List of AFP Chiefs of Staff | |
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Appointed by | President of the Philippines |
Incumbent | General Emmanuel T. Bautista |
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Website | Philippine Armed Forces |
The following is the list of Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The Armed Forces of the Philippines were created as a result of the December 21, 1935 National Defense Act, Commonwealth Act No. 1.[1] 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.
Chiefs of Staff of the AFP[]
First Republic
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Military Branch |
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General Artemio Ricarte |
March 22, 1897-January 22, 1899 |
RA (Revolutionary Army) |
Ricarte was elected Captain-General by the Tejeros Convention.
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General Antonio Luna |
January 22, 1899-June 5, 1899 |
RA |
Luna was assassinated by General Aguinaldo's men.
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General Emilio Aguinaldo |
June 5, 1899-March 23, 1901 |
PRA |
Aguinaldo personally took charge after General Antonio Luna's assassination.
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Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935-1946)
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Major General Jose Delos Reyes |
December 15, 1935-May 6, 1936 |
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Major General Paulino Santos |
May 6-December 31, 1936 |
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General Douglas MacArthur |
MacArthur served in Acting Capacity.
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Major General Basilio Valdez |
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Second Republic (Japanese Occupation)[2]
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Third Republic (1946-1971)
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Major General Rafael Jalandoni |
Jalandoni was the first Chief of Staff from the Philippine Constabulary
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Major General Mariano Castañeda |
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Major General Calixto Duque |
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Lieutenant General Jesus Vargas |
Vargas is the first military officer to be promoted to Lieutenant General by President Ramon Magsaysay.
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Lieutenant General Alfonso Arellano |
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Lieutenant General Manuel Cabal |
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Lieutenant General Pelagio Cruz |
December 1961-September 1, 1962 |
Cruz is the first Chief of Staff of the AFP from the Philippine Air Force.
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General Alfredo Santos |
September 1, 1962-July 13, 1965 |
Santos was the first Filipino four-star general in history, promoted by President Diosdado Macapagal. The first military officer to become chief of staff that came from the ROTC program of the government.
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General Rigoberto Atienza |
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General Ernesto Mata |
During the Marcos regime, especially during its second term, he served as the Secretary of National Defense.
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General Victor Osias |
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General Segundo Velasco |
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General Manuel T. Yan |
1968-1972 |
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.
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Third & Fourth Republic (1971-1986)
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General Romeo Espino |
1972-1981 |
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.
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General Fabian Ver |
1981-1986 |
Ver is 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 Secretary 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 is 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.
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Fifth Republic (1986- Present)
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General Fidel V. Ramos |
1986-1988 |
Ramos then, before becoming the chief of the now defunct Philippine Constabulary on 1972, he was the commander of Philippine Army's 3rd Division in Cebu. On the 1980's 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 Aquino served as Secretary of National Defense and was elected President of the Philippines in 1992 and served until 1998.
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General Renato De Villa |
1988-1991 |
Prior to becoming chief of staff, on 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.
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General Rodolfo Biazon |
1991 |
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 on 1988 and Commandant of the
Philippine Marine Corps on 1987. He had also served as the superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy on 1986. | ||||||||
General Lisandro Abadia |
1991-April 12, 1994 |
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General Arturo Enrile |
April 12, 1994-November 28, 1996 |
Enrile later served as Secretary of the DOTC under President Fidel Ramos.
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General Arnulfo Acedera |
Second AFP chief of staff came from the Philippine Air Force
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General Clemente Mariano |
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General Joselino Nazareno |
1998-2000 |
Later served as Ambassador to Pakistan
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General Angelo Reyes |
2000-2001 |
Reyes later served as Secretary of National Defense, Secretary of DILG, Secretary of DENR, and Secretary of DOE under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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General Diomedio Villanueva |
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General Roy Cimatu |
Cimatu later served as Special Envoy to the Middle East.
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General Benjamin Defensor |
The third AFP chief of staff from the Philippine Air Force.
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General Dionisio Santiago |
Later served as the director-general of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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General Narciso Abaya |
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General Efren Abu |
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General Generoso Senga |
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General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. |
July 2006-May 12, 2008 |
Esperon later served as Presidential Adviser on Peace Process under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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General Alexander Yano |
May 12, 2008-May 1, 2009 |
Yano was the first general to be born in Mindanao and later served as our country's Ambassador to Brunei.
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General Victor Ibrado |
May 1, 2009-February 2010 |
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General Delfin N. Bangit |
February 2010-June 2010 |
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Lieutenant General Nestor Ochoa |
June 2010 |
Ochoa served as AFP Chief-of-Staff in Acting Capacity.
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General Ricardo David |
June 30, 2010-March 8, 2011 |
David was later served as Bureau of Immigration Commissioner under President Benigno Aquino III.
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General Eduardo Oban Jr. |
March 8, 2011-December 12, 2011 |
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General Jessie Dellosa |
December 12, 2011-January 17, 2013 |
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General Emmanuel T. Bautista |
January 17, 2013-present |
References[]
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ During the Japanese Occupation, the Philippine military power is in the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army.
External links[]
The original article can be found at List of AFP Chiefs of Staff and the edit history here.