Leaders of the CPP–NPA–NDF rebellion

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Many military leaders played a role in the Communist insurgency. This list is a compilation of some of the most important leaders among all of the many participants in the war. In order to be listed here, an individual must satisfy one of the following criteria:[1]

  • to maintain peace and order
  • Most of them of the leaders are highest-ranking military officials especially the President
  • the operations in the conflict must do in the military way

Some conflicts part in the insurgency was held by the Philippines with the United States and some of operations are have air support. In the 1972, Ferdinand Marcos declare martial law to save the country from communist takeover the country, China supports NPA to give weapons, While in the 1980s, Vietnam supports NPA and The NPA broke off from the Communist Party because of ineffectiveness.[2]

Philippines

When the insurgency started in the country many military leaders involved in this war, When martial law declared, many things are doing in military way Here are the leaders:

Commander-in-Chief

  • Ferdinand Marcos was the first president for being dictator in the Communist insurgency and being a Prime Minister

and his administration was to maintain peace and order and save the country.

Marcos in 1982
  • Corazon Aquino was the first woman president in the country, She started the 1986 EDSA Revolution to remove Ferdinand Marcos.
  • Fidel Ramos was the vice chief of staff of the Marcos regime, After that he was Chief of Staff during First Aquino Administration.
  • Joseph Estrada was the first president has impeach from the his office.
  • Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo succeed Joseph Estrada and the second woman president.
  • Benigno Aquino III was the son of former President Corazon Aquino.

Chief of Staffs

  • General Manuel T. Yan Yan served as the youngest chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at the age of 48. Prior to that, he was the chief of the Philippine Constabulary. He currently holds the record for longest continuous government service from 1937- 2001 or 64 years of service.
  • General Romeo Espino served as the Commanding General of the Philippine Army before appointed to become the top military man. Espino is the longest-serving Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for nine years, especially during the martial law regime. A second product of the ROTC. During his term, he was fair in administering the military, unlike his successor, General Fabian Ver.
  • General Fabian Ver is considered a loyalist and the second most powerful man in the country next to President Ferdinand Marcos in the later years of his authoritarian regime, replacing then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, who held the status since 1972 when Marcos named him as martial law administrator upon the imposition of martial law. Ver, in fact, was the most powerful military officer at that time for, aside from being the top military man, he is also the commander of the Presidential Security Command and the director-general of NISA, the Marcos regime's secret police. The third military officer appointed as chief of staff that came from ROTC. During his term, he was known for his favoritism especially in the promotion of officers.
  • General Fidel V. Ramos - before becoming the chief of the now defunct Philippine Constabulary on 1972, he was the commander of Philippine Army's 3rd Division in Cebu. On the 1980s he was promoted into vice-chief of staff with the rank of lieutenant general but remained as PC chief. After the EDSA revolt that ousted Marcos his cousin from power, he became the AFP chief. Later after retiring as AFP chief of staff during the term of President Corazon Aquino served as Secretary of National Defense and was elected President of the Philippines in 1992 and served until 1998
  • General Rodolfo Biazon served in the Philippine Senate and the House of Representatives after his retirement as AFP chief of staff in 1991. He is the first and only Chief of Staff from the PMC. Prior to that, he served as the commander of the AFP NCR Defense Command on 1988 and Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps on 1987. He had also served as the superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy on 1986
  • General Gregorio Pio Catapang
  • General Hernando Iriberri

Communist Party

Leaders

References

  1. ↑ "The Never Ending War in the Wounded Land: The New People’s Army on Samar". University of Calgary. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People’s Army (CPP-NPA)". ISN ETH. 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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