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Camilo Cascolan

Retired PGEN
Camilo Pancratius P. Cascolan
MPM, CESE
Cascolan in 2020
Undersecretary of the
Department of Health
In office
October 23, 2022 – November 24, 2023
PresidentBongbong Marcos
SecretaryMaria Rosario Vergeire (OIC)
Ted Herbosa
Chief of the Philippine National Police
In office
September 2, 2020 – November 10, 2020
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPGen. Archie Gamboa
Succeeded byPGen. Debold Sinas
Previous PNP positions
Deputy Chief for Administration of the Philippine National Police
In office
January 20, 2020 – September 2, 2020
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPLTGEN. Archie Gamboa
Succeeded byPLTGEN. Guillermo Eleazar
Deputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police
In office
October 12, 2019 – January 20, 2020
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPLTGEN. Archie Gamboa
Succeeded byPLTGEN. Guillermo Eleazar
Chief of Directorial Staff of the Philippine National Police
In office
September 1, 2018 – October 12, 2019
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPLTGEN. Archie Gamboa
Succeeded byPLTGEN. Guillermo Eleazar
Director of PNP Civil Security Group
In office
June 1, 2018 – September 1, 2018
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Regional Director of National Capital Region Police Office
In office
April 19, 2018 – June 1, 2018
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPDir. Oscar Albayalde
Succeeded byPMGen. Guillermo Eleazar
Director of PNP Directorate for Operations
In office
July 1, 2016 – April 19, 2018
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPDir. Jonathan Miano
Succeeded byPDir. Mao Aplasca
Regional Deputy Director for Administration of PNP Western Visayas Region Police Office
In office
December 8, 2015 – June 30, 2016
PresidentBenigno S. Aquino III
Regional Deputy Director for Operations of PNP Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Office
In office
May 22, 2015 – December 8, 2015
PresidentBenigno S. Aquino III
Regional Chief of the Directorial Staff of PNP Davao Region Police Office
In office
April 21, 2014 – May 22, 2015
PresidentBenigno S. Aquino III
Provincial Director of PNP Compostela Valley Police Office
In office
July 23, 2012 – April 21, 2014
PresidentBenigno S. Aquino III
Personal details
Born
Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan

(1964-11-10)November 10, 1964
Baguio, Mountain Province, Philippines
DiedNovember 24, 2023(2023-11-24) (aged 59)
EducationPhilippine Military Academy (B.Sc. Mil.)
University of the Philippines Visayas (MPA)
NicknamePikoy
Military service
Allegiance Philippines
Branch/servicePhilippine Constabulary
Years of service1986–1992
Police career
Allegiance Philippines
DepartmentPhilippine National Police
  • PNP Deputy Chief for Administration
  • PNP Deputy Chief for Operations
  • PNP Directorial Staff
  • PNP Civil Security Group
  • NCRPO
  • PNP Directorate for Operations
  • PNP Police Regional Office 6
  • PNP Police Regional Office ARMM
  • Compostela Valley Police Provincial Office
  • PNP Police Regional Office 11
Service years1992–2020
Rank Police General

Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan (November 10, 1964 – November 24, 2023) was a Filipino police general who served as the 24th Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from September to November 2020 under President Rodrigo Duterte.[1] After his retirement from the PNP, President Bongbong Marcos appointed him as an undersecretary of the Department of Health where he served from October 2022 until his death in November 2023.[2] He was the first Cordilleran to lead the country's national police force.[3]

Cascolan served five years with the Philippine Constabulary and 28 years with the PNP.[4] He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1986 and joined the police force in 1992. He served as chief of police in three municipalities in Iloilo in the 1990s and the city of Taguig in the late 2000s. He then rose through the ranks to become Provincial Director of the Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro) Police in 2012, Regional Deputy Chief of the former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police in 2015, Regional Deputy Chief of the Western Visayas Police in 2016, and Regional Director of National Capital Region Police in 2018. He then held key leadership positions within the PNP and served as Deputy Chief for Operations of the PNP from 2019 to 2020 and Deputy Chief for Administration in 2020 before becoming the country's police chief.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Kabiling, G.; Recuenco, A. (September 1, 2020). "Cascolan named PNP OIC as Gamboa retires". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Cascolan appointed as DOH undersecretary". Archived from the original on 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ Cawis, R.M. (September 3, 2020). "New PNP Chief is Baguio Boy". Cordillera Express. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Tejano, I.C. (April 11, 2015). "Trusted leader". SunStar Davao. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Mendez, C.; Tupas, E. (September 2, 2020). "Cascolan named PNP chief". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Talabong, R. (September 1, 2020). "What to know about Camilo Cascolan, the next PNP chief". Rappler. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  7. ^ Aguilar, K. (September 1, 2020). "Cascolan named as next PNP chief". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 10, 2020.