Ernesto_S._Mata
Ernesto Mata
Retired and deceased Filipino general
Ernesto S. Mata (November 7, 1915 – March 7,[citation needed] 2012) was a Filipino General and the 15th Secretary of National Defense of the Republic of the Philippines, serving in that capacity from 21 January 1967 to 3 February 1970.[1][2]
Mata was also a former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff, the only retired officer to be recalled to active duty to occupy this position.[3] In February 2012, just before his death, he was acknowledged to be the only known living graduate of the Philippine Constabulary Academy,[3] which was later renamed the Philippine Military Academy in 1935.