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Prime Minister of the Philippines
Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas
Prime Minister of the Philippines ; Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas
	Seal of the Prime Minister (1981–1986)
	Salvador Laurel; Last Prime Minister of the Philippines
	Executive branch of the government; Prime Minister's Office;
Style	Prime Minister; (informal); The Honourable; (formal); His Excellency; (formal, diplomatic)
Type	Head of government
Status	Abolished
Member of	Cabinet; National Security Council;
Appointer	The President; with members' advice and consent
Precursor	Office established (pre-1899); President of the Philippines (1978)
Formation	January 2, 1899 (first creation); June 12, 1978 (second creation)
First holder	Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (first creation); Ferdinand Marcos (second creation)
Final holder	Salvador H. Laurel
Abolished	November 13, 1899 (first abolition) ; March 25, 1986 (second abolition)
Succession	President of the Philippines (1899–1978; 1986-present)

The prime minister of the Philippines (Filipino: Punong Ministro ng Pilipinas) was the official job of the head of the government (whereas the President of the Philippines was the head of state) of the Philippines from 1978, until the People Power Revolution in 1986.

A limited version of this office existed for a short time in 1899, during the First Philippine Republic.

List of prime ministers

#		Party	Took office	Left office	President	Legislature	Era
1	Apolinario Mabini (1864–1903)	Non-partisan	January 2, 1899	January 23, 1899	Emilio Aguinaldo	Malolos Congress	Revolutionary Government
1	Apolinario Mabini (1864–1903)		January 23, 1899	May 7, 1899			First Republic
2	Pedro A. Paterno (1857–1911)		May 8, 1899	November 13, 1899			First Republic
Office abolished November 14, 1899—October 14, 1943
-	Jorge B. Vargas (1890–1980)	Nacionalista Party	October 14, 1943	August 17, 1945	Jose P. Laurel	National Assembly	Second Republic
Office abolished October 14, 1943—June 12, 1978
3	Ferdinand E. Marcos (1917-1989)	KBL	June 12, 1978	June 30, 1981	Ferdinand E. Marcos	Interim Batasang Pambansa	Martial law
4	Cesar E. A. Virata (1930– )		July 28, 1981	July 23, 1984		Interim Batasang Pambansa	Fourth Republic
4	Cesar E. A. Virata (1930– )		July 23, 1984	February 25, 1986		Regular Batasang Pambansa
5	Salvador H. Laurel (1986–1986)	UNIDO	February 25, 1986	March 25, 1986	Corazon C. Aquino	Regular Batasang Pambansa
Defunct The presidential system is used; the President is head of both state and government by virtue of the 1987 Constitution

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