Prime Minister of the Philippines

The prime minister of the Philippines (Filipino: Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas) was the official job of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines from 1978 until the People Power Revolution in 1986.

Prime Minister of the Philippines Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas
Seal of the Prime Minister (1981–1986)
Salvador Laurel Last Prime Minister of the Philippines
Executive branch of the government Prime Minister's Office
Style	Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (formal, diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Status	Abolished
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council
Appointer	The President with members' advice and consent
Precursor	Office established (pre-1899) President of the Philippines (1978)
Formation	January 2, 1899 (first creation) June 12, 1978 (second creation)
First holder	Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (first creation) Ferdinand Marcos (second creation)
Final holder	Salvador H. Laurel
Abolished	November 13, 1899 (first abolition) March 25, 1986 (second abolition)
Succession	President of the Philippines (1899–1978; 1986-present)

A limited version of this office existed for a short time in 1899 during the First Philippine Republic.

List of prime ministers

<span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:">     Kilusang Bagong Lipunan <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:">     Nacionalista Party <span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color:; color:">     United Nationalist Democratic Organization      Non-partisan

#	Name (Birth–Death)			Party	Took office	Left office	President	Legislature	Era
1		Apolinario Mabini (1864–1903)		Non-partisan	January 2, 1899	January 23, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo	Malolos Congress	Revolutionary Government
					January 23, 1899	May 7, 1899			First Republic
2		Pedro A. Paterno (1857–1911)			May 8, 1899	November 13, 1899
Office abolished November 14, 1899—October 14, 1943
-		Jorge B. Vargas (1890–1980)		Nacionalista Party	October 14, 1943	August 17, 1945	Jose P. Laurel	National Assembly	Second Republic
Office abolished October 14, 1943—June 12, 1978
3		Ferdinand E. Marcos (1917-1989)		KBL	June 12, 1978	June 30, 1981	Ferdinand E. Marcos	Interim Batasang Pambansa	Martial law
4		Cesar E. A. Virata (1930– )			July 28, 1981	July 23, 1984			Fourth Republic
					July 23, 1984	February 25, 1986		Regular Batasang Pambansa
5		Salvador H. Laurel (1986–1986)		UNIDO	February 25, 1986	March 25, 1986	Corazon C. Aquino
Defunct The presidential system is used; the President is head of both state and government by virtue of the 1987 Constitution

More readings

• Case, William (2002), Politics in Southeast Asia: Democracy or Less, Routledge, ISBN 0-7007-1636-X ISBN 978-0-7007-1636-4
• Celoza, Albert F. (1997), Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines: the Political Economy of Authoritarianism, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-275-94137-X ISBN 978-0-275-94137-6
• Guevara, Sulpicio (1972), The Laws of the First Philippine Republic (The Laws of Malolos), 1898-1899, Manila: National Historical Commission Digitally archived and reproduced at the University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States since 2005.
• Hunt, Michael H.; Levine, Steven I. (2012), Arc of Empire: America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam, Univ of North Carolina Press, ISBN 978-0-8078-3528-9
• Kalaw, Maximo Manguiat (1927), "Appendix C. Aguinaldo's Proclamation of June 23, 1898, Establishing the Revolutionary Government", The Development of Philippine Politics, Oriental commercial, retrieved 2011-04-15