1. Andres Castor Centino was born on February 4,1967 and is a retired Philippine Army general who currently serves as Presidential Assistant for Maritime Concerns to President Bongbong Marcos since September 28,2023.
16 Facts About Andres Centino
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Andres Centino previously served as the 63rd Commanding General of the Philippine Army from May to December 2021.
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Andres Centino was born on February 4,1967, in Tacloban, Leyte, and grew up in Cebu City, Cebu.
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Andres Centino's mother, Araceli, was a school teacher and probation officer in the Parole and Probation Administration, and his father, Flaviano Centino, was a lawyer who served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Judge Advocate General Service Reserve Unit.
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In 1984, at the encouragement of his father, Andres Centino entered the Philippine Military Academy.
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Andres Centino holds a Master of Business Administration from the School of Management of the University of the Philippines Cebu, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School of the National Defense University in Washington, DC.
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Andres Centino assumed command of the 4th Infantry Division based in Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro on May 28,2020, and subsequently served as commander of Joint Task Force Diamond.
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Andres Centino implemented the whole-of-nation approach in ending communist armed conflicts in the Philippines outlined in President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order No 70, s 2018.
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Andres Centino was appointed Commanding General of the Philippine Army on May 18,2021.
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On November 12,2021, Andres Centino was appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Andres Centino's appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments with the concurrent rank of general on January 26,2022.
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Andres Centino continued to serve under President Bongbong Marcos until August 8,2022.
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On January 6,2023, Andres Centino was reappointed as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by President Bongbong Marcos His reappointment under Republic Act No 11709 granted him tenure past the previous mandatory age of 56.
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Andres Centino served as Chief of Staff under President Marcos Jr.
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Andres Centino was appointed as Presidential Assistant on Maritime Concerns by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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Andres Centino is married to Sheila Sy Sucalit, and together they have three sons and a daughter.