The Philippine Army is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, responsible for ground warfare and as of 2021 had an estimated strength of 101,000 soldiers backed by 100,000 ready reserves. The service branch was established on December 21, 1935, as the Philippine Commonwealth Army.
DISCLAIMER: This project does NOT include people who previously served in the Philippine Revolutionary Army.
Commanding Generals of the Philippine Army
- José de los Reyes (1936)
- Paulino Santos (1936-1938)
- Basilio Pica Valdés (1939-1945)
- Rafael Jalandoni (1945-1948)
- Mariano Castañeda (1948-1951)
- Calixto Duque (1951-1953)
- Jesus Vargas (1953-1956)
- Alfonso Arellano (1956-1957)
- Leoncio Tan (1957-1958)
- Tirso Fajardo (1958-1960)
- Alfredo Santos (1960-1962)
- Dominador Garcia (1962-1963)
- Ricardo Papa (1963)
- Gen. Ernesto S. Mata (1963-1964)
- Rigoberto Atienza (1964-1965)
- Ismael Lapus (1965)
- Patricio Monzon (1965)
- Silvino de Goma (1965-1966)
- Santos Garcia (1966-1967)
- Romeo Espino (1967-1968)
- Ruben Maglaya (1968-1969)
- Rafael Ileto (1969-1972)
- Rafael Zagala (1972-1975)
- Ricardo Sarimos (1975-1976)
- Fortunato Abat (1976-1981)
- Josephus Ramas (1981-1986)
- Rodolfo Canieso (1986-1987)
- Restituto Padilla (1987-1988)
- Mariano Adalem (1988-1989)
- Manuel Cacanando (1989-1990)
- Ricardo Flores (1990-1991)
- Lisandro Abadia (1991)
- Arturo Enrile (1991-1994)
- Romulo Yap (1994-1995)
- Orlando Soriano (1995-1996)
- Clemente Mariano (1996-1997)
- Angelo Reyes (1997-1999)
- Voltaire Gazmin (1999-2000)
- Diomedio Villanueva (2000-2001)
- Jaime de los Santos (2001-2002)
- Dionisio Santiago (2002)
- Gregorio Camiling Jr. (2002-2003)
- Elfren Abu (2003-2004)
- Generoso Senga (2004-2005)
- Hermogenes Esperon (2005-2006)
- Romeo Tolentino (2006-2007)
- Alexander Yano (2007-2008)
- Victor Ibrado (2008-2009)
- Delfin Bangit (2009-2010)
- Reynaldo Mapagu (2010)
- Arturo Ortiz (2010-2011)
- Emmanuel Bautista (2011-2013)
- Noel Coballes (2013-2014)
- Hernando Iriberri (2014-2015)
- Eduardo Año (2015-2016)
- Glorioso Miranda (2016-2017)
- Rolando Joselito Bautista (2017-2018)
- Macairog Alberto (2018-2019)
- Gilbert Gapay (2019-2020)
- Cirilito Sobejana (2020-2021)
- Jose Faustino Jr. (2021)
- Andres Centino (2021)
- Romeo Brawner Jr. (2021-2023)
- Roy Galido (2023-present)
Resources
- "Philippine Army" Wikipedia.
- "Chief of the Army (Philippines)" Wikipedia.
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