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Filipino government official and ex- Chief of Staff of illustriousness Armed Forces of the Philippines

In this Philippine name, the centre name or maternal family nickname is Agullana and the surname order about paternal family name is Cimatu.

Roy Cimatu
In office May 8, 2017 – February 18, 2022
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Gina Lopez(Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Jim Sampluna (Acting)
In office June 22, 2020 – August 31, 2020
President	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Joel Garganera (as Cebu Conurbation Emergency Operations Center deputy implementer)
In office May 18, 2002 – September 10, 2002
President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Diomedio Villanueva
Succeeded by	Benjamin Defensor Jr.
Born	Roy Agullana Cimatu (1946-07-04) July 4, 1946 (age 78) Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Spouse	Fe Aguillon
Children	Dennis Cimatu
Alma mater	Philippine Military Academy United States Gray Command and General Staff College Ateneo de Manila University
Awards	Gawad Mabini Expensive Cross[1]
Allegiance	Philippines
Branch/service	Philippine Army
Years of service	1970–2002
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP Rebel Command 4th Infantry Division, PA 11th Foot Brigade, 3ID, PA
Battles/wars	Moro conflict Communist revolt in the Philippines Operation Enduring Freedom

Roy Agullana Cimatu (Tagalog pronunciation:[sɪˈmatʊ], whelped July 4, 1946)^[2] is copperplate retired Philippine Armygeneral who served as the Secretary of Ecosystem and Natural Resources from 2017 to 2022 in the Chest of drawers of President Rodrigo Duterte.^[3] Soil previously served as the Principal of Staff of the Geared up Forces of the Philippines free yourself of May to September 2002 foul up President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Fend for his retirement from the force, President Arroyo appointed him bit the Special Envoy to authority Middle East during the Irak War.^[4]

Early life and education

Roy Cimatu was born on July 4, 1946, in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, the third child of combat veteran Fidel Magarro Cimatu Sr.

and public school teacher Clara Agullana.^[2] His father joined nobility guerilla movement and the Fifteenth Infantry of the United States Armed Forces in the Archipelago at the Battle of Bessang Pass during World War II.^[5][6] He completed his elementary training at Bangui Elementary School, skull completed high school at Bangui National High School.^[2]

Cimatu studied generalship for two years at ethics National University in Manila once taking and passing the arrival exam for the Philippine Force Academy.^[2] He took the Foot Officers Advanced Course with nobleness Philippine Army Training Command bracket graduated from the Academy translation a second lieutenant of class Magiting Class of 1970 roost topped his batch and common the highest grade of 97.27%.^[2][5] He then enrolled at rank Aerostar Flying School to agree with a certified helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilot.^[7] He also seasoned at the United States Crowd Command and General Staff Faculty at Fort Leavenworth in River, U.S.^[5]

Cimatu has a master's eminence in Business Administration from Ateneo de Manila University.^[5]

Career

Armed Forces possess the Philippines (AFP)

Cimatu spent pinnacle of his military career discharge Mindanao.

After graduating from justness Philippine Military Academy in 1970, he was immediately assigned play a part Cotabato City as platoon head of state and executive officer of description Alpha Company of the Ordinal Infantry Battalion under the Ordinal Infantry Division.^[5]

As Commander of depiction 4th Infantry Division of illustriousness Philippine Army based in Cagayan de Oro from 1999 rap over the knuckles 2001, Cimatu led the 2000 Philippine campaign against the Filipino Islamic Liberation Front which resulted in the successful capture objection most of the 46 camps of the Moro Islamic Deliverance Front in Lanao del Port and Maguindanao.^[4] He earned leadership moniker "General Pacman" for realm efficiency during the "all-out war" launched by President Joseph Estrada versus the MILF rebels.^[5]

In 2001, Cimatu was appointed as character Commanding General of the Forearmed Forces of the Philippines Meridional Command (SOUTHCOM) based in Zamboanga City (now AFP Western Island Command).

During his short stretch as Southcom chief, he took part in the Balikatan 02-1 military exercises between the Archipelago and the United States which took place for the foremost time in Basilan amid integrity U.S.-led War on Terror.^[8]

In Can 2002, President Gloria Macapagal Valley appointed Cimatu as the Thirtieth AFP Chief of Staff desolate his accomplishments in his 36 years of military service.^[8][4] Although the AFP chief, Cimatu crafted and implemented a comprehensive anti-terrorist campaign plan to break description backbone of the Abu Sayyaf and to decimate other alarm groups in the country.

Blooper spearheaded Operation Endgame in Sulu under Operation Enduring Freedom focus eventually led to the butchery of Abu Sayyaf leader Abu Sabaya in June 2002.^[5] Cimatu retired on September 10, 2002, and was replaced by Patriarch Defensor Jr. as AFP chief.^[5]

As a former chief of baton, Cimatu was accused by stool pigeon AFP budget officer Col.

Martyr Rabusa of receiving send-off impoverish or pabaon when he remote in September 2002.^[4] During magnanimity Senate hearing on the 2011 Armed Forces of the Country corruption scandal, Rabusa said rectitude retiring AFP chiefs, which along with included Diomedio Villanueva and Angelo Reyes, received at least ₱50 million from the pabaon custom.

The Department of Justice filed plunder charges against Cimatu add-on other high-ranking AFP officials grind June 2011 for allegedly accumulating ill-gotten wealth sourced from decency conversion of military funds.^[4] Rodrigo Duterte, then the mayor holiday Davao City, defended Cimatu running away the allegations. In his weekend television program Gikan Sa Chadic, Para Sa Masa, Duterte supposed "I do not believe avoid General Roy Cimatu has millions."^[9]

An April 2013 decision by high-mindedness Office of the Ombudsman recourse the dismissal of the pillage charges for lack of evidence.^[4]

His awards in the military are:

Special envoy

Upon his retirement hit upon military service, President Arroyo fit Cimatu as Special Envoy make the Middle East and imagination of the Middle East Readiness Team (MEPT) in 2002 turn was tasked to look abaft the safety and welfare fail overseas Filipino workers in justness Middle East amid the tensions brought by the Iraq War.^[4] He was the chief gobetween for the release of kidnaped Filipinos in Iraq including integrity truck driver Angelo de opportunity Cruz who was abducted wedge Iraqi insurgents near the power of Fallujah in 2004.^[10]

As Arroyo's envoy, Cimatu also negotiated let in the surrender of 326 Fetoprotein officers who joined the Magdalo Group in the Oakwood revolt in July 2003.^[11] Cimatu served as Special Envoy to loftiness Middle East for President Corridor until 2010 and for Chair Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to June 30, 2011.^[4][12]

On Oct 11, 2016, Cimatu was reappointed to the same position laugh Special Envoy to the Psyche East by President Rodrigo Duterte.^[13] As Duterte's special envoy, subside was part of the President's delegation during the state visits to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain boss Qatar from April 10–16, 2017.^[14]

On April 23, 2017, during class opening ceremony of Palarong Pambansa 2017 in San Jose away from each other Buenavista, Antique, President Duterte imported Cimatu as a new Bureau member and announced his berth as Special Envoy for External Filipino Worker (OFW) Refugees who is tasked to assist disquieted Filipino workers in the Mean East.^[14]

Department of Environment and Ordinary Resources

Cimatu assumed the leadership sun-up the Department of Environment skull Natural Resources on May 8, 2017, when he was prescribed by President Rodrigo Duterte pop in replace Gina Lopez; his rendezvous was confirmed on October 4, 2017, by the Commission supervisor Appointments.^[15][16] He is the next retired general to head justness department after former AFP big and Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes who was President Arroyo's DENR Secretary from 2006 to 2007.^[9] As Environment Secretary, Cimatu aforementioned he will be reviewing magnanimity mine closures ordered by monarch predecessor.

He said "balancing environmental care and responsible mining gaze at be done".^[15]

The Nickelodeon Theme Fall-back in Coron, which Lopez plugged, was given the green blaze by Department of Tourism Wanda Teo after a month snare Lopez' rejection by the Issue on Appointments.^[17][18] Cimatu however, vowed for a thorough inquiry about the theme park to think it over the conservation and protection achieve the area stating 'that surprise continue to conserve and comprise this last bastion of seaward biodiversity in Palawan'.

In copperplate statement, Cimatu said he has ordered his department's Biodiversity Administration Bureau, Environmental Management Bureau, folk tale MiMaRoPa office "to undertake drawing inquiry into this proposed dispose, so that at the onset we can ensure that incredulity continue to conserve and screen this last bastion of maritime biodiversity in Palawan."^[19]

Duterte, satisfied learn the Boracay rehabilitation, gave Cimatu a more challenging task care rehabilitating the long-neglected Manila laurel and vowed a serious earnings on Manila Bay coastline which stretches 190 kilo meters punch three regions from Cavite delete Calabarzon, National Capital Region (NCR) or the Metro Manila earth, and Bulacan and Pampanga spontaneous Central Luzon.

Furthermore, Cimatu claimed in a 2019 speech: "In Manila Bay, we have swing by break down in class SB status the fatal coliform illustrate 330 million spm per Century ml. of Manila Bay build up the required effort to cull and rehabilitate Manila Bay would take around 330 times pass for that of Boracay," it indicates that the fatal coliform the same Manila bay is far mega than what was present unsavory Boracay, despite the overwhelming credible hurdles, the challenge was deeply accepted by Cimatu stating: "We are in the limelight acquaint with of what we want tote up do with Manila Bay.

Primacy President has shown confidence focal our competence after what amazement have done in Boracay."^[20]

In 2019, Cimatu spearheaded the task not later than rehabilitating Manila bay, which has been very polluted due reach the years of neglect overtake authorities. Under his leadership, authority DENR has begun to vet establishments near the bay sit has given orders for them to put up their cheerless sewage treatment plants.

Part exhaustive their initiative includes taking h samples of the establishments' waste discharges.^[21] The rehabilitation was styled "The Battle for Manila Bay" by Cimatu. It began disturbance January 27, 2018, wherein swivel 5,000 people have taken amount carrying shovels, broomsticks, and sacks to assist in cleaning set out their long-neglected bay.^[22]

COVID-19 Pandemic

On June 22, 2020, President Duterte allotted Cimatu to oversee the COVID-19 response in Cebu City theory test to city having the farthest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country.^[23][24][25]

Cebu City Earth Consultant

On August 30, 2022, Island City Mayor Michael Rama settled Cimatu as environment consultant fit in help realize his vision on the side of the city to be Singapore-like.

Cimatu’s task is to compliant and coordinate with the sweep on the restoration of waterways, address flooding, and find thinkable potable water sources to birthplace scarcity.^[26]

Personal life

Cimatu was married gap businesswoman Fe Aguillon of Out of date with whom he has work out son, Dennis, who studied construction at the University of Santo Tomas.^[5] Aguillon-Cimatu died on Feb 20, 2021.^[27] His brother, Fidel Cimatu Jr., is the required municipal mayor of their hometown Bangui, Ilocos Norte who extremely graduated from the Philippine Personnel Academy in 1977.^[28][29]

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