Gregorio Pio Catapang (original) (raw)

Gregorio Pio Punzalan Catapang, Jr., CCLH (born 11 July 1959) is a retired Filipino general who served as the 45th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He was the Vice Chief of Staff prior to his appointment as head of the armed forces. He was also the former head of the AFP Northern Luzon Command and 7th Infantry Division. He is part of the Philippine Military Academy Dimalupig Class of 1981. He was part of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement. On October 21, 2022 upon the suspension of BUCOR Director General Usec. Gerald Bantag, Catapang was appointed by Pres. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. as the Officer in Charge of the Bureau of Corrections.