Cesar Pardo Nazareno (December 5, 1940 – October 30, 2006) was a retired Filipino police officer who served as the inaugural Chief of the Philippine National Police from March 31, 1991, until August 28 of 1992.

Career

Nazareno, a

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class of 1961 member, served in the

Philippine Constabulary The Philippine Constabulary (PC; , ''HPP''; ) was a gendarmerie-type military police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Police. It was created by the Insular Government, American occupat ...

. While as a colonel and deputy chief of Western Police District, he was tasked to guard the

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in 1987, where the agrarian militants protesting against the administration of

Corazon Aquino María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino (; January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from Presidency of Corazon ...

. His unit was called Task Force Nazareno, named after him. But the protests resulted into a known-

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. He served as the chief of its Central Luzon unit, Regional Command 3 (RECOM 3), in 1989 while coup against President Aquino was prevalent. Later, after General Ramon Montaño retired, Nazareno became the Chief of the Philippine Constabulary. When the military constabulary replaced by the civilianized

Philippine National Police The Philippine National Police (PNP; ) is the national police force of the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Currently, it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a pop ...

, Nazareno was retained and became its inaugural chief in 1991 and served until August 1992.

Politics

Nazareno supported Ping Lacson's

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campaign.

Corruption charges

Nazareno have corruption charges involving ghost purchases of combat uniforms and equipment worth P38.2 million. But when died in 2006 with the case still unresolved. In 2009, the Supreme Court cleared General Nazareno of the charges.

Death

Nazareno died of October 30, 2006 at

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in Pasig.

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References

External links

Cesar Pardo Nazareno - billiongraves.com
1940 births 2006 deaths Filipino police chiefs Filipino police officers Philippine Constabulary personnel {{Philippines-law-bio-stub