Mayor of Cagayan de Oro
Seal of Cagayan de Oro
Incumbent
Rolando Adlao Uy
since June 30, 2022
StyleThe Honorable
(Formal)
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms
Inaugural holderToribio Chaves
Formation1898
Mariano A. Velez appointed Military Mayor after World War II to rehabilitate the city.

The mayor of Cagayan de Oro (Filipino: Punong lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro) is the head of the local government of the city who elected to three year terms. The Mayor is also the executive head and leads the city's departments in executing the city ordinances and improving public services. The city mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms, totaling nine years, although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.

Cagayan de Misamis

No. Mayor Period Vice Mayor Note
1 Toribio Chaves[1] December 1898 – 1900 the first Municipal Mayor
2 Tirso Neri 1901-1904
3 Cayetano Pacana 1904-1905
3 Pedro Vélez January–April, 1906
3 Cipriano Vamenta, Sr. 1906-1908
4 Isidro Vamenta 1908-1909
5 Ramon B. Neri January 3, 1910 – October 21, 1912
6 Uldarico Akut 1912-1916
7 Segundo Gaston 1916-1919
8 Pedro P. Mabulay 1919-1922 Appointed by Insular Government of the Philippine Islands United States Territorial Government
9 Fernándo Pacana, Sr. 1922-1925
10 Vicente P. Castro 1925-1928 Mariano A. Velez
11 Don Apolinar Vélez 1928-1931 Mariano A. Velez
11 Lucio S. Ramos 1931-1934
12 Julio B. Pacana (1934-1940 died in office) Roque Chávez
13 Roque Chávez 1940-1945 Patricia Velez y Mercado [2] Then vice mayor Roque Chaves assumed the post of Mayor after the untimely demise of Julio Pacana in 1940. Patricia Mercado Velez as the #1 Municipal Councilor assume the vacated Vice Mayor position. Patricia Mercado became the first female council and eventually the first female vice mayor.
14 Herminigildo Avanceña 1941-1945,1946 restored to office.

Post World War II

  • Lucio S. Ramos (1946-1947), on his second term as Municipal Mayor.
  • Mariano A. Vélez Sr. (1948), appointed as Military Mayor entrusted for the post-World War II rehabilitation.

City of Cagayan de Oro

No. Mayor Period Vice Mayor
1 Máximo Y. Suniel 1948-1953 Pedro E. Pimentel
2 Pedro SA. Baculio 1953-1954
3 Justiniano R. Borja 1954-1964 Jesús V. Seriña, Sr.
4 Jesús V. Seriña, Sr. 1964-1971
5 Reuben R. Canoy 1971-1976
6 Concordio C. Diel 1976-1978
7 Pedro "Oloy" N. Roa 1978-1980
8 Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. 1980-1984 Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas (1980-1984)
9 Pablo "Ambing" P. Magtájas 1984–1998 Erasmo Damásing (1984–1992)
Antonio Soriano (1992-1995)
John L. Elizaga (1995-2004)
10 Manolo Z. Tagarda 1998
11 Vicente Yap Emano 1998–2007 Michelle J. Tagarda-Spiers (2004–2007)
12 Constantino Jaraula 2007–2010 Vicente Yap Emano (2007–2010)
(11) Vicente Yap Emano 2010–2013 Cesar Ian Acenas (2010–2016)
13 Oscar S. Moreno 2013–2022
Raineir Joaquín Vélez Uy (2016–2022)
14 Rolando A. Uy 2022–present Jocelyn B. Rodriguez

John L. Elizaga was also mayor for two months in 1998, replacing Mayor Pablo "Ambing" Magtajas who had resigned as mayor to participate in the election. Elizaga's framed photo was included in the gallery of mayors in city hall, but has been reported missing by councilor Edgar Cabanlas during the 23rd regular session of the 20th city council. [3]

See also

References

  1. "HISTORY WATCH: The Mayors of Cagayan de Oro (1898-present)". 16 June 2012.
  2. "Titus "Puretuts" Velez: Patricia Velez".
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da6Qf9Evp5g 28:00
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