Jaime de los Santos

Jaime de los Santos

Infobox Military Person
name= Jaime de los Santos
lived= April 1946
placeofbirth= Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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caption=LGEN Jaime de los Santos AFP
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allegiance= Republic of the Philippines
serviceyears=33
rank=Lieutenant General
commands= Superintedent of the Philippine Military Academy
*Chief of Staff and Commanding officer of the Philippine Army
*Supreme Commander of the United Nations' INTERnational Force East Timor (INTERFET)
*Supreme Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
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Jaime de los Santos (born April 1946, Nueva Ecija, Philippines) is a retired military general in the Philippines. He joined the Philippine Army in 1969 after graduating from the Philippine Military Academy with a degree Bachelor of Science in Military Engineering. De los Santos later on served as a Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff and Commanding General of an Infantry Division and Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy.

In 2000, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed de los Santos as the Supreme Commander of the United Nations' INTERnational Force East Timor (INTERFET) and later as the Supreme Commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) International Peacekeeping Force in East Timor. He was the first Filipino officer to lead an international peacekeeping troops in foreign soil.

In 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed de los Santos as the Chief of Staff and the Commanding General of the Philippine Army of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He retired from military service on April 2002.

His classmates of the PMA Class of 1969 were former Philippine National Police chief commander Leandro Mendoza and former Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Benjamin Defensor.


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