Political Career (1987-1995)
Drilon served the government and public corporations through the following positions:
- Department of Justice
- Secretary, (1990–1991; 1992–1995)
- Chairman, Board of Pardons and Parole
- Member, Judicial and Bar Council (JBC)
- Member, National Unification Commission
- Chairman, Presidential Committee on Human Rights (PCHR)
- Executive Secretary (1991–1992)
- Chairman, Cabinet Cluster on Political & Security Matters (Cluster "E")
- Member, National Security Council (NSC)
- Vice-Chairman, Committee on Privatization (COP)
- Member, Joint Legislative-Executive Foreign Debt Council
- Department of Labor and Employment
- Secretary, (1987–1990)
- Deputy Minister for Industrial Relations, Department of Labor and Employment (1986–1987)
- Member, Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC)
- Commissioner, Social Security Commission
- Chairman, National Labor Relations Commission
- Chairman, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
- Chairman, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
- Chairman, Employee Compensation Commission
- Trustee, Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund)
- Board Member, National Housing Authority
- Chairman, National Manpower and Youth Council
- Chairman, National Wages Council
- Chairman, National Maritime Polytechnic
- Vice-Chairman, Public Sector Labor-Management Counci
- Chairman, Philippine National Bank (PNB)
- Director, Philippine Air Lines (PAL)
- Director, Land Bank of the Philippines
- Board Member, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation
- Board Member, Population Commission
- Cabinet Officer for Regional Development (CORD) of Region VI
As Labor Secretary, He was able to establish industrial peace in the post-Marcos era, a requisite for increased investments and employment. He was fair yet firm in dealing with the conflicting demands of management and labor. As Justice Secretary, he was instrumental in the prosecution and conviction of Mayor Antonio Sanchez of Calauan, Laguna, who masterminded the rape-slaying of a UP Los Baños coed and the murder of her friend; and Claudio Teehankee Jr., who figured in the gun slaying of Maureen Hultman. The two are locked up in jail, a testimony to the uncompromising belief of Drilon that everyone is equal before the bar of justice.
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