Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines | |
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Official Seal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines | |
Abbreviation | CSAFP |
Reports to |
Secretary of National Defense President of the Philippines |
Appointer |
The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length |
Mandatory retirement at age 56.[1] Can be extended for 3-6 Months until 3 years |
Constituting instrument | Republic Act No. 8186[2][3] |
Formation |
December 21, 1935 (Official) March 22, 1897 (Revolutionary) |
First holder |
Artemio Ricarte (Revolutionary) Jose Delos Reyes (AFP) |
Deputy |
Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Assistant) Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Chief Strategist and Policy Maker) |
Website | Philippine Armed Forces |
The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, usually the only officer holding a rank of four-star general/admiral, is the head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including all service branches (Army, Navy–Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard — in Wartime Attached Service) under its command. He is also the highest-ranking military officer of the whole AFP, and appointed by, as well as directly reports to the President of the Philippines under Article VII, Section 18 of the 1987 Constitution.[4] He also executes the President's commands, tactics, operations, plannings, and strategies, as well as serves as the Immediate Adviser to the Secretary of National Defense (Philippines) and prescribe directions to all commands (including The Commanding General of the Philippine Army, The Flag Officer-in-Command of the Philippine Navy, The Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, and Unified Commands). Its direct equivalent in the United States Armed Forces is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Unlike his/her United States counterpart which is merely supervisory, the AFP Chief of Staff oversees and has operational control over all military personnel of the Armed Forces.
The following is the list of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP). The Armed Forces of the Philippines were created as a result of the December 21, 1935 National Defense Act, Commonwealth Act No. 1.[5] However, the origin of the organization can be traced back to the establishment of the Philippine Constabulary, armed Filipino forces organized in 1901 by the United States to combat the Philippine Revolutionary Forces then led by General Emilio Aguinaldo.
History[]
The position of the Chief of Staff has been traced from the Commanding General of the Philippine Army, when the Philippine Commonwealth Army (now The Philippine Army) was enstablished as the Main Army of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. After the defeat of the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine–American War, the United States dissolved the Army and relied on its Armed Forces together with some Filipino Troops under the Philippine Constabulary. However, under the National Defense Act of 1935, led to take on responsibilities on national defense, and led to the creation of three major commands (Army, Navy, Air Force). Since the 1960s, the rosters of the Chiefs of Staff is arranged accordingly.[6]
List of Chiefs of Staff[]
Philippine Revolutionary Army[]
№ | Chief-of-Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Artemio Ricarte (1866–1945) [lower-alpha 1] | Captain General 22 March 1897 | 22 January 1899 | 1 year, 306 days | Revolutionary Army | |
2 | Antonio Luna (1866–1899) [lower-alpha 2] | General 22 January 1899 | 5 June 1899 † | 134 days | Revolutionary Army | |
3 | Emilio Aguinaldo (1869–1964) [lower-alpha 3] | General 5 June 1899 | 23 March 1901 | 1 year, 291 days | Revolutionary Army |
Armed Forces of the Philippines[]
№ | Chief-of-Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Jose Delos Reyes | Major General21 December 1935 | 6 May 1936 | 137 days | Philippine Army | |
2 | Paulino Santos (1890–1945) | Major General 6 May 1936 | 31 December 1938 | 2 years, 239 days | Philippine Army | |
3 | Basilio Valdez | Major General1 January 1939 | 7 November 1945 | 6 years, 310 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
4 | Rafael Jalandoni | Major General21 December 1945 | 20 December 1948 | 2 years, 365 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
5 | Mariano Castañeda (1892–1970) | Major General 21 December 1948 | 28 May 1951 | 2 years, 158 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
6 | Calixto Duque | Major General2 June 1951 | 30 December 1953 | 2 years, 211 days | Philippine Army | |
7 | Jesus Vargas | Lieutenant General30 December 1953 | 29 December 1956 | 2 years, 365 days | Philippine Army | |
8 | Alfonso Arellano | Lieutenant General29 December 1956 | 31 December 1958 | 2 years, 2 days | Philippine Army | |
9 | Manuel Cabal | Lieutenant General1 January 1959 | 30 December 1961 | 2 years, 363 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
10 | Pelagio A. Cruz (1912–1986) | Lieutenant General 30 December 1961 | 31 August 1962 | 244 days | Philippine Air Force | |
11 | Alfredo Santos (1905–1990) | General 1 September 1962 | 12 July 1965 | 2 years, 314 days | Philippine Army | |
12 | Rigoberto Atienza | General13 July 1965 | 22 January 1966 | 193 days | Philippine Army | |
13 | Ernesto Mata (1915–2012) | General 22 January 1966 | 21 January 1967 | 364 days | Philippine Army | |
14 | Victor Osias | General21 January 1967 | 15 August 1967 | 206 days | Philippine Air Force | |
15 | Segundo Velasco | General15 August 1967 | 27 May 1968 | 286 days | Philippine Army | |
16 | Manuel T. Yan (1920–2008) [lower-alpha 4] | General 28 May 1968 | 15 January 1972 | 3 years, 232 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
17 | Romeo Espino [lower-alpha 5] | General 15 January 1972 | 15 August 1981 | 9 years, 212 days | Philippine Army | |
18 | Fabian Ver (1920–1998) [lower-alpha 6] | General 15 August 1981 | 24 October 1984 | 3 years, 70 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
19 | Fidel Ramos (born 1928) | General 24 October 1984 | 2 December 1985 | 1 year, 39 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
(18) | Fabian Ver (1920–1998) | General 2 December 1985 | 25 February 1986 | 85 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
(19) | Fidel Ramos (born 1928) [lower-alpha 7] | General 25 February 1986 | 23 January 1988 | 1 year, 332 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
20 | Renato de Villa (born 1935) [lower-alpha 8] | General 25 January 1988 | 23 January 1991 | 2 years, 363 days | Philippine Constabulary | |
21 | Rodolfo Biazon (born 1935) [lower-alpha 9] | General 24 January 1991 | 12 April 1991 | 78 days | Philippine Marine Corps | |
22 | Lisandro Abadia | General12 April 1991 | 12 April 1994 | 3 years, 0 days | Philippine Army | |
23 | Arturo Enrile (1940–1998) [lower-alpha 10] | General 15 April 1994 | 28 November 1996 | 227 days | Philippine Army | |
24 | Arnulfo E. Acedera (born 1941) | General 28 November 1996 | 18 December 1997 | 1 year, 20 days | Philippine Air Force | |
26 | Clemente Mariano | General18 December 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 194 days | Philippine Army | |
27 | Joselino Nazareno [lower-alpha 11] | General 1 July 1998 | 8 July 1999 | 1 year, 7 days | Philippine Army | |
28 | Angelo Reyes (1945–2011) [lower-alpha 12] | General 8 July 1999 | 17 March 2001 | 1 year, 252 days | Philippine Army | |
29 | Diomedio Villanueva | General17 March 2001 | 18 May 2002 | 1 year, 62 days | Philippine Army | |
30 | Roy Cimatu (born 1946) [lower-alpha 13] | General 18 May 2002 | 10 September 2002 | 115 days | Philippine Army | |
31 | Benjamin Defensor Jr. | General10 September 2002 | 28 November 2002 | 79 days | Philippine Air Force | |
32 | Dionisio Santiago [lower-alpha 14] | General 28 November 2002 | 8 April 2003 | 131 days | Philippine Army | |
34 | Narciso Abaya | General8 April 2003 | 29 October 2004 | 1 year, 204 days | Philippine Army | |
35 | Efren Abu | General29 October 2004 | 15 August 2005 | 290 days | Philippine Army | |
36 | Generoso Senga | General15 August 2005 | 22 July 2006 | 341 days | Philippine Army | |
37 | Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (born 1952) [lower-alpha 15] | General 22 July 2006 | 12 May 2008 | 1 year, 295 days | Philippine Army | |
38 | Alexander Yano [lower-alpha 16] | General 12 May 2008 | 1 May 2009 | 354 days | Philippine Army | |
39 | Victor Ibrado | General1 May 2009 | 10 March 2010 | 313 days | Philippine Army | |
40 | Delfin N. Bangit (1955–2013) | General 10 March 2010 | 22 June 2010 | 104 days | Philippine Army | |
- | Nestor Ochoa (Acting) | Lieutenant General22 June 2010 | 30 June 2010 | 8 days | Philippine Army | |
41 | Ricardo David (born 1955) [lower-alpha 17] | General 2 July 2010 | 7 March 2011 | 248 days | Philippine Army | |
42 | Eduardo Oban Jr. (born 1955) | General 7 March 2011 | 12 December 2011 | 280 days | Philippine Air Force | |
43 | Jessie Dellosa (born 1957) | General 12 December 2011 | 20 January 2013 | 1 year, 39 days | Philippine Army | |
44 | Emmanuel T. Bautista (born 1958) | General 20 January 2013 | 18 July 2014 | 1 year, 179 days | Philippine Army | |
45 | Gregorio Pio Catapang (born 1959) [lower-alpha 18] | General 18 July 2014 | 10 July 2015 | 357 days | Philippine Army | |
46 | Hernando Delfin Carmelo A. Iriberri (born 1960) [7] | General 10 July 2015 | 22 April 2016 | 287 days | Philippine Army | |
- | Glorioso Miranda (Acting) (born 1961) | Lieutenant General 22 April 2016 | 30 June 2016 | 69 days | Philippine Army | |
47 | Ricardo Visaya (born 1960) [lower-alpha 19] | General 1 July 2016 | 7 December 2016 | 159 days | Philippine Army | |
48 | Eduardo Año (born 1961) [lower-alpha 20] | General 7 December 2016 | 26 October 2017 | 323 days | Philippine Army | |
49 | Rey Leonardo Guerrero (born 1961) [lower-alpha 21] | General 26 October 2017 | 18 April 2018[9] | 174 days | Philippine Army | |
50 | Carlito Galvez Jr. (born 1962) [lower-alpha 22] | General 18 April 2018 | 11 December 2018 | 237 days | Philippine Army | |
51 | Benjamin Madrigal Jr. (born 1963) | General 11 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 333 days | Philippine Army |
Notes[]
- ↑ Ricarte was elected Captain-General by the Tejeros Convention.
- ↑ Luna was assassinated by General Aguinaldo's men
- ↑ Aguinaldo personally took charge after General Antonio Luna's assassination.
- ↑ Yan served as the youngest chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the age of 48. Prior to that, he was the chief of the Philippine Constabulary. He currently holds the record for longest continuous government service from 1937- 2001 or 64 years of service.
- ↑ Espino served as the Commanding General of the Philippine Army before appointed to become the top military man. Espino is the longest-serving Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for nine years, especially during the martial law regime. A second product of the ROTC. During his term, he was fair in administering the military, unlike his successor, General Fabian Ver.
- ↑ Ver was considered a loyalist and the second most powerful man in the country next to President Ferdinand Marcos in the later years of his authoritarian regime, replacing then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, who held the status since 1972 when Marcos named him as martial law administrator upon the imposition of martial law. Ver, in fact, was the most powerful military officer at that time for, aside from being the top military man, he was also the commander of the Presidential Security Command and the director-general of NISA, the Marcos regime's secret police. The third military officer appointed as chief of staff that came from ROTC. During his term, he was known for his favoritism especially in the promotion of officers.
- ↑ Ramos then, before becoming the chief of the now defunct Philippine Constabulary in 1972, he was the commander of Philippine Army's 3rd Division in Cebu. On the 1980s he was promoted into vice-chief of staff with the rank of lieutenant general but remained as PC chief. After the EDSA revolt that ousted Marcos his cousin from power, he became the AFP chief. Later after retiring as AFP chief of staff during the term of President Corazon C. Aquino served as Secretary of National Defense and was elected the 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines in 1992 and served until 1998. He is the 2nd Army General who became the President of the Republic after Gen. Aguinaldo.
- ↑ Prior to becoming chief of staff, in 1986, de Villa was named to be the chief of the Philippine Constabulary (now defunct), then an AFP major service acting as the country's police force while he was also named to be AFP vice-chief of staff with the rank of three-star general. Upon retirement, de Villa served as Secretary of National Defense when he retired in 1991 and ran for president but lost to Joseph Estrada and Executive Secretary under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
- ↑ Biazon served in the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives after his retirement as AFP chief of staff in 1991. He is the first and only Chief of Staff from the PMC. Prior to that, he served as the commander of the AFP NCR Defense Command in 1988 and Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps in 1987. He had also served as the superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy in 1986.
- ↑ Enrile later served as Secretary of the DOTC under President Fidel Ramos.
- ↑ Later served as Ambassador to Pakistan.
- ↑ Reyes later served as Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of DILG, Secretary of DENR, and Secretary of DOE under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
- ↑ Cimatu later served as Special Envoy to the Middle East. Cimatu served as the Secretary of the DENR under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
- ↑ Later served as the director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
- ↑ Esperon later served as Presidential Adviser on Peace Process under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Esperon served as National Security Adviser under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
- ↑ Yano later served as our country's Ambassador to Brunei.
- ↑ David later served as Bureau of Immigration Commissioner under President Benigno Aquino III.
- ↑ Later served as Bases Conversion Development Agency Board Member.
- ↑ Later served as the Administrator of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.[8]
- ↑ Later served as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte[7]
- ↑ Later served as the Administrator of the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and later as Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
- ↑ Later served as the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
References[]
- ↑ "Gen. Glorioso Miranda named as acting AFP chief". CNN Philippines. 22 April 2016. http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/22/Lt.-Gen.-Glorioso-Miranda-new-AFP-chief.html. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Macas, Trisha (7 December 2017). "Duterte extends AFP chief Guerrero’s term". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/635715/duterte-extends-afp-chief-guerrero-s-term/story/. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ "REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8186". http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno8186.htm#.W_vRbrpFyUl. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-vii/
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 1: The National Defense Act". Chanrobles law library. December 21, 1935. http://www.chanrobles.com/commonwealthacts/commonwealthactno1.html. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
- ↑ https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/afp-chief/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rebel hunter Año is new AFP chief". Rappler. 7 December 2016. http://www.rappler.com/nation/154663-new-armed-forces-chief-philippines. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ↑ "Duterte leads AFP change of command rites". Sun.Star Manila. 1 July 2016. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2016/07/01/duterte-leads-afp-change-command-rites-482719. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hello, goodbye, General Guerrero". Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 7, 2017. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/950465/hello-goodbye-general-guerrero. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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