Mayor of Bacoor

Mayor of the City of Bacoor
since June 30, 2022
StyleThe Honorable
(Formal)
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years
PrecursorGobernadorcillo de Bacoor (pre-Maura Law)
Capitán municipal de Bacoor (post-Maura Law)
Inaugural holderMateo Masacayan (as gobernadorcillo)
Formation1671

The mayor of Bacoor (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Bakoor) is the head of the executive branch of city government of Bacoor, a first-class urban component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via popular vote, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor. The present office was established in 1908 during the American colonial period after the reconstitution of Bacoor in 1906 from Imus, succeeding the Spanish-era offices of the gobernadorcillo and capitán municipal of Bacoor. Twenty-one individuals have held this position since its formation.

History

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Main article: Philippine city
Inaugural oath taking ceremony of Hon. Pablo Gomez Sarino as mayor of Bacoor in 1959

Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991,[1] the Bacoor city government is to be composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice-mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Panlungsod alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms.

Elected to a term of three years and limited to three consecutive terms, the mayor of Bacoor holds office at Bacoor City Hall within the Bacoor Government Center in Brgy. San Nicolas II. He appoints the directors of each city department, which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office, and treasury office.

The first city mayor of Bacoor is Edwin M. Bautista, from the Lakas Party. He first assumed office on 30 June 2007, following his victory in the May 2007 municipal elections.[2] He was reelected in 2010 for a second term, during which, Bacoor was converted into a city.[3] He ran and won a third as city mayor in 2013 which expired in 2016.[4] Having served up to the constitutional limit of three terms, he ran and won as the city's representative in the Philippine House of Representatives, with his sister-in-law Lani Mercado-Revilla being elected as city mayor as his replacement. After Revilla served for two terms, she was reelected to the House of Representatives during the 2022 Philippine general election, with Bautista returning to city hall as the reelected mayor.

The city's vice mayor performs duties as acting governor in the absence of the mayor. The vice mayor also automatically succeeds as mayor upon the death of the incumbent and also convenes the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city's legislative body. The city's first vice mayor was Rosette Miranda-Fernando, who was Bautista's vice mayor from 2007 to 2013. Councilwoman Catherine Evaristo replaced Fernando in that role having won during the 2013 Philippine general election and served in the role during the Bautista and Revilla administrations until she decided to run again as councilwoman in the 2022 Philippine general election, having reached the constitutional three-term limit. The incumbent vice mayor of Bacoor is Rowena B. Mendiola, who is also a former city councilwoman and Bautista's sister.

List of mayors

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Mayor Pablo Gomez Sarino
(1911-1987)

-Partial list of gobernadorcillos, capitanes municipales, and mayors of Bacoor

# Name Period
Gobernadorcillo under Spanish rule
1 Julian de Ocampo 1889-1890
2 Epifanio Gómez 1890-1892 [5]
3 Benigno De Guia 1892-1893
Capitán municipal under Spanish rule
(3) Benigno De Guia 1893-1894
4 Justo Narvaez 1894-1896
During Philippine Revolution
(4) Justo Narvaez (retained by Spain due to the Revolution) 1896-1898
Under American colonial rule
5 Gregorio De Guia (Presidente municipal) 1900–1903
6 Felix Cuenca (Presidente municipal) 1903–1906
7 Luis Javier Landas 1908–1911[6]
(5) Gregorio De Guia 1912–1915
8 Hilarion Guzman 1916–1919
9 Simon Reyes 1919–1922
10 Francisco Gaudier 1925–1928
11 Marcelo F. Cuenca 1928–1930
12 Eduardo Ocampo 1931–1934
Second World War
13 Marcelo Miranda 1942–1945
Post-Independence Era
14 Dr. Generoso Sarino 1946–1947
15 Arsenio Castillo 1948–1954
16 Benigno Guinto 1954–1959
17 Pablo Gomez Sarino 1959–1967 [7]
(16) Benigno Guinto 1967–1971
(17) Pablo Gomez Sarino 1971–1986 [8]
18 Benjamin T. Enriquez, Sr. (OIC) 1986-1987
19 Evelyn S. Maniquis 1987-1988
20 Angelito J. Miranda 1988[a]
– Buencamino M. Cruz 1988–1992
21 Victor I. Miranda 1992–1996
22 Jose M. Francisco 1996–1998
23 Jessie Banayad Castillo 1998–2007
24 Strike Revilla 2007–2016
25 Lani M. Revilla 2016–2022
(24) Strike Revilla 2022–present

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Assassinated a few days later.

References

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  1. ^ "An Act Providing for a Local Government Code of 1991". 8th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Results". 2007 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Results". 2010 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Results". 2013 National and Local Elections. COMELEC. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Gobernadorcillos". Diario de Manila. Manila. May 8, 1890.
  6. ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/general-mariano-noriel-innocent/oclc/317328798 [bare URL]
  7. ^ McCoy, Alfred W. (1993). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines. University of Wisconsin Press.
  8. ^ McCoy, Alfred W. (1993). An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines. University of Wisconsin Press.
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