Thompson Lantion is a Filipino retired police officer and current

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(BCDA) chairman. He is also the current secretary-general of the

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Police career

Graduate of

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class of 1973 (with retired army general and former

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Delfin Lorenzana as one of his batchmate), Lantion worked as the regional director of the Cagayan Valley Regional Police Office, directorate for police community relations, and with directorate for research and development.

Government career

After retiring, Lantion served as DOTC Spokesperson (from 2003), and undersecretary for maritime transport until June 2010. He also served as chairman of

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. He later served as secretary general of the

. On September 9, 2024, Lantion was appointed by president and his partymate

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...

to be the chairman of the

, replacing his batchmate Lorenzana.

References

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