Roy Cimatu

Roy Cimatu
32nd Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
In office
May 8, 2017 – February 18, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byGina Lopez (Ad interim)
Succeeded byJim Sampluna (Acting)
COVID-19 Cebu Overseer
In office
June 22, 2020 – August 31, 2020
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byJoel 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
PresidentGloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded byDiomedio Villanueva
Succeeded byBenjamin Defensor Jr.
Personal details
Born
Roy Agullana Cimatu

(1946-07-04) July 4, 1946 (age 78)
Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
SpouseFe Aguillon
ChildrenDennis Cimatu
Alma materPhilippine Military Academy
United States Army Command and General Staff College
Ateneo de Manila University
Awards Gawad Mabini Grand Cross[1]
Military service
AllegiancePhilippine flag Philippines
Branch/servicePhilippine Army
Years of service1970–2002
RankGeneral General
CommandsChief of Staff,
Armed Forces of the Philippines

AFP Southern Command
4th Infantry Division, PA
11th Infantry Brigade, 3ID, PA
Battles/warsMoro 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]

  1. ^ "Gawad Mabini". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sino si Roy Cimatu?". Abante. May 10, 2017. Archived from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "Roy Cimatu appointed as new DENR chief". SunStar Manila. May 8, 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "PROFILE: Cimatu: Arroyo's 'thinking general' returns as Duterte's environment chief". GMA News. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2017.