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Voltaire Gazmin (born October 22, 1944 in Moncada, Tarlac) is a Filipino soldier who is the 35th and current Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines. Gazmin assumed office on July 1, 2010, after President Benigno S. Aquino III had issued the former's appointment the day before.〔(Gazmin assumes defense post )〕〔(Noynoy names Cabinet execs, senior government officials )〕 Gazmin emerged from a nearly six-year hiatus from public office after last serving as the Philippine Ambassador to Cambodia from 2002 to 2004.〔(Signing Ceremony on Japan-ASEAN-Cambodia Tripartite Cooperation Project )〕 For nearly 32 years, he was a career officer in the Philippine Army, retiring as a Lieutenant General and after serving as the 40th Commanding General of the Philippine Army until 2000. He first gained national prominence in 1986 as the loyal and disciplinarian Commander of the Presidential Security Group (PSG), defiantly defending the government of President Corazon C. Aquino (mother of the incumbent President Benigno S. Aquino III) from seven 'coup attempts during her six-year term. Gazmin was honored multiple times in his military career for his skills in intelligence gathering and effectively commanding troops in some of the most difficult operations and for a long-term vision in administrative matters. His disciplinary demeanour has earned him the respect of his peers and junior officers and staff as a military officer and as a civilian. == Early life and profile == Gazmin was born on October 22, 1944 in the town of Moncada, Tarlac (95 kilometers north of Manila), to Brig. Gen. Segundo L. Gazmin, Sr., PA and Petra T. Gazmin. His father also had a distinguished career in the Philippine Army, and was a survivor of the Bataan Death March during the Second World War before joining the now-defunct Philippine Constabulary. Gazmin spent his first two years in college at the University of the Philippines by taking up a course in Chemistry until he later decided to bid for a slot at the Philippine Military Academy. He was successfully admitted into the academy at the start of the school year in 1964 and graduating on March 24, 1968, choosing to serve in the Philippine Army. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voltaire Gazmin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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