The Special Assistant to the President (SAP) is the official aide of the

President of the Philippines The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...

. The holder of the position leads the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP). The SAP provides general supervision to the Presidential Management Staff.

History

Duterte administration

President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

appointed Christopher "Bong" Go, a close personal aide of his prior to his presidency, as the Special Assistant to the President (SAP) upon assuming office as the chief executive of the Philippines in 2016. Duterte issued Executive Order No. 1 tasking the SAP to oversee the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP) as well as the Office of the Appointments Secretary, and the Presidential Management Staff. Go would resign from his post two years later on October 15, 2018, to pursue a bid to be elected as senator in the

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, although he remained at duty of his functions as SAP in an unofficial capacity until his replacement was officially declared by President Rodrigo Duterte himself. On November 9, 2020,

Jesus Melchor Quitain Jesus Melchor "Boy" Vega Quitain (born January 6, 1945) is a Filipino lawyer who served as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Special Assistant under the Duterte administration. He is also serving as an Undersecretary in the Office of the P ...

took over the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP) as its Officer in Charge.

Officeholders

References

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