1967[17]–1986
23Benjamin P. Abella1986–1988 (Acting)
24Adelina Y. Larrazabal1988–1992
25Leopoldo E. Petilla1992- 1995
26Edgardo M. Enerlan1995
27Remedios L. Petilla1995–2004
28Carlos Jericho Petilla2004–2012Appointed secretary of the Department of Energy[18]
29Ma. Mimietta S. Bagulaya2012–2013Assumed office for the remainder of 7 months.
30Leopoldo Dominico Petilla2013–2022
(28)Carlos Jericho L. Petilla2022–incumbent

References

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  1. ↑ Commission (1900-1916), United States Philippine (1901). Public Laws and Resolutions Passed by the Philippine Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department (1904). Fourth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of War: Part 3, 1903. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. 1 2 Commission (1899-1900), United States Philippine (1903). Executive Minutes of the U.S. Philippine Commission.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. 1 2 3 President, United States (1907). The Abridgment: Containing Messages of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. ↑ "DE VEYRA, Jaime C. | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  6. ↑ Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1908.
  7. ↑ Philippine Education Magazine. 1906. Governor Jaime C. De Veyra has resigned his position and Vicente Diaz has been appointed governor to serve until the close of Veyra's term.
  8. ↑ Philippine Legislature (1913). DIRECTORIO OFICIAL DE LA ASAMBLEA FILIPINA (PDF). Bureau of Printing. pp. 77–78. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ Philippine Education. F.R. Lutz. 1909.
  10. ↑ Philippines (1910). Public Laws Enacted by the Philippine Legislature. Bureau of Printing.
  11. ↑ "Jose Ma. Veloso". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  12. ↑ Tantuico, Francisco Sypaco (1964). Leyte: The Historic Islands. Leyte Publishing Corporation.
  13. ↑ Governor, Philippines (1918). Executive Orders and Proclamations Issued by the Civil Governor. Bureau of Public Printing.
  14. ↑ Service, Philippines Bureau of Civil (1914). Official Roster of Officers and Employees in the Civil Service of the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Printing.
  15. ↑ Governor, Philippines (1919). Executive Orders and Proclamations Issued by the Governor-general. Governor.
  16. ↑ "Senators Profile - Jose Ma. Veloso". legacy.senate.gov.ph. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  17. ↑ PNS (November 16, 1967). "Romualdez Scores Big Win; Other Local Results Here". Manila Bulletin. Tacloban City: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. p. 16. Former ambassador Benjamin 'Kokoy' Romualdez, Mrs. Imelda Marcos' youngest brother, won the Leyte gubernatorial race by a landslide. As of this afternoon [Nov. 15], Romualdez had overwhelmed his closest opponent, Leopoldo Petilla, L.P., by a majority of 30,000 votes.
  18. ↑ "Petilla formally steps down as Leyte governor". INQUIRER.net. 2012. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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