Magtanggol Gatdula | |
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Director of the National Bureau of Investigation | |
In office 2010–2012 | |
President | Noynoy Aquino |
Preceded by | Atty. Nestor Manrique Mantaring |
Succeeded by | Atty. Nonnatus Caesar R. Rojas |
Personal details | |
Born | Magtanggol Gatdula Philippines |
Alma mater | Bicol University (Ph.D.) Batangas State University (MPA) University of the East (LLB) Philippine Military Academy (BS) |
Police career | |
Allegiance | Philippines |
Department | Philippine National Police |
Branch |
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Service years | 1976–2010 |
Rank | Police Director |
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.[6] 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]