1. Article 7 The Executive Department

2. Qualifications Article 7 – Sec. 3. No person may be elected to the office of the President or Vice-President unless he is a natural born citizen of the Philippines, a qualified voter, forty years of age or over, and has been a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding the election.

3. Successions Article 7, Sections 8 and 11 of the Constitution of the Philippines provide rules of succession to the presidency. In case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of the President, the Vice President will become the President to serve the unexpired term. In case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of both the President and Vice President; the President of the Senate or, in case of his inability, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall then act as President until the President or Vice-President shall have been elected and qualified. The Congress shall, by law, provide who shall serve as President in case of death, permanent disability, or resignation of the Acting President. He shall serve until the President or the Vice President shall have been elected and qualified, and be subject to the same restrictions of powers and disqualifications as the Acting President. The line of presidential succession as specified by Article 7, Section 10 of the Constitution of the Philippines are the Vice President, Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

4. The current Presidential line of succession Vice President – JejomarBinay Senate President – Juan Ponce Enrile Speaker of the House – Feliciano R. Belmonte Jr.

5. Cabinet Members A Cabinet is a body of high ranking members of the government, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.

6. Current List of Cabinet Members President – BenignoNoynoy Aquino III Vice President – JejomarBinay Press Secretary – Paquito Ochoa Jr. Secretary of Agrarian Form – Virgilio Delos Reyes Secretary of Agriculture – Proceso Alcala Secretary of Budget and Management – Florencio Abad Secretary of Education – Bro. Armin Luistro Secretary of Energy – Jose Rene Almendras Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources – Ramon Paje Secretary of Finance – Cesar Purisima Secretary of Foreign Affairs – Albert del Rosario Secretary of Health – Dr. Enrique Ona Secretary of the Interior and Local Gov’t – BenignoNoynoy Aquino and Jesse Robredo Secretary of Justice – Leila De Lima Secretary of Labor and Employment – Rosalinda Baldoz Secretary of National Defense – Voltaire Gazmin Secretary of Public Works and Highways – Rogelio Singson Secretary of Science and Technology – Engr. Mario Montejo Secretary of Social Welfare and Development – Corazon Soliman Secretary of Tourism – Alberto Lim Secretary of Trade and Industry – Gregory Domingo Secretary of Transportation and Communications – Manuel Roxas II Chief of the Presidential Management Staff – Julai Abad Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority – CayetanoPaderanga Jr.