| Retired Police DirectorLina Sarmiento | |
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| Deputy Director General of TESDA | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office May 8, 2021 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lina Sarmiento (1958-09-23) September 23, 1958 (age 66) Philippines |
| Police career | |
| Service | Philippine National Police |
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
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| Service years | 1980–2014 |
| Rank |  Police Director |
Lina Sarmiento (born 1958) is the first female third-level official of the Philippine National Police to receive and hold the rank of director, a rank equivalent to that of a major general in the Philippine military. At this two-star rank level, Sarmiento became the head of the PNP’s Community Relations Group on June 22, 2012 at the age of 53, a part of the PNP Directorial Staff. Before this post, Sarmiento was a police chief superintendent.
Biography
As a graduate student with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Sarmiento started in her career as policewoman as a forensic chemist in the police service, by joining the Philippine National Police in 1980. She later held other positions in the PNP Crime Laboratory, Directorate for Operations, Police Regional Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. She later became Director of the PNP Human Rights Affairs Office and the Police Security and Protection Group. Sarmiento was also a graduate student with a degree in Law. Sarmiento was neither a member of both the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and the Philippine National Police Academy (PNP Academy).
Personal life
Sarmiento is married to her husband Avelino. She has four children, namely Mark Alvin, Matthew Allen, April Madeline, and Aylene Marie.
See also
References
- ^ DJ Yap and by Jamie Marie Elona (June 22, 2012). "Woman advances to two-star rank in PNP for first time". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ "PNP's First Two-Star Female General". Manila Bulletin (March 11, 2012). Retrieved 20 November 2013.
External links
- Another ‘first’ for a Filipino woman by Rina Jimenez-David, Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2012
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