Francisco Zubia

Francisco Zubia Jr. is a retired police general and politician.

Francisco G. Zubia Jr.
Personal details
Born	Francisco Grasparil Zubia Jr. (1948-05-28) May 28, 1948 (age 77) Baler, Aurora
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Perla Barangan (deceased)
Children	4 (Francisco III, Percival, Frederick and Primrose)
Other names	Twiggy, Kiko
Alma mater	Philippine Military Academy
Police career
Service	Philippine National Police
Divisions	PACC - Task Force Habagat Traffic Management Group Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
Police offices	Nueva Ecija PPO
Rank	Police Director

Police career

Zubia graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1971 along with notable batchmates Panfilo Lacson, Gregorio Honasan and Edgar Aglipay. Zubia and Lacson later became colleagues at the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission.^[1]

Zubia and Lacson among other personnel were involved in a shootout with 11 members of Kuratong Baleleng^[2][3] but were subsequently acquitted by a lower court in November 2003 for lack of probable cause.^[1][4] At that time of the incident, Zubia headed the Traffic Management Command (now known as Highway Patrol Group).^[5]

Zubia served as chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) when Lacson was the Philippine National Police chief in the early 2000s.^[6]

Political career

Zubia ran for mayor of Baler in 2013, but placed second against then-outgoing Vice Mayor Nelianto Bihasa in a 3-way race.^[1]