Cesar P. Garcia, Jr. is the former Director-General of the
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) is the primary intelligence gathering and analysis arm of the Government of the Philippines in charge of carrying out overt, covert, and clandestine intelligence activities. The NICA cooper ...
of the
Republic of the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. He is a graduate of the
Philippine Military Academy
The Philippine Military Academy ( fil, Akademiyang Militar ng Pilipinas / es, Academia Militar de Filipinas) also referred to by its acronym PMA is the premier military academy for Filipinos aspiring for a commission as a military officer of ...
class of 1970.
On 20 August 2008, Garcia resigned due to arthritis, and was succeeded by Major General
Pedro Cabuay.
However, on 9 July 2010, President
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
appointed him as National Security Adviser.
[http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideNews.htm?f=2010/july/9/news2.isx&d=2010/july/9 ]
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Philippine Military Academy alumni
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Heads of government agencies of the Philippines
Year of birth missing (living people)
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