
The Department of National Defense is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for guarding against external and internal threats to peace and security in the country.
This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on people who has been working or had worked at the Department of National Defense and its predecessors. Find more at the master project page, Philippines Portal.
Director of War
- Emiliano Riego de Dios | March 22, 1897 - December 15, 1897
Minister of War and Public Works
- Baldomero Aguinaldo | July 15, 1898 - January 2, 1899
Secretaries of War and Public Works
- Baldomero Aguinaldo | January 2, 1899 - May 7, 1899
- Mariano Trías | May 7, 1899 - March 23, 1901
Secretaries of National Defense
- Teófilo Sisón | November 1, 1939 - July 15, 1941
- Manuel L. Quezon | July 16, 1941 - December 10, 1941
- Jorge B. Vargas | December 11, 1941 - December 22, 1941
Secretary of National Defense, Public Works, Communications and Labor
- Basilio Pica Valdés | December 23, 1941 - August 1, 1944
Secretaries of National Defense and Communications
- Basilio Pica Valdés | August 1, 1944 - February 6, 1945
- Tomas Cabili | February 27, 1945 - July 11, 1945
Secretary of National Defense and the Interior
- Alfredo Montelibano Montelibano, Sr. | July 12, 1945 - May 27, 1946
Secretaries of National Defense
- Ruperto Kangleón | May 28, 1946 - August 31, 1950
- Ramon Magsaysay | September 1, 1950 - February 28, 1953
- Oscar Castelo | March 1, 1953 - December 19, 1953
- Ramon Magsaysay | January 1, 1954 - May 14, 1954
- Sotero Cabahug | May 14, 1954 - January 2, 1956
- Eulogio Balao | January 3, 1956 - August 28, 1957
- Jesus Vargas | August 28, 1957 - May 18, 1959
- Alejo Santos | May 18, 1959 - December 30, 1961
- Macario Peralta Jr. | December 30, 1961 - December 30, 1965
- Ferdinand Marcos (acting) | December 31, 1965 - January 20, 1967
- Gen. Ernesto S. Mata | January 21, 1967 - February 3, 1970
- Juan Ponce-Enrile | February 9, 1970 - August 27, 1971
- Ferdinand Marcos (acting) | August 28, 1971 - January 3, 1972
- Juan Ponce-Enrile | January 4, 1972 - June 2, 1978
Ministers of National Defense
- Juan Ponce-Enrile | June 2, 1978 - November 23, 1986
- Rafael Ileto | November 23, 1986 - July 25, 1987
Secretaries of National Defense
- Rafael Ileto | July 25, 1987 - January 21, 1988
- Fidel V. Ramos | January 22, 1988 - July 18, 1991
- Renato de Villa | July 20, 1991 - September 15, 1997
- Fortunato Abat | September 16, 1997 - June 30, 1998
- Orlando Sanchez Mercado | June 30, 1998 - January 19, 2001, January 22, 2001 - January 25, 2001
- Eduardo Ermita (acting) | January 25, 2001 - March 19, 2001
- Angelo Reyes | March 19, 2001 - August 29, 2003
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (acting) | September 1, 2003 - October 2, 2003
- Eduardo Ermita | October 3, 2003 - August 24, 2004
- Avelino Cruz Jr. | August 25, 2004 - November 5, 2006
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (acting) | November 30, 2006 - February 1, 2007
- Hermogenes Ebdane | February 1, 2007 - July 2, 2007
- Norberto Gonzales (acting) | July 2, 2007 - August 7, 2007
- Gilbert Teodoro | August 7, 2007 - November 15, 2009
- Norberto Gonzales (acting) | November 15, 2009 - June 30, 2010
- Voltaire Gazmin | June 30, 2010 - June 30, 2016
- Delfin Lorenzana | June 30, 2016 - June 30, 2022
- Jose Faustino Jr. (acting) | June 30, 2022 - January 9, 2023
- Carlito Galvez Jr. (acting) | January 9, 2023 - June 5, 2023
- Gilbert Teodoro | June 5, 2023 - Present
Resources
- "Department of National Defense (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
- "Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
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