Executive departments of the Philippines


Executive departments are the largest component of the executive branch of the government of the Philippines. These departments comprise the largest part of the country's bureaucracy.

Current executive departments

All departments are listed by their present-day name with their English names on top and Filipino names at the other column. Department heads are listed at the Cabinet of the Philippines article.

Former executive departments

The departments listed below are defunct agencies which have been abolished, integrated, reorganized or renamed into the existing executive departments of the Philippines.

First Republic

  • Department of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce
  • Department of Communications and Public Works
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of Foreign Relations
  • Department of Public Education
  • Department of Wars and Marine
  • Department of Finance
  • Department of Justice

Commonwealth Period

Third Republic

Martial law era (Fourth Republic)

Fifth Republic

Agencies elevated to department rank

Proposed executive departments