Hector Tarrazona

Last updated
Hector M.Tarrazona
Nickname(s)Tarzan
Born (1944-11-26) November 26, 1944 (age 78)
Cabatuan, Iloilo, Philippines
Allegiance Republic of the Philippines
Service/branch Philippine Air Force
Years of service1968-1989
Rank Colonel
Commands held Armed Forces of the Philippines
Alma mater Central Philippine University
Ateneo de Manila University
Asian Institute of Management
Naval Postgraduate School

Hector M. Tarrazona (born 1944), is a former Philippine Air Force colonel and a founding member of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM). [1] In the May 10, 2010, elections, Tarrazona ran as a senatorial candidate under the Ang Kapatiran Party banner, and was supported by the Roman Catholic Church, along with Rizalito David, Jo Aurea Imbong, Adrian Sison, Reginald Tamayo, and Manuel Valdehuesa, Jr.

Contents

Early years

Tarrazona was born on 26 November 1944 in Cabatuan, Iloilo. He graduated salutatorian of his batch in high school then attended Central Philippine University from 1962 to 1964 and studied civil engineering.

Military and political career

In 1964, he went to the Philippine Military Academy, and graduated with the Class of '68.

In 1970, he took an undergraduate pilot training in the Philippine Air Force Flying School in Fernando Air Base in Lipa, Batangas; and in 1982, he went to Monterey, California, U.S.A. to study International Defense Management at the Naval Postgraduate School.

He went back to the Philippines and finished his master's degree in Business Administration.

Tarrazona also taught the courses, Intelligence Officer Basic Course and Military Intelligence Collection Course at the Special Intelligence Training School. Concurrent during his service years, Col. Tarrazona was also vice president and general manager of Rajah Broadcasting Network (DZRJ) from 1983 to 1985, and from 1986 to 1987. He was external vice president and general manager of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Insurance Corporation.

In the formation of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), Tarrazona was elected to the 11-man Executive Committee. [1] In January 1986, Tarrazona was one of the seven military officers who announced the formation of the Reformed Armed Forces Movement (RAM). It was also Tarrazona who called on Col. Antonio Sotelo, of the 15th Strike Wing in Villamor Air Base during the height of the People Power Revolution, and convinced the latter to support the revolution against the dictator Pres. Ferdinand Marcos. The switching of the 15th Strike Wing to the rebel camp was one of the crucial moments of the revolution. [2]

After the 1987 coup attempts against the Aquino administration, Col. Tarrazona was suspected involvement and ordered arrested. Tarrazona denied this and was later released. [3]

Later life

In 1991, he attended the Ateneo de Manila University and later the Asian Institute of Management where he received his master's degree in Development Management.

From 1991 to 1992, he was the senior vice president for comptroller-ship of the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (AFPSLAI). He was president of the AFP Officers Village Association, Inc., from 1991 to 1994 and then in 2003 to 2006. From 1995 to 1996, he was vice president for Corporate Planning and Business Development of Primetown Property Group, Inc.; from 1997 to 1998, he was chief operating officer and general manager of Public Safety Mutual Benefit Fund Inc.; and from 2001 to 2002, he was president of Riviera Sports and Country Club.

Tarrazona founded the Child Development and Guidance Center Cooperative where he served as vice chairman. He was also the financial and management consultant of the following companies: Rajah Broadcasting Network, Miralles Furniture, Air Materiel Wing Savings and Loan Association, Inc. (AMWSLAI), Public Safety Mutual Benefit Fund, Inc. (PSMBFI,) GMA Channel 7, and Velprint Corporation. He also served as assistant chief of Air Staff for Civil Military Operations, chief of the military personnel branch under the office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, and senior military assistant to the Secretary of National Defense.

Tarrazona is currently the consultant/chief of the Airmen Examination Board at the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

Tarrazona also authored After EDSA, a book on his personal account of the EDSA Revolution and his views on the problems of the Filipino society. He occasionally writes articles for the Cavalier Magazine of the PMA Alumni Association, Inc.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armed Forces of the Philippines</span> Military forces of the Philippines

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with the Department of National Defense, an executive department acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out, while the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines serves as the overall commander and the highest-ranking officer in the AFP.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">People Power Revolution</span> Series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines in 1986 that overthrew Ferdinand Marcos

The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos, the end of his 20-year dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fabian Ver</span> Filipino general

Fabian Crisologo Ver was a Filipino military officer who served as the Commanding Officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Camp Crame</span> Philippine National Police headquarters in Quezon City

Camp General Rafael T. Crame is the national headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) located along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City. It is situated across EDSA from Camp Aguinaldo, the national headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Prior to the establishment of the civilian PNP, Camp Crame was the national headquarters of the Philippine Constabulary, a gendarmerie-type Military police force which was the PNP's predecessor.

Renato "Rene" Salud de Villa is a Filipino former police and military officer and government official. He served as Chief of Philippine Constabulary, Director-General of the Integrated National Police, and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. He then served as Secretary of National Defense under presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel V. Ramos. He founded Partido para sa Demokratikong Reporma for his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1998. He then briefly served as Executive Secretary under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juan Ponce Enrile</span> President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2008 to 2013

Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr.,, also referred to by his initials JPE, or Manong Johnny, is a Filipino politician and lawyer known for his role in the administration of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos; his role in the failed coup that helped hasten the 1986 People Power Revolution and the ouster of Marcos; and his tenure in the Philippine legislature in the years after the revolution. In 2022, at the age of 98, he returned to government office as the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in the administration of Bongbong Marcos.

The Philippines was under a state of emergency, announced by presidential spokesperson Ignacio Bunye on the morning of February 24, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1017. This occurred after the government claimed that it foiled an alleged coup d'état attempt against the rule of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo earlier that same day. State security services also claimed that it had arrested a general who was involved in the coup attempt. President Arroyo lifted the state of emergency on March 3, 2006, by the virtue of Proclamation No. 1021.

Vicente Mondéjar Piccio was a Philippine Air Force major general.

On July 23, 2003, a failed coup d'etat, now known as the Oakwood mutiny, was staged by a group of about 300 armed defectors from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Army Capt. Gerardo Gambala and Navy 2nd Lt. Antonio Trillanes IV against the Arroyo administration. The group forcibly seized and occupied Oakwood Premier in Glorietta, Makati for almost 20 hours. They demanded the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes, PNP Director General Hermogenes Ebdane, and AFP Chief of Intelligence Service Victor Corpus. They also aired their grievances against the military establishment and anomalies on the AFP. The coup was covered heavily by the local press, who dubbed the group as "Magdalo" in reference to their insignia, which alludes to the Magdalo faction during the Philippine Revolution, despite the group officially calling themselves "Bagong Katipuneros". The mutiny ended after the government successfully negotiated with the group. Several prominent participants of the coup, including Trillanes and Gambala, were later charged.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodolfo Biazon</span>

Rodolfo Gaspar Biazon is a Filipino politician and former Philippine Marine Corps general. He was the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in early 1991 and then served as a Senator from 1992 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angelo Reyes</span> Filipino retired general and politician

Angelo Tomas Reyes also known as General Reyes, was a Filipino retired general and politician who served as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada. At the height of the 2001 EDSA Revolution, Reyes withdrew his support for Estrada, which led to the installation of Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as president, under whom he then served as Cabinet Secretary until 2010. He also served under Arroyo as Secretary of the Departments of the Interior and Local Government, Environment and Natural Resources, Energy, and National Defense.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cardozo Luna</span>

Cardozo Manalo Luna is a retired three-star general and the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Cardozo Luna also served as the commander of two unified commands, Eastern Mindanao Command and Central Command. He served as the Philippine Ambassador to The Hague, Netherlands from 2009 until 2010 He is the current Undersecretary of Department of National Defense.

Brig. Gen. Marcos Gulapa Soliman was a Philippine military officer who served as superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy, Commanding General of the Philippine Army, and upon leaving military service, chief of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency. He is best remembered in history as the then-anonymous whistleblower who exposed the plans of then-Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to place the Republic of the Philippines under Martial Law.

The Reform the Armed Forces Movement, also referred to by the acronym RAM, was a cabal of officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) known for several attempts to seize power in the Philippines during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, some of these officers launched a failed coup d'etat against Ferdinand Marcos, prompting a large number of civilians to attempt to prevent Marcos from wiping the RAM rebels out. This eventually snowballed into the 1986 People Power revolution which ended the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and forced him into exile. RAM later attempted six coups d'état against the administration of Corazon Aquino.

Victor Batac was the former Director of the Directorate for Logistics of the Philippine National Police.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jose T. Almonte</span>

Jose T. Almonte was the National Security Advisor and Director-General of the National Security Council in the Cabinet of Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos. He was also the head of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency and the Director of the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB) during the administration of Pres. Corazon Aquino.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Philippine Air Force</span> Air warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army, the PAF is responsible for both defending the Philippine airspace, and conducting aerial operations throughout the Philippines, such as close air support operations, combat air patrols, aerial reconnaissance missions, airlift operations, helicopter tactical operations and aerial humanitarian operations. The PAF is headquartered at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay, and is headed by the Chief of the Air Force, who also serves as the branch's highest-ranking military officer.

1986 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1986.

The People Power Revolution was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that began in 1983 and culminated in 1986. The methods used amounted to a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. This case of nonviolent revolution led to the toppling of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of the country's democracy.

The Military history of the Philippines during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, especially the 14-year period between Marcos' declaration of Martial Law in September 1972 and his final ouster through the People Power Revolution of 1986, was characterized by rapid changes linked to Marcos' use of the military as his "martial law implementor."

References

  1. 1 2 "Why I joined RAM but didn't join coups vs Cory". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
  2. ↑ History of 15th Strike Wing Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ [Iloilo Views: Hector Tarrazona]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.