Governor of Isabela

Governor of Isabela
Incumbent Rodolfo T. Albano III since June 30, 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	3 years
Inaugural holder	Don Gonzalez Montero (Spanish Governor of Isabela)
Formation	1868

The governor of Isabela (Filipino: Punong Lalawigan ng Isabela) is the chief executive of the provincial government of Isabela.

List of governors of Isabela

There have been 28 governors of Isabela since the establishment of the civil government in 1901 after the Philippine-American War.

Governors of the Province of Isabela

Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Vice Governor	Era
		Gonzalez Montero	c. 1868	Appointed by Governor-General José de la Gándara y Navarro		Office did not exist	Captaincy General of the Philippines
		Jose Perez	c. 1898	Appointed by the Spanish Governor-General
		Daniel Tirona (1864–1939)	1898	Appointed by President Emilio Aguinaldo			Revolutionary Government
		Dimas Guzman (d. 1909)	1898–1901
							First Republic
		William Johnston Jr. (1861–1933)	August 1901 – February 1902	Appointed by U.S. President William McKinley			U.S. Insular Government
		Francisco Dichoso	February 1902 – 1903	Unaffiliated	1902
		George Curry (1861–1947)	1903 – April 5, 1905	Appointed by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
		Blas Villamor	April 6, 1905 – 1907
		Eliseo Claravall (1871–1924)	1907 – August 1909	Progresista	1907
		Romualdo Mina (1875–1948)	August – December 31, 1909	Appointed by U.S. President William Howard Taft
		Thomas Gollayan (c. 1883 – c. 1950)	January 1, 1910 – October 15, 1916	Unknown	1909
					1912
		Pascual Paguirigan (d. 1936)	October 16, 1916 – October 15, 1922	Nacionalista	1916
					1919
		Ventura Guzman	October 16, 1922 – October 15, 1925	Unknown	1922
		Primo Gaffud	October 16, 1925 – October 15, 1928		1925
		Florentino Nicolas	October 16, 1928 – October 15, 1931		1928
		Fortunato Bulan (1886–1961)	October 16, 1931 – October 15, 1937		1931
					1934
							Commonwealth
		Agustin Pintang	January 1, 1938 – October 5, 1939		1937
		Lino Castillejo	October 6, 1939 – December 31, 1940	Appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon
		Gabriel Visaya (1899–1978)	January 1, 1941 – May 2, 1942	Unknown	1940
		Agustin Bersamin (1888–1970)	May 3, 1942 – February 1944		Appointed by the Japanese Military Administration		Second Republic
		Lino Castillejo	February 1944 – August 11, 1945	KALIBAPI
		Gregorio Formoso	August 12 – September 24, 1945	KALIBAPI
		Gabriel Visaya	September 25, 1945 – June 11, 1946	Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña			Commonwealth
		Silvino Gumpal (1901–1977	June 12, 1946 – December 31, 1951	Appointed by President Manuel Roxas			Third Republic
				Nacionalista	1947
		Felix Caro	January 1, 1952 – December 31, 1959	Unknown	1951
					1955
		Melanio Singson (1914–1992)	January 1, 1960 – September 15, 1965	Liberal	1959	Rodolfo Albano Jr.
					1963	Leocadio Ignacio
		Leocadio Ignacio (1920–2013)	September 16, 1965 – December 31, 1967	Unknown	Succeeded from vice governor	Marcelo Padilla
		Samuel Reyes (1916–1990)	January 1, 1968 – December 31, 1971	Liberal	1967	Eugenio Guillermo
		Faustino Dy Sr. (1925–1993)	January 1, 1972 – December 31, 1975	Liberal (until 1978)	1971	Wilson Nuesa
							Martial law
			January 1, 1976 – January 31, 1980		Appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos
				KBL (from 1978)
			February 1, 1980 – May 1986		1980
							Fourth Republic
							Provisional Government
		Melanio Singson (1914–1992)	May 1986 – December 5, 1987	Liberal	Appointed by President Corazon Aquino	Leocadio Ignacio
							Fifth Republic
		Silvestre Bello Jr. (born 1934)	December 6, 1987 – February 5, 1988	Unknown		Celso Gangan
		Faustino Dy Sr. (1925–1993)	February 6, 1988 – June 30, 1992	LnB (until 1991)	1988	Manuel Binag
				Lakas (from 1991)
		Benjamin Dy (1952–2013)	June 30, 1992 – June 30, 2001	NPC	1992
					1995	Edwin Uy
					1998
		Faustino Dy Jr. (born 1946)	June 30, 2001 – June 30, 2004	NPC	2001	Santiago Respicio
		Grace Padaca (born 1963)	June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010	Aksyon (until 2007)	2004	Ramon Reyes
				Liberal (from 2007)	2007
		Bojie Dy (born 1961)	June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2019	NPC (until 2018)	2010	Rodolfo Albano III
					2013	Tonypet Albano
					2016
				PDP–Laban (from 2018)
		Rodolfo Albano III (born 1959)	June 30, 2019 – Incumbent	PDP–Laban (until 2024)	2019	Bojie Dy
					2022
				PFP (from 2024)
					2025	Francis Dy

Notes

See also

• List of vice governors of Isabela

References