Governor of Cavite

Governor of Cavite
Seal of the Province of Cavite
Incumbent Abeng Remulla since June 30, 2025
Style	The Honorable
Seat	Cavite Provincial Capitol
Term length	3 years, not eligible for re-election immediately after three consecutive terms
Inaugural holder	Mariano Trias
Formation	1614 (as politico-military governor)
Website	https://cavite.gov.ph/

The governor of Cavite is the local chief executive of the Province of Cavite in the Philippines.

History

The former Governor's Palace in the walled Cavite Nuevo (present-day Cavite City).

New Cavite Provincial Capitol in Trece Martires where the governor's office is located

During most part of the Spanish colonial era, Cavite was administered by the alcalde mayor, who was the representative of the governor and captain-general in Manila. As the alter ego of the Governor-General, the alcalde mayor exercised over all executive, judicial, and legislative functions of Cavite. By the Decree dated June 25, 1847, the title of alcalde mayor was changed to politico-military governor. This time, judicial functions were stripped off from the chief executive. Col. Fernando Pargas was the last Spanish politico-military governor of Cavite before three Filipino politico-military governors assumed the position during the First Philippine Republic.

List of governors of Cavite

The following is the list of governors of Cavite from the Revolutionary Government in 1898 to the present Republic of the Philippines:

Governors of the Province of Cavite

Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Vice Governor	Era
		Mariano Trías (1869–1914)	July 15 – August 10, 1898	Politico-military governor appointed by President Emilio Aguinaldo		None	Revolutionary Government
		Emiliano Riego de Dios (1864–1926)	August 10 – October 7, 1898
		Ladislao Diwa (1863–1930)	October 7, 1898 – May 13, 1901
							First Republic
		Mariano Trías (1869–1914)	June 11, 1901 – 1903 (resigned)	Civil governor appointed by Governor-General William Howard Taft			U.S. Insular Government
		David C. Shanks (1861–1940)	July 8, 1903 – September 30, 1905 (relieved)
		Louis J. Van Schaick (1875–1945)	October 12, 1905 – 1907	Civil governor appointed by Governor-General Luke Edward Wright
		Leonardo Osorio (1873–1929)	1908–1909	Unknown	1907
		Tomás Mascardo (1871–1932)	1910–1912		1909
		Antero Soriano (1886–1929)	1912–1919	Nacionalista	1912
					1916
		Luis Ferrer Sr. (1872–1942)	1919–1921	Unknown	1919
		Raymundo Jeciel (1875–1951)	1922–1925		1922
		Fabian Pugeda (1886–1969)	1925–1931	Nacionalista	1925
					1928
		Pedro Espiritu (1887–1935)	1931–1935 (died in office)	Democrata	1931
		Ramon Samonte (1889–1962)	1935–1939	Nacionalista	Appointed acting governor		Commonwealth
					1935
		Emilio P. Virata	1939	Nacionalista	Acting
		Luis Ferrer Jr.	1940–1944	Nacionalista (until 1943)	Unknown
				KALIBAPI (from 1943)			Second Republic
		Mariano Castañeda (1892–1970)	1944	Military governor appointed by the Second Philippine Republic
		Dominador Camerino (1899–1979)	December 1944 – February 3, 1945	Provincial board member succeeded as governor
		Mariano Castañeda (1892–1970)	February 3, 1945 – 1945	Military governor
		Francisco Arca (1898–1974)	1945–1946	Nacionalista	—		Commonwealth
		Dominador Camerino (1899–1979)	1946–1954 (suspended)	Liberal	Appointed by President Manuel Roxas		Third Republic
					1947
					1951
		Mariano Villanueva	1954	Unknown	Acting
		Horacio Rodriguez	1954
		Dominador Mangubat (1903–1980)	May 4, 1954 – December 31, 1955		Appointed by President Ramon Magsaysay
		Delfin Montano (1927–1991)	December 31, 1955 – 1971	Liberal	1955	Unknown
					1959
					1963
					1971
		Lino Bocalan (1928–2000)	December 30, 1971 – September 24, 1972 (arrested and removed)	Nacionalista	1971	Dominador Camerino
		Dominador Camerino (1899–1979)	October 1, 1972 – July 24, 1979 (died in office)	Nacionalista	Succeeded from vice governor	Vacant	Martial law
		Johnny Remulla (1933–2014)	September 25, 1979 – January 30, 1980	KBL	Acting governor appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos	None
			January 30, 1980 – February 19, 1986 (resigned)		1980	Unknown
							Fourth Republic
		Fernando Campos	February 19, 1986 – February 2, 1988	Nacionalista	Appointed by President Corazon Aquino	None
							Fifth Republic
		Johnny Remulla (1933–2014)	February 2, 1988 – June 30, 1995	Magdalo (local)	1988	Luis Ferrer III
				NPC (from 1992)	1992	Danilo Lara
		Epimaco Velasco (1935–2014)	June 30, 1995 – February 4, 1998 (resigned)	Lakas	1995	Bong Revilla