Edgar Aglipay


Edgar Batalla Aglipay is a Filipino businessman and retired police officer with the rank of general. He is the current chairman emeritus of DIWA partylist. He was the Chief of the Philippine National Police from 23 August 2004 to 14 March 2005. In 1972, as a young lieutenant he was the platoon leader of the raiding team that captured of MV Karagatan which prevented the communist insurgents from getting hold of 1,500 M-14 and other high power firearms which if not prevented would have further boosted the communist insurgency in the Philippines. Also, a two time chief of the National Capital Region Police Office from 1998 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2002 his second appointment to the post. General Aglipay is a relative of revolutionary hero Gregorio Aglipay. He was a member of the Philippine Military Academy class of 1971, and has a Master's of Business Administration from the University of the Philippines.. In addition, he has a law degree from the Ateneo de Manila University. After retirement from government service in 2010, he concentrated on his EMME Group of companies, a group of small and medium enterprises focusing on security, logistics and property. He was also honored as a captain of two industries: The trucking industry, as chairman emeritus of Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines, and the private security industry, as chairman emeritus of Philippine Association of Detective and Protective Agencies Organization.