Cabinet of the Philippines

Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of the Philippines says that the President

shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and other officers whose appointments are vested in him in this Constitution. He shall also appoint all other officers of the Government whose appointments are not otherwise provided for by law, and those whom he may be authorized by law to appoint. The Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of other officers lower in rank in the President alone, in the courts, or in the heads of departments, agencies, commissions, or boards.

The following officials, while not heading Executive Departments, has the rank of a department secretary and are part of the President's Cabinet:

Department	Acronym	Office	Incumbent	in Office since
Office of the Cabinet Secretary[1]	OCS	Cabinet Secretary	Karlo Nograles	November 5, 2018
Commission on Higher Education	CHED	Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education	Prospero de Vera III	January 26, 2018
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority	TESDA	Director-General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Direktor-Heneral ng Pangasiwaan sa Edukasyong Teknikal at Pagpapaunlad ng Kasanayan	Isidro Samson Lapeña	October 30, 2018
Climate Change Commission	CCC	Vice-Chairperson and Executive Director of the Climate Change Commission	Emmanuel Malabanan de Guzman	December 5, 2017
Dangerous Drugs Board	DDB	Chairperson of the Dangerous Drugs Board	Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy	January 4, 2018
Commission on Filipinos Overseas	CFO	Chairperson of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas	Francisco Paredes Acosta	August 20, 2018
Philippine Space Agency	PhilSA	Director-General of the Philippine Space Agency	Joel Joseph Marciano Jr.	January 7, 2020
Philippine Competition Commission	PCC	Chairperson of the Philippine Competition Commission	Arsenio Molina Balisacan	February 1, 2016
Office of the Solicitor General	OSG	Solicitor General	Jose Callangan Calida	June 30, 2016
Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel	OCPLC	Chief Presidential Legal Counsel	Jesus Melchor Vega Quitain	October 19, 2021
Office of the Political Adviser	OPA	Political Adviser	Jacinto Villegas Paras	July 8, 2021[2]
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process	OPAPP	Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity	Carlito Guancing Galvez Jr.	December 21, 2018
Office of the Presidential Spokesperson	OPS	Presidential Spokesperson	Karlo Nograles	April 13, 2020
Presidential Communications Operations Office[3]	PCOO	Head of the Presidential Communications Operations Office	Jose Ruperto Martin Marfori Andanar	June 30, 2016
Presidential Management Staff	PMS	Head of the Presidential Management Staff	Vacant
Presidential Legislative Liaison Office	PLLO	Presidential Adviser on Legislative Affairs and Head of the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office	Luzverfeda Estepa Pascual (Acting)	June 24, 2021[4]
National Anti-Poverty Commission	NAPC	Lead Convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission	Noel Kinazo Felongco	October 31, 2018
National Security Council	NSC	National Security Adviser and Director-General of the National Security Council	Hermogenes Cendaña Esperon Jr.	June 30, 2016
National Commission on Muslim Filipinos	NCMF	Secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Tagapangulo ng Pambansang Komisyon sa mga Filipinong Muslim	Saidamen Balt Pangarungan	July 9, 2018
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	MMDA	Chairperson of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	Benjamin de Castro Abalos Jr.	January 10, 2021
Mindanao Development Authority	MinDA	Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority	Vacant
Cagayan Economic Zone Authority	CEZA	Administrator and CEO of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority	Raul Loyola Lambino (concurrent Presidential Assistant for Northern Luzon)	July 5, 2017
Governance Commission for Government-owned or Controlled Corporations	GCG	Chairperson of the Governance Commission on Government-Owned and/or -Controlled Corporations	Samuel Gallemit Dagpin Jr.	November 3, 2016