Roy Cimatu | |
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32nd Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources | |
In office May 8, 2017 – February 18, 2022 | |
President | Rodrigo Duterte |
Preceded by | Gina Lopez (Ad interim) |
Succeeded by | Jim Sampluna (Acting) |
COVID-19 Cebu Overseer | |
In office June 22, 2020 – August 31, 2020 | |
President | Rodrigo Duterte |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Joel Garganera (as Cebu City Emergency Operations Center deputy implementer) |
30th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines | |
In office May 18, 2002 – September 10, 2002 | |
President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Preceded by | Diomedio Villanueva |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Defensor Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Roy Agullana Cimatu July 4, 1946 Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
Spouse | Fe Aguillon |
Children | Dennis Cimatu |
Alma mater | Philippine Military Academy United States Army Command and General Staff College Ateneo de Manila University |
Awards | Gawad Mabini Grand Cross[1] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Philippines |
Branch/service | Philippine Army |
Years of service | 1970–2002 |
Rank | General |
Commands | Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP Southern Command 4th Infantry Division, PA 11th Infantry Brigade, 3ID, PA |
Battles/wars | Moro conflict Communist rebellion in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom |
Roy Agullana Cimatu (Tagalog pronunciation: [sɪˈmatʊ], born July 4, 1946)[2] is a retired Philippine Army general who served as the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from 2017 to 2022 in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte.[3] He previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from May to September 2002 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. After his retirement from the military, President Arroyo appointed him as the Special Envoy to the Middle East during the Iraq War.[4]