There are 38 cities in the Philippines that are classified as highly urbanized cities or independent component cities that are independent from the provinces.
Each highly urbanized or independent component city has a mayor who is the chief executive of the city government. The mayor is elected by the voters in the province for a three-year term with a maximum of three consecutive terms. To run for mayor of a highly urbanized or an independent component city, a candidate must be a Philippine citizen, a registered voter in the city, a resident of the city for at least one year before the election, able to read or write Filipino or any other local language or dialect and at least 23 years old in a highly urbanized city or 21 years old in an independent component city on election day.
Each city also has a vice mayor who serves as the presiding officer of the . The vice mayor assumes the office of mayor when there is a permanent vacancy. When the office of mayor is temporarily vacant, the vice mayor assumes office as acting mayor. The vice mayor is also elected by the voters in the province for a three-year term with a maximum of three consecutive terms. The eligibility requirements for vice mayor are the same as for mayor.
One municipality in the Philippines is independent from the provinces. A municipality has a mayor who is the chief executive of the municipal government and has a vice mayor who is the presiding officer of the . The election and qualifications of the mayor and vice mayor of a municipality is the same as that of a mayor and vice mayor of an independent component city.
The current term of the city mayors and vice mayors is from June 30, 2025, until June 30, 2028.
List of city mayors Independent city or municipalityPortraitMayorParty Term AgePrior experience Assumed office Angeles City(list) Lakas 1BusinessmanHouse of RepresentativesAngeles City Council Bacolod(list) NPC 1JournalistHouse of RepresentativesVice Mayor of BacolodBacolod City Council Baguio(list) NPC 3Retired police officerDeputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police Butuan(list) Nacionalista 1LawyerVice Mayor of ButuanHouse of RepresentativesButuan City Council Cagayan de Oro(list) PFP 2House of Representatives Caloocan(list) Nacionalista 2House of RepresentativesCaloocan City Council Cebu City(list) Liberal 1Electrical engineer, businessman, environmentalistCebu City Council Cotabato City BFP 2Radio personalityCotabato City Council Dagupan PFP 2BusinesswomanVice Mayor of DagupanDagupan City Council Davao City(list) HTL 0BusinessmanVice Mayor of Davao CityMayor of Davao City General Santos(list) PCM 2General Santos Association of Barangay Captains President Iligan Nacionalista 2BusinessmanHouse of RepresentativesIligan City Council Iloilo City(list) NUP 1Businesswoman Lapu-Lapu City PFP 1House of Representatives Las Piñas(list) NPC 1Vice Mayor of Las Piñas Lucena(list) Stan Q 2City government staff Makati(list) UNA 1Senate Malabon(list) Nacionalista 2Vice Mayor of Malabon Mandaluyong(list) PFP 1Vice Mayor of MandaluyongMayor of Mandaluyong Mandaue(list) Lakas 1BusinessmanCebu Provincial Board Manila(list) Aksyon 1ActorMayor of ManilaDepartment of Social Welfare and Development UndersecretaryVice Mayor of ManilaManila City Council Marikina(list) NUP 1TeacherHouse of Representatives Muntinlupa(list) 1Munti 2House of RepresentativesBureau of Customs CommissionerDirector of the Videogram Regulatory Board Naga(list) Liberal 1LawyerVice President of the PhilippinesHouse of Representatives Navotas(list) Navoteño 2House of RepresentativesMayor of Navotas Olongapo Nacionalista 2Lawyer Ormoc PFP 2ActressHouse of Representatives Parañaque(list) Lakas 1BusinessmanHouse of RepresentativesMayor of ParañaqueVice Governor of LagunaLaguna Provincial Board Pasay(list) PFP 3BusinesswomanHouse of RepresentativesPasay City Council Pasig(list) Independent 3Pasig City Council Pateros(list) PFP 1Municipal Administrator of PaterosVice Mayor of PaterosPateros Municipal Council Puerto Princesa PFP 3Vice Mayor of Puerto Princesa Quezon City(list) SBP 3Entrepreneur, archeologistVice Mayor of Quezon City San Juan(list) PFP 3Basketball playerVice Mayor of San JuanSan Juan City Council Santiago PFP 2Lawyer, accountantHouse of Representatives Tacloban(list) Nacionalista 3BusinessmanMayor of TaclobanHouse of Representatives Taguig(list) Nacionalista 2House of RepresentativesMayor of Taguig Valenzuela(list) NPC 2House of Representatives Zamboanga City(list) Nacionalista 1Master marinerHouse of RepresentativesZamboanga City Council
City vice mayors Independent city or municipalityPortraitVice mayorParty Term AgePrior experience Assumed office Angeles City PRP 1BusinessmanAngeles City Council Bacolod NPC 1BusinessmanBacolod City Council Baguio PFP 3LawyerBaguio City Council Butuan Nacionalista 1Butuan City Council Cagayan de Oro CDP 2NurseBarangay chairperson Caloocan Nacionalista 2ResearcherCaloocan City Council Cebu City Liberal 1AgriculturistMayor of Cebu CityHouse of Representatives Cotabato City BFP 1Barangay chairperson Dagupan PFP 3Dagupan Association of Barangay Captains President Davao City HTL 0BusinessmanDavao City Council General Santos 1LawyerGeneral Santos City Council Iligan PMP 1Businessman Iloilo City PFP 1Iloilo City Council Lapu-Lapu City PFP 3PhysicianMayor of Cordova Las Piñas NPC 1Mayor of Las Piñas Lucena Stan Q 2Mayor of LucenaVice Mayor of LucenaLucena City Council Makati NPC 1House of RepresentativesMayor of MakatiVice Mayor of MakatiMakati Association of Barangay Captains President Malabon Lakas 1Malabon City Council Mandaluyong PFP 1BusinessmanMandaluyong City CouncilVice Mayor of Mandaluyong Mandaue Lakas 1Mayor of MandaueVice Mayor of MandaueCebu Provincial BoardMandaue City Council Manila Aksyon 1Journalist Marikina Lakas 1Mayor of MarikinaHouse of RepresentativesVice Mayor of MarikinaMarikina Municipal Council Muntinlupa Independent 1BusinesswomanMunicipal Administrator of Naujan, Oriental MindoroMuntinlupa City Council Naga Liberal 1WriterHouse of RepresentativesVice Mayor of NagaNaga City Council Navotas(list) Navoteño 2Navotas City Council Olongapo Aksyon 1Olongapo City Council Ormoc PFP 1BusinessmanVice Mayor of Ormoc Parañaque PFP 1BusinessmanParañaque City Council Pasay Lakas 1Pasay City Council Pasig Independent 2Businessman, basketball playerHouse of RepresentativesSan Juan Municipal Council Pateros(list) PFP 2Businessman, engineer Puerto Princesa Liberal 1LawyerPuerto Princesa City Council Quezon City SBP 3Actor, entrepreneurQuezon City Council San Juan PFP 1LawyerSan Juan City Council Santiago Lakas 1Businesswoman Tacloban Nacionalista 1BusinessmanTacloban Association of Barangay Captains President Taguig Nacionalista 2Taguig City Council Valenzuela NPC 1BusinessmanValenzuela City Council Zamboanga City 1TeacherMayor of Zamboanga CityHouse of RepresentativesVice Mayor of Zamboanga CityZamboanga City Council
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See also Politics of the Philippines