| Birth Name: | Magtanggol Gatdula | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
| Office: | Director of the National Bureau of Investigation | ||||||||||||||||
| Term Start: | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Term End: | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| President: | Noynoy Aquino | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Atty. Nestor Manrique Mantaring | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor: | Atty. Nonnatus Caesar R. Rojas | ||||||||||||||||
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| Alma Mater: | Bicol University (Ph.D.) Batangas State University (MPA) University of the East (LLB) Philippine Military Academy (BS) |
Magtanggol B. Gatdula was a Filipino lawyer and retired police officer who formerly served as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation.
Graduate of class 1976 in the Philippine Military Academy, Gatdula served as a deputy chief in Ping Lacson's Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF).[1]
Before being a QCPD chief in 2006, Gatdula was a member of the district as one of its deputies.[2] [3] [4] He led the district on steps on modernizing.[5] After his stint with the QCPD, he served in the Directorate for Logistics and later on, as Directorate for ICT Management until his retirement in 2010.[6]
He was appointed by President Noynoy Aquino as the NBI director. His appointment gained controversy as his appointment allegedly backed by Iglesia Ni Cristo (which Gatdula is also a member), but he later dismissed the allegation.[7] But the allegations of ambushing Deputy Director Esmeralda and extorting a Japanese national made him fired by President Aquino in 2012.[8] [9] But the charges and allegations against him later cleared.[10] [11] [12]