Retired PGEN Archie Francisco F. Gamboa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chief of the Philippine National Police | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office January 20, 2020 – September 2, 2020 October 14, 2019 – January 20, 2020 (Officer in Charge) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President | Rodrigo Duterte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | PGEN Oscar Albayalde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | PGEN Camilo Cascolan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Archie Francisco Feranil Gamboa September 2, 1964 Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Philippine Military Academy (B.Sc. Mil.) Father Saturnino Urios University (MBA) Ateneo de Davao University José Rizal University (LL.B.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allegiance | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Branch/service | Philippine Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years of service | 1986–1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Service | Philippine National Police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allegiance | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Service years | 1997–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Police General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archie Francisco Feranil Gamboa (Tagalog: [ɡɐmˈboʊ.a]; born September 2, 1964) is a Filipino lawyer and retired police general who served as the 23rd Chief of the Philippine National Police[1][2] from October 2019 to September 2020.
Gamboa was born and raised in Bukidnon and graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1986. He served in the Philippine Army's Scout Rangers in Northern Mindanao before joining the police force in 1997 as the spokesperson of the Davao Region Police Office. He was the provincial police chief of Bukidnon from 2005 to 2007 and was later assigned to Camp Crame, Caraga, and Calabarzon. While at Camp Crame, he studied law at José Rizal University and passed the bar exam in 2004. In 2017, he became the Chief of the Directorial Staff, the PNP's fourth-highest position, and rose through the ranks, becoming the Deputy Chief for Administration in 2019—the second-highest position. After Oscar Albayalde's resignation in October 2019 amidst the ninja cops controversy, Gamboa was appointed officer-in-charge (OIC) of the PNP.[2] In January 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte officially appointed Gamboa as PNP Chief.[1] In that capacity, he oversaw the security of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and the implementation of community quarantines early into the COVID-19 pandemic.