Edgar Aglipay

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Batalla and the surname or paternal family name is Aglipay.

Edgar "Egay" Batalla Aglipay^[1] (born September 13, 1948) is a Filipino businessman, retired police officer and politician who is the present governor of Cagayan since 2025. He was the Chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from August 23, 2004 to March 14, 2005.

Police Director General Edgar Aglipay
34th Governor of Cagayan
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2025
Vice Governor	Manuel Mamba
Chairman, DIWA partylist
In office June 30, 2006 – May 25, 2020
Chairman, Philippine Retirement Authority
In office June 15, 2005 – February 1, 2010
President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Jose Antonio Leviste
Succeeded by	Jesli Lapus
Chief of the Philippine National Police
In office August 23, 2004 – March 14, 2005
President	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Preceded by	Hermogenes Ebdane
Succeeded by	Arturo Lomibao
Personal details
Born	Edgar Batalla Aglipay (1948-09-13) 13 September 1948 (age 76) Camalaniugan, Cagayan, Philippines
Political party	Nacionalista (2024–present) One Cagayan (local party)
Other political affiliations	DIWA Partylist
Spouse	Marinette Yan
Children	Michael Aglipay, Emmeline Aglipay-Villar
Alma mater	Philippine Military Academy University of the Philippines Ateneo de Manila University
Occupation	Police officer, government officer, businessman
Awards	Distinguished Conduct Star Gold Cross Medal Cavalier award (1991, 2016)
Military service
Allegiance	Philippines
Branch/service	Philippine Constabulary
Battles/wars	MV Karagatan incident 1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt 1989 retaking of Makati CBD
Alma mater	Philippine Military Academy
Police career
Service	Philippine National Police
Allegiance	Philippines
Divisions	Special Action Force NCRPO
Service years	1971–2005
Rank	Director General

Career

Aglipay is a relative of revolutionary hero Gregorio Aglipay. He was a member of the Philippine Military Academy class of 1971, and has a Master's of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of the Philippines.He also has a law degree from Ateneo de Manila University. ^[2]

In 1972, as a young lieutenant, he was the platoon leader of the raiding team that captured MV Karagatan which prevented the New People's Army from getting hold of 1,500 M-14 rifles and other high power firearms.^[3]

Aglipay served as chief deputy director-general of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) from 1998 to 2001.^[2] In January 2000, Aglipay relieved and assigned replacements for two police chiefs of the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig, Superintendents Rodolfo Tutaan and Raul Medina respectively, upon the orders of then PNP chief Panfilo Lacson due to the underwhelming and neglectful performance of their subordinates.^[4][5] Multiple mayors of Metro Manila were infuriated with Aglipay's supposed preemptive move, claiming that he made his decision without consulting them first, with Marikina Mayor Bayani Fernando being the first to call for his ouster while Jejomar Binay, chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), led the mayors in pushing for his removal.^[6][5] After a closed-door meeting on January 28 between Binay and the mayors and the pair of Aglipay and Lacson, however, they resolved the controversy and allowed Aglipay to retain his post, with Interior Secretary Alfredo Lim stating that the issue simply came from a "communication gap".^[1]

Upon the Second EDSA Revolution in January 2001, Aglipay and the five metropolitan police district directors joined the Armed Forces of the Philippines in withdrawing their support for President Joseph Estrada and going to EDSA, with Aglipay ordering his subordinates to keep the peace and "protect the people" in the area.^[7]

Aglipay was elected as governor of Cagayan in the 2025 Philippine general election.^[8]

Personal life

Nicknamed "Egay", Aglipay is the father of Congressman Michael Aglipay and father of former DSWD undersecretary and Diwa partylist representative Emmeline Yan Aglipay-Villar, who is in turn the wife of senator Mark Villar.^[8]