Emmanuel T. Bautista

General Emmanuel T. Bautista (born July 20, 1958) is a Filipino General and a five-time recipient of Distinguished Service Star and one Outstanding Achievement Medal. He also was awarded a Gold Cross Medal, a Bronze Cross Medal and 29 Military Merit Medals. He is the incumbent Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Biography
General Bautista was born on July 20, 1958. His father was Brigadier General Teodulfo Bautista, who was killed by Muslim rebels in 1977, the same year that the younger Bautista entered the Philippine Military Academy. In 1981 he graduated from Philippine Military Academy and two years later got Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of the Philippines.

From January 1997 to September 1998 he was a commander of the 24th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Division and from July to November 2004 was chief of staff of the same division. From November 2004 to August 2005 Bautista held the same position with the Special Operations Command and from August 2005 to January 2006 was a Secretary for the Army General Staff. From August 2006 to August 2007, he was Senior Military Assistant for the Secretary of National Defense and from February 2008 to July 2009 was a commander of the 702nd Infantry Brigade. He also became Internal Auditor for the Armed Forces from July 2009 to July 2010. On November 9, 2011 he took the post of 54th Commanding General of the Philippine Army and was promoted to become Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces on January 17, 2013.