Governors Of ILOILO Province

 

General Martin Delgado - The First Civil Governor of Iloilo during the American colonial period

 

Raymundo Melliza - The Second Civil Governor of Iloilo during the American Occupation

  

Tomas Confesor - Governor Of Iloilo Resistance Government During World War II 

 

Niel Tupas, Sr. - Governor From 2001 - 2010

  

Arthur Defensor, Sr. - One of the longest serving governor Of Iloilo 

These are the Alcalde Mayor (now Provincial Governor) of Iloilo province during the Spanish colonial government: 

1634 - 1636 - Diego de la Correa
1637 - 1639 - Pedro Alarcon
1640 - 1642 - Pedro de Leon
1643 - 1646 - Felipe Casiano
1647 - 1649 - Juan Mendoza
1650 - 1653 - Felipe Peñalosa 
1654 - 1657 - Jose Cordero
1658 - 1661 - Pedro Bobaella
1662 - 1664 - Pedro Velasco
1665 - 1666 - Jose Briones
1667 - 1668 - Sebastian de Villas
1669 - 1670 - Jose de Robles
1671 - 1672 - Francisco Surrilla
1673 - 1674 - Miguel Rendon
1675 - 1676 - Alonzo Piralba
1677 - 1678 - Nicolas de Pamplona 
1679 - 1680 - Miguel Rindon Livar 
1681 - 1682 - Juan de Moreno
1683 - 1684 - Martin Gonzales
1685 - 1686 - Manuel Sarmiento
1687 - 1688 - Nicolas Perez
1689 - 1690 - Diego Quiñonez
1691            - Sebastian de Via
1691 - 1692 - Diego Vargas
1694 - 1696 - Luis Camacho
1697 - 1698 - Juan Carion
1699 - 1700 - Juan Maldonado
1701 - 1702 - Juan Parado
1703 - 1704 - Antonio Tarosa
1705 - 1706 - Juan Esquera
1707            - Pedro Avendano 
1708 - 1709 - Nicolas de Colina
1710 - 1711 - Juan Jurado
1712 - 1713 - Gaspar Sanches
1714 - 1715 - Atancio de Gubgura
1716 - 1717 - Pedro Lucena
1718 - 1719 - Felipe Arevalo
1727            - Pedro Basadas Perez
1728 - 1730 - Andres Melenday 
1731 - 1733 - Francisco Sanguines
1734 - 1737 - Luis de la Torre
1738 - 1739 - Felipe Espino
1740 - 1741 - Manuel de Dozal
1742 - 1745 - Francisco Valladores
1746 - 1748 - Francisco Oscotes
1749 - 1751 - Ignacio Marquez
1752 - 1754 - Antonio de Arguelles
1770 - 1771 - Jose de Ocampo 
1772 - 1773 - Manuel de Mendio 
1775 - 1776 - Santiago Salavaria
1777 - 1779 - Felipe Almoranas
1780 - 1782 - Francisco Viera
1783 - 1786 - Santiago Salavaria
1787            - Juan Suarez
1788 - 1795 - Francisco Bayot
1796 - 1801 - Jose Mijares
1802 - 1804 - Damian Novales
1805 - 1808 - Froilan Aguerre
1818 - 1819 - Manuel Canay 
1820 - 1822 - Miguel Calderon 
1823 - 1825 - Joaquin Cemina 
1826 - 1828 - Manuel Rodriguez
1829 - 1834 - Manuel Guillen 
1835 - 1841 - Ambrosio del Callo
1846 - 1852 - Felipe Combe 
1853 - 1855 - Pedro Zarraga
1856 - 1860 - Miguel Arila
1861            - Emilio Carles
1862 - 1867 - Jose Maria Carles
1868            - Anastacio de la Peña
1868 - 1869 - Manuel Iznart
1870            - Eduardo Caballero
1871            - Fernando Rojas
1872 - 1879 - Enrique Fajardo
1880 - 1881 - Camilo Millan 
1882 - 1883 - Miguel Aguilar
1884            - Luis Zariaga
1885            - Luis Pratt
1889            - Pedro Montero
1890            - Miguel Blanco
1891            - Nicolas Jaramillo
1892            - Jose Gramaren 
1892 - 1896 - Francisco de Castilla 
1896 - 1898 - Salvador Viana
1898            - Ricardo Monet


Here is the list of governors of Iloilo province starting from the American Civil Government up to the present: 

1901 - 1904 - Martin Delgado
1904 - 1906 - Raymundo Melliza
1906 - 1908 - Benito Lopez
1908 - 1912 - Ruperto Montinola
1912 - 1913 - Adriano Hernandez
1914 - 1916 - Amando Avanceña
1917 - 1922 - Gregorio Yulo 
1922 - 1925 - Ruperto Montinola
1925 - 1927 - Jose Ledesma
1927 - 1928 - Jose Lopez-Vito (Appointed) 1
1928 - 1929 - Mariano Arroyo
1929 - 1931 - Alejo Aquino 1
1931 - 1934 - Jose Yulo Regalado
1934 - 1937 - Timoteo Y. Consing, Sr. (Appointed)
1938 - 1941 - Tomas Confesor
1941 -  1942 - Oscar Ledesma
1942 - 1944 - Fermin Caram (Japanese Sponsored Government)
1942 - 1945 - Tomas Confesor (Resistance Government)
1945            - Patricio Confesor 
1945            - Jose Ledesma
1946 - 1948 - Tomas Vargas
1948 - 1959 -  Mariano Peñaflorida
1960 - 1963 - Jose Zulueta
1964 - 1969 - Rafael Palmares
1970 - 1986 - Conrado Norada
1986 - 1987 - Licurgo Tirador (Appointed)
1987 - 1992 - Simplicio Griño
1992 - 2001 - Arthur Defensor, Sr.
1992            - Feliciano Marañon *
2001 - 2010 - Niel D.Tupas, Sr.
2010 - 2019 - Arthur Defensor, Sr.
2019 - 2022 - Arthur Defensor, Jr. 

*Feliciano Marañon, former ex-officio member of Iloilo provincial board representing the Liga ng mga Barangay, assumed briefly as governor by succession after the filing of certificates of candidacy during 1992 elections left vacant elective position in the provincial government. 

1 Lopez Vito and Aquino were not mentioned in the History of Panay book but they were listed in the 1937 Panay Directory and Souvenir Book




Sources:

Regalado, Felix and Quintin, Franco, History of Panay, Iloilo City: Central Philippine University, 1973

David, Manuel and Ramon Campos, Panay Directory and Souvenir Book,  Manila: Ramon Roces Publications, Inc. 1937

Department of Interior and Local Government