REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Protecting the interests of cities, the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) is committed to bringing local urban governance agenda at the forefront of the country’s development strategies. As the mandated organization of the Philippine cities, the LCP believes effective change in the national consciousness starts with the primary visions of the local government units.
On July 25, 1987, former President Corazon Aquino issued Executive Order No. 262 that created the League of City Mayors of the Philippines. Then Quezon City Mayor Brigido R. Simon Jr. was elected as its founding president and Lipa City Mayor Ruben L. Umali as the secretary-general.
It was also during that time when local government units – provinces, cities, municipalities, and the barangays – clamoured for genuine reforms. Local chief executives lobbied for a new Local Government Code which granted the national government to only supervise and not control the LGUs.
After years of hard advocacy work, Congress passed the Republic Act 7160, the Local Government Code, on October 10, 1991. Under Section 499, LCP is finally institutionalized for the “primary purpose of ventilating, articulating, and crystallizing issues affecting city government administration...”
The change in nomenclature transformed the character of LCP from an organization of political personalities to a membership-based institution where the cities – and not their political leaders – are accountable entities.
Through the years, LCP’s services have evolved from administrative to policy, technical, and programs support.
The LCP has a national executive board, its highest policy-making body, composed of 30 voting members. It also has a secretariat jointly supervised by the president and secretary-general.
Below are the 2019-2022 Regional Representatives and Focal Mayors:
Regional Representative for CAR |
Hon. Darwin C. Estrañero Tabuk City |
Regional Representatives for Region I | Hon. Juan Carlo S. Medina Vigan City |
Regional Representatives for Region II | Hon. Joseph S. Tan Santiago City |
Regional Representatives for Region III | Hon. Nestor L. Alvarez Science City of Muñoz |
Regional Representatives for NCR | Hon. Oscar G. Malapitan Caloocan City |
Regional Representatives for Region IV-A | Hon. Arlene B. Arcillas Santa Rosa City |
Regional Representatives for Region IV-B | Hon. Lucilo R. Bayron Puerto Princesa City |
Regional Representatives for Region V | Hon. Madelaine Y. Alfelor Iriga City |
Regional Representatives for Region VI | Hon. Mark Andrew J. Golez Silay City |
Regional Representatives for Region VII | Hon. John Geesnell L. Yap II Tagbilaran City |
Regional Representatives for Region VIII | Hon. Nacional V. Mercado Maasin City |
Regional Representatives for Region IX | Hon. Maria Isabelle G. Climaco Zamboanga City |
Regional Representatives for Region X | Hon. Jennifer W. Tan Tangub City |
Regional Representatives for Region XI | Hon. Al David T. Uy Island Garden City of Samal |
Regional Representatives for Region XII | Hon. Angelo O. Montilla Tacurong City |
Regional Representative for CARAGA | Hon. Ernest U. Matugas Surigao City |
Regional Representative for BARMM | Hon. Rosita U. Furigay Lamitan City |
Focal Mayor for Anti-Criminality and Illegal Drugs |
Hon. Benjamin B. Magalong Baguio City |
Focal Mayor for Education | Hon. Florencio T. Flores Malaybalay City |
Focal Mayor for the Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management |
Hon. Noel E. Rosal Legazpi City |
Focal Mayor for Gender and Development | Hon. Rowena T. Tuason Masbate City |
Focal Mayor for Health | Hon. Ericson G. Singson Candon City |
Focal Mayor for Infrastructure Development | Hon. Bernard Faustino M. Dy Cauayan City |
Focal Mayor for International Cooperation | Hon. Imelda G. Calixto-Rubiano Pasay City |
Focal Mayor for Migration and Development | Hon. Stephen A. Palmares Passi City |
Focal Mayor for Mobility and Transport | Hon. Lani Mercado-Revilla Bacoor City |
Focal Mayor for Muslim Affairs | Hon. Majul Usman Gandamra Marawi City |
Focal Mayor for Peace and Development in Mindanao | Hon. Frances Cynthia J. Guiani-Sayadi Cotabato City |
Focal Mayor for Sustainable Development Goals | Hon. Cielo Krisel Lagman-Luistro Tabaco City |
Focal Mayor for Youth and Sports Development | Hon. Julier C. Resuello San Carlos City, Pangasinan |