Mayor of Valenzuela

Mayor of Valenzuela
Punong Lungsod ng Valenzuela
Seal of Valenzuela
Incumbent Wes Gatchalian since June 30, 2022
Style	(Mr.) Mayor, Honorable Mayor
Appointer	None, elected via popular vote
Term length	3 years (Maximum of three consecutive terms)
Inaugural holder	Pío Valenzuela
Formation	September 6, 1899
Salary	₱334,104 (US$7,856.28, Aug 2011)
Website	valenzuela.gov.ph

The mayor of Valenzuela (Filipino: Punong Lungsod ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela), a highly urbanized city in northern Metro Manila, Philippines, is the official head and chief executive of Valenzuela. He leads on enforcing city ordinances and improving public services. The mayor has a term of office of three years, but has a maximum electoral tenure of three consecutive terms. Inaugural holder of the office was Pío Valenzuela (1869–1956), served from 1899 to 1901, for whom the city was named.

During the Spanish colonial period, the town that composed of what is now Valenzuela, called before as Polo, was ruled by a gobernadorcillo appointed through an exclusive nomination provided by the Spanish law. Later in the American period, first mayor Pío Valenzuela was appointed as its first municipal president until his resignation in 1901. Since then, municipal presidents are elected by a popular vote.

The current 1987 Constitution of the Philippines and the City Charter of 1998 defined the position, powers and responsibilities of the mayor.^[1]