The City Mayor of Taguig (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Tagig) is the head of the local government of the city of Taguig who is 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. Lani Cayetano of Nacionalista Party is the incumbent since 2022.
History
From the start, Taguig has its own chieftain, Lakan named Juan Basi who fought his life against the Spaniard along with Agustin de Legaspi, a nephew of Lakan Dula and son-in-law of the Sultan of Brunei during the Magat Salamat uprising in 1587–1588. But since the year 1584, a non-resident vicar from the Augustinian order named P. Melchor de Ribera was assigned to convert to Christianity the natives of the town.
In 1587, according to P. Gaspar San Agustin, Taguig was once again accepted in the list of "Augustinian Chapter" in a meeting held on April 4, 1587 through "Tomamos de nuevo la casa de Tagui, con voto".[1]
The mayor of Taguig holds office at the Taguig City Hall.
From 1856 to 1897, Taguig, then a municipality of the province of Manila (previously Tondo until 1859), was headed by the capitan municipal as its chief executive. Following the Philippine Declaration of Independence, the position was replaced by the Pangulo ng Bayan (transl. Municipal President), which was solely held by Baltazar Capistrano from 1898 to 1899. In 1901, the year when Taguig became part of the newly established province of Rizal, the chief executive was named mayor, which was first held by Feliciano Pagkalinawan. Despite merging with Pateros from 1903 to 1909, both municipalities had different leaders, respectively.
^Burgos, Jun (July 7, 1992). "Papa, running mate declared Taguig victors". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 13. Retrieved June 24, 2023. Outgoing Mayor Rodolfo de Guzman, who ran under the Lakas-NUCD, did not attend the turnover and oathtaking cerermonies of Papa and other newly-elected local officials at the town hall.
^Taguig Comprehensive Land Use & Zoning Plan, Physical & Socio-Economic Profile. pp. 38–39. 2014.
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