...The Past Is Prologue to the Future

EARLY TOWN LEADERS

The first Gobernadorcillo (later called Captain Municipal) was Don Carlos Miguel in 1788 who, together with Don Narciso Castaneda, established the foundations of Tarlac town. He was followed by Don Louis Briones in 1789. It was during his term as the second goberbadorcillo that the “Legend of San Sebastian” started. It is said that sometime that year, an armed band of tulisanes were stopped from marauding the town by a young boy who turned out to be no less than San Sebastian himself.

Succeeding them were Elejo Gabriel, 1790;
Don Jose Torres, 1791;
Don Tomas Mendoza, 1792;
Don Narciso Castaneda, 1793;
Don Jacinto Castaneda, 1794;
Don Domingo Gutierez, 1795;
Don Jose Espinosa, 1796;
Don Narciso Castaneda, 1797;
Don Mateo Baun, 1798;
Don Domingo Gutierrez, 1799;
Don Jose Castaneda, 1800;
Don Santiago Ronquillo, 1801;
Don Narciso Castaneda, 1802;
Don Antonio Castaneda, 1803;
Don Carlos Miguel, 1804;
Don Andres Castaneda, 1805;
Don Manuel Castaneda, 1806;
Don Francisco Macapagal, 1807;
Don Jacinto Castaneda, 1808;
Don Julian Castaneda, 1809;
Don Victor de Sta Cruz, 1810;
Don Narciso Castaneda, 1811;
Don Andres Castaneda, 1812;
Don Francisco Menndoza, 1813;
Don Jose Pangalangan, 1815.
Don Nicolas Magali, 1816;
Don Eusebio salac, 1817;
Don Luciano Castaneda, 1818;
Don Damaso Gutierrez, 1819;
Don Romualdo Dumas, 1820;
Don Mariano Baun, 1821;
Don Narciso Castaneda, 1822
Don Francisco Macapagal, 1823;
Don Damaso Gutierrez, 1824;
Don Bartolome Briones, 1825;
Don Santiago Mendoza, 1826;
Don Vicente Solis, 1827;
Don Juan Castaneda, 1828;
Don Eusebio Salac, 1829;
Don Manuel Briones, 1830;
Don Felix Castaneda, 1831;
Don Pedro Baun, 1833;
Don Vicente Solis, 1834;
Don Manuel Miguel, 1835;
Don Antonio Navarro, 1836;
Don Juan Mendoza, 1837;
Don Francisco Mendoza, 1838;
Don Vicente Miguel, 1839;
Don Isidro Castaneda, 1840;
Don Cecilio Briones, 1842;
Don Vicenete Espinosa, 1843;
Don Vicenete Espinosa, 1844;
Don Juan Patricio, 1845;
Don Martin Pangalangan, 1846;
Don Jose Puno, 1847;
Don Florentino Miguel, 1848;
Don Isidro Castaneda, 1849;
Don Salvador Mamawal, 1850.
Don Herminigildo Macapagal, 1851;
Don Leoncio Viray, 1853;
Don Pedro Espinosa, 1854;
Don Eleno Puno, 1855;
Don Mariano Taban, 1856;
Don Agustin Capulong, 1857;
Don Pablo Maglanoc, 1858;
Don Gaspar Tanedo, 1859;
Don Eugenio Tanedo, 1860;
Don Nicolas Maglanoc, 1861;
Don Alejo Romero, 1862;
Don Leoncio Viray, 1863;
Don Leoncio Viray, 1864;
Don Vicente Tanedo, 1865;
Don Felipe Puno, 1866;
Don Gregorio Briones, 1868;
Don Luis Mamawal, 1869- 70;
Don Eulalio Tanedo, 1871-1882;
Don Damaso Tanedo, 1873- 74;
Don Inocencio Landingin, 1875- 76;
Don Eduardo Espinosa, 1877- 80;
Don Juan Santos, 1882;
Don casimiro Tanedo, 1883-84;
Don Evaristo Puno, 1885-86;
Don Antonio Urquico, 1887;
Don Ponciano Bundalian, 1888;
Don Eduardo Espinosa, 1889-92;
Don Gregorio Mendoza, 1893-94;
And Don Alfonso Ramos, 1895- 1901;
Don Paulino Villafuerte, 1902-03;
Don Joas Espinosa, 1904-05;
Don Paulino Villafuerte, 1906-07;
Don Porfirio Espinosa, 1908- 09;
Don Ramon Tanedo, 1912- 15;
Don Irineo Briones, 1916-22;
Don Antonio Sahagun, 1923-25;
Don Luis Espinosa, 1926- 34;
Don Manuel Villaroman Sr., 1935-1945
Don Isidoro, 1946- 47;
Hon. Antonio Gonzales, 1951;
Hon Hipolito Castaneda, 1952- 63;
Hon. Lino G. David, 1964- 76;
Hon. Emilio M. Magbag, 1976- 79;
Hon. Bernardo T. Lugay, 1979- 1986;
Hon. Jose G. Macapinlac, 1986-92;
Hon. Gelacio R. Manalang, 1992- 2001;
And Hon. Genaro Mendoza, 2001 up to present.

The municipality of Tarlac was converted into a Component City by virtue of Republic Act No. 8593, an act converting Municipality of Tarlac into a Component Cit to be known as the City of Tarlac. It was proclaimed as a Component City on April 19, 1998 during the Plebiscite with affirmative votes of 21,378 out of 26,020 votes.