LIST: Duterte’s top military, police appointees

Pia Ranada
Here are the former military and police generals appointed by President Duterte to key posts in government

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The year 2018 saw President Rodrigo Duterte appointing more and more former military and police men to key government posts.

Ex-military and police generals comprise a third of his Cabinet. Every Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff who has served in his presidency is awarded a civilian government position upon retirement. (READ: In 2018, Duterte turns to military for (almost) everything)

Rappler comes up with a visualized list of his military, police appointees. Twenty of those with the highest posts – Cabinet members and heads of agencies – are pictured below with information about their previous positions and their ties with Duterte or his allies.

Other appointees are listed below the visual list of 20. 

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21. Executive Director on Security, Justice, and Peace Cluster – Emmanuel Bautista
22. Philippine National Railways (PNR) chairman – Roberto Lastimoso
23. PNR director – Michael Mellijor Tulen
24. Light Rail Transit Authority administrator – Reynaldo Berroya
25. Environment undersecretary – Rodolfo C. Garcia
26. Defense undersecretary for civil, veterans, and retiree affairs – Reynaldo Mapagu
27. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources national director – Eduardo Gongona
28. Director of the Office of Transportation Security – Gerardo Gambala
29. Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) president and CEO – Reuben Lista
30. PNOC-Exploration Corporation director – Oscar Rabena
31. PNOC director – Benjamin Magalong
32. PNOC director – Adolf Borje
33. Development Bank of the Philippines director – Miguel dela Cruz Abaya 
34. Clark Development Corporation (CDC) director – Francisco Villaroman
35. CDC board of directors vice chairman – Benjamin Defensor
36. Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) director – Ferdinand Golez
37. BCDA director – Romeo Poquiz
38. Philippine Veterans Affair Office administrator – Ernesto Carolina
39. Philippine Sugar Corp director – Raul Urgello
40. National Defense College of the Philippines president – Roberto Estioko
41. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines director-general – Jim Sydiongco
42. JHMC director – Eduardo Davalan
43. NIA deputy administrator – Abraham Bagasin

44. Rene Glen Paje – Social welfare undersecretary

45. Allen Capuyan – National Commission on Indigenous Peoples chairman

46. Ricardo Morales – Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Board of Trustees member

– Rappler.com

Header image of former Army chief Rolando Bautista taking his oath as Social Welfare Secretary from Malacañang’s Presidential Photographers Division

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Pia Ranada

Pia Ranada is a senior reporter for Rappler covering Philippine politics and environmental issues. For tips and story suggestions, email her at pia.ranada@rappler.com.