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The Captaincy General of the Philippines [a] was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire in Southeast Asia governed by a governor-general as a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City until Mexican independence when it was transferred directly to Madrid .
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The Commanding General of the Philippine Army ( CGPA) is the overall commander and highest ranking officer commissioned to serve in the Philippine Army. The position concurrently holds the three-star rank of Lieutenant General. [2] The commanding general is appointed by the President of the Philippines and confirmed by the Commission on ...
No.NameTerm(took Office)Term(left Office)65Galido, Roy Lieutenant General Roy Galido ...7 August 2023Incumbent64Brawner, Romeo Lieutenant General Romeo ...10 December 202121 July 202363Centino, Andres Lieutenant General Andres ...14 May 202110 December 2021—Faustino, Jose Lieutenant General Jose ...16 February 202114 May 2021- Republic Act No. 11709
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The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ( CSAFP) is the highest-ranking military officer (except for the President of the Philippines, who holds the position of Commander-in-Chief equivalent to a five-star general) and the head of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including all service branches ( Army, Air Force, Navy ...
- Chief of Staffof the Armed Forces of the Philippines
- Highest-ranking military officer
W. Valeriano Weyler. Categories: Governors-General of the Philippines. Captaincy General of the Philippines. Spanish colonial governors and administrators. Spanish people in the colonial Philippines. Spanish captain generals.
The Captaincy General of the Philippines was an administrative district of the Spanish Empire in Southeast Asia governed by a governor-general as a dependency of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City until Mexican independence when it was transferred directly to Madrid.
This territory was also called the Captaincy-General of the Philippines and thus the governor also held the title of Captain General, a military rank conferred by the Spanish Cortes Generales. The men that held this position governed the Philippines and the rest of the Spanish East Indies from 1565 to 1821, on behalf of the Viceroyalty of New ...
History of the Philippines (1565–1898) Former Spanish colonies. Former colonies in Southeast Asia. Former colonies in Oceania. New Spain. Spanish East Indies. European colonisation in Asia. European colonisation in Oceania. Philippines–Spain relations.
