- Jaime de los Santos
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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 thePhilippine Military Academy
*Chief of Staff and Commanding officer of thePhilippine Army
*Supreme Commander of the United Nations' INTERnational Force East Timor (INTERFET)
*Supreme Commander of theUnited Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
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laterwork=Jaime de los Santos (born April 1946,
Nueva Ecija ,Philippines ) is a retired military general in the Philippines. He joined thePhilippine Army in 1969 after graduating from thePhilippine 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 theUnited Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) International Peacekeeping Force inEast 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 theArmed 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 commanderLeandro Mendoza and former Philippine Armed Forces Chief of StaffBenjamin Defensor .
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