Mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur

Mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur
Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Naga, Camarines Sur
Central Bikol: Alkalde kan Naga, Camarines Sur
Seal of the City of Naga, Camarines Sur
Seal of the City of Naga, Camarines Sur
Incumbent
Leni Robredo
since June 30, 2025
StyleThe Honorable (formal)
SeatNaga City Hall
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years

The mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Naga, Camarines Sur; Central Bikol: Alkalde kan Naga, Camarines Sur) is the head of the executive branch of the city government of Naga, Camarines Sur.

The current mayor is Leni Robredo, who has served since June 30, 2025.

History

In May 1945, the Naga Municipal Council was reestablished by the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit of the 8th United States Army, which installed Rosalio Imperial as municipal mayor, serving as the presiding officer of the council.[1] Naga later received cityhood in 1948, but Philippine presidents continued appointing its mayors until 1959, when the first local elections were held.[2] Within the span of one year from 1953 to 1954, Naga had four mayors. Leon S. A. Aureus, who had been appointed in December 1948, served until August 1953, when he resigned to run for Camarines Sur's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives. He was succeeded by Anastacio Prila, who was appointed in September 1953. Following Ramon Magsaysay's election as president, Antonio Sibulo was appointed mayor in January 1954. Sibulo was later succeeded by Monico Imperial after his appointment was not confirmed by the Commission on Appointments in June 1954.[3]

In 1959, Nacionalista candidate Victorino Ojeda was elected the first city mayor, defeating Liberal candidate Ramon Felipe Jr. Felipe later won in 1963, defeating Ojeda's vice mayor, Mariano Villafuerte Jr., but resigned two years into his term to run for Camarines Sur's 1st district in the House of Representatives.[4] Incumbent vice mayor Vicente Sibulo succeeded to the mayoralty and was re-elected in 1967 and 1971, before martial law was declared in September 1972.

Sibulo continued serving as mayor while expressing support for President Ferdinand Marcos's administration, despite belonging to the opposition, and endorsed candidates of the newly formed ruling coalition Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) for the 1978 elections to the Interim Batasang Pambansa. However, he was removed from office in December 1979, with Luis Villafuerte, an emerging power broker who would later become provincial governor and representative, alleged to have requested Marcos to remove Sibulo.[2] Carlos del Castillo, the then vice mayor, acted as mayor until the 1980 local elections, the first since the imposition of martial law, where he won a full term as a KBL candidate. Del Castillo, along with Villafuerte, was among the local officials who bolted to the opposition party UNIDO, and he was reappointed mayor after Marcos's ouster in 1986 by President Corazon Aquino following the People Power Revolution.[2]

Republic Act No. 6636 reset the date of the first local elections under the 1987 Constitution from November 9, 1987, to January 18, 1988.[5] Jesse Robredo, a nephew of Villafuerte, successfully ran for mayor, the youngest in the country, alongside Lourdes Asence under the Lakas ng Bansa ticket, despite the city council being dominated by the local alliance Cory Coalition. Robredo had switched from Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino to Lakas–NUCD by the 1992 elections, where he won a second term, and won a third term in 1995.[6] He backed Aksyon Demokratiko candidate Sulpicio Roco Jr., the brother of Senator Raul Roco, in 1998, where the latter won.[7] Jesse Robredo later sought a fourth term in 2001 under the Liberal Party banner and won two more terms, serving until 2010, after which he was appointed secretary of the interior and local government by President Benigno Aquino III.[8] He later died in 2012 in a plane crash.[9][10]

In 2010, the Liberal Party slate was led by lawyer John Bongat and Gabriel Bordado for mayor and vice mayor, respectively, and swept all seats in the city council.[11] Bongat was re-elected in 2013, with city councilor Nelson Legacion winning as vice mayor. They both served another term from 2016 to 2019.

Legacion ran for mayor and won in 2019,[12] and was re-elected in 2022, serving until 2025, when he ran for Camarines Sur's 3rd congressional district in Congress. He gave way by declining to seek re-election as mayor in favor of former vice president Leni Robredo, the wife of the late Jesse Robredo, whose candidacy for mayor had been publicly discussed as early as mid-2024.[13][14] She went on to win alongside Bordado as vice mayor, making her the city's first female chief executive.[15]

List of mayors

Vice Mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur

Vice Mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur
Pangalawang Punong Lungsod ng Naga, Camarines Sur
since June 30, 2025
StyleThe Honorable (formal)
AppointerElected via popular vote
Term length3 years

The vice mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur is the second-highest official in the city government of Naga, Camarines Sur. Elected separately from the mayor by popular vote, the vice mayor serves as the presiding officer of the Naga City Council.

Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of the incumbent mayor, the vice mayor serves the remainder of the unexpired term until the next general election. If the office of the vice mayor becomes vacant through succession or for any of the foregoing reasons, the highest-ranking member of the city council assumes the office of vice mayor.[17]

The incumbent vice mayor of Naga, Camarines Sur is Gabriel Bordado, who has served since June 30, 2025.

List of vice mayors

Notes

  1. 1 2 Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña.
  2. 1 2 Appointed by President Manuel Roxas.
  3. ↑ Leon Aureus resigned to run for Camarines Sur's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives, but lost to Emilio Tible Sr.[3]
  4. ↑ Appointed by President Elpidio Quirino.
  5. ↑ Not reappointed.[3]
  6. ↑ Antonio Sibulo's term ended after not being confirmed by the Senate Committee on Appointments.[3]
  7. ↑ Appointed by President Ramon Magsaysay.
  8. ↑ Appointed by President Carlos P. Garcia.
  9. ↑ Appointed by President Corazon Aquino.
  10. ↑ Assumed office in an acting capacity; Malacañang Palace later declared on November 4, 1963 to have no authority.
  11. ↑ Designated by Malacañang Palace as acting vice mayor.
  12. ↑ Assumed as vice mayor on September 1967 by virtue of the Decentralization Act of 1967.[18]
  13. ↑ Died in office.

References

  1. ↑ "Sanggunian Terms: May 14, 1945-June 1946". City Government of Naga, Camarines Sur. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Kawanaka, Takeshi (January 2002). Power in a Philippine City. Institute of Developing Economies–Japan External Trade Organization (IDE–JETRO). ISBN 4-258-52038-1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Naga City's 18th Anniversary". The Bicol Star. Vol. 31, no. 42. December 10, 1966. pp. ii. Retrieved July 20, 2026.
  4. ↑ Official Directory of the House of Representatives 1965-1969. Quezon City: Capitol Publishing House, Inc. 1967. p. 80.
  5. ↑ Republic Act No. 6636 (November 6, 1987), An Act Resetting the Local Elections From November 9, 1987 to January 18, 1988, Amending for This Purpose Executive Order Numbered Two Hundred and Seventy
  6. ↑ "Hon. Jesse M. Robredo". City Government of Naga, Camarines Sur. April 23, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Hon. Sulpicio S. Roco, Jr". City Government of Naga, Camarines Sur. April 23, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  8. ↑ Calica, Aurea (July 10, 2010). "Robredo gets DILG post". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  9. ↑ Soltes, Jonas Cabiles; Tubeza, Philip C.; Burgonio, TJ (August 19, 2012). "Robredo, 2 others missing after plane crash". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Philippine minister's body recovered from plane crash". BBC News. August 21, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  11. ↑ "LIST OF ELECTED CITY/MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES: May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. August 1, 2026. p. 991. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  12. ↑ Santos, Jherril (May 15, 2019). "Legacion elected as Naga City Mayor". Politiko (Bicol Region). Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  13. ↑ Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (June 21, 2024). "Robredo says running for senator already out of her options". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  14. ↑ Peralta-Malonzo, Third Anne (September 20, 2024). "LP bares members' candidacy for 2025; Robredo to run as Naga City mayor". SunStar Publishing Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ Antonio, Raymund (May 13, 2025). "From VP, Leni Robredo is Naga City's first female mayor". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "City Officials: 1945-2022". City Government of Naga, Camarines Sur. April 16, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  17. ↑ Republic Act No. 7160 (October 10, 1991), "Article II", An Act Providing for a Local Government Code of 1991
  18. ↑ Republic Act No. 5185 (September 12, 1967), An Act Granting Further Autonomous Powers to Local Governments
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