Hermogenes Esperon | |
Honorific Prefix: | Retired General |
Honorific Suffix: | AFP |
Office: | National Security Adviser |
Term Start: | June 30, 2016 |
Term End: | June 30, 2022 |
President: | Rodrigo Duterte |
Predecessor: | Cesar Garcia |
Successor: | Clarita Carlos |
Office1: | Presidential Management Staff |
President1: | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Office2: | Office of Presidential Adviser on Peace Process |
Office4: | Commanding General Philippine Army |
Term Start4: | July 2005 |
Term End4: | May 2006 |
President4: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Predecessor4: | Generoso S. Senga |
Successor4: | Alexander B. Yano |
Serviceyears: | 1974–2008 |
Commands: | Commanding General, Philippine Army Special Operations Command, PA 7th Infantry Division, PA Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, J3, AFP Presidential Security Group, AFP 103rd Infantry Brigade, 1ID, PA 602nd Infantry Brigade, 6ID, PA |
Birth Name: | Hermogenes Cendaña Esperon Jr. |
Birth Date: | February 9, 1952 |
Birth Place: | Asingan, Pangasinan, Philippines |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Party: | Lakas-CMD |
Alma Mater: | Philippine Military Academy University of the Philippines Philippine Christian University |
Office3: | 36th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of The Philippines |
Termstart3: | 2006 |
Termend3: | 2008 |
President3: | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Predecessor3: | Generoso Senga |
Successor3: | Alexander B. Yano |
Office5: | Commander AFP Special Operations Command |
Term Start5: | 2004 |
Term End5: | 2005 |
Successor5: | Jovenal Narcise |
President5: | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Office6: | Commander Presidential Security Group |
Term Start6: | 2002 |
Term End6: | 2003 |
President2: | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
President6: | Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
Predecessor1: | Cerge Remonde |
Predecessor2: | Jesus Dureza |
Successor2: | Avelino Razon |
Successor1: | Julia Abad |
Predecessor6: | Brigadier General Glenn Rabonza |
Successor6: | Brigadier General Delfin Bangit |
Predecessor5: | Delfin Lorenzana |
Hermogenes Cendaña Esperon Jr.[1] (in Tagalog hɛɾmoˈhɛnɛs ʔɛspɛˈron/; born February 9, 1952) is a retired Philippine Army general who served as the National Security Adviser in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022.[2] He was the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008 and Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2005 to 2006 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. After his retirement from the military, he served in Arroyo's administration as the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and later as the head of the Presidential Management Staff.
Esperon's professional government experience includes:[3]
Esperon's education and training include:[4]
Esperon's awards include:[5]
Esperon ran for a position as Congressman in the 6th District of Pangasinan in the past May 2010 elections but lost.
Irked by Partylist Representatives Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza's opposition to his bid to seek a congressional seat in the May polls, outgoing Presidential Management Staff Chief Hermogenes Esperon Jr. demanded that the two lawmakers, who are also seeking seats in the Senate, to come clean about their links with the underground leftist "legal fronts" known to be connected with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New people's Army (CPP-NPA).[6]
Esperon said he was "proud of his achievements as a former Armed Forces’ chief of staff, especially in the government's fight against the communist insurgency".[7]
As the assistant chief of staff for operations, J3 at General Headquarters, AFP; Esperon was implicated during the 2004 alleged election fraud. He was mentioned in taped conversations called the "Garci Tapes" [8] to have worked for the relief of a brigade commander in Lanao who was not sympathetic to then presidential candidate Macapagal-Arroyo. However, his involvement has not been proven.[9]