Vicente Danao

Vicente Danao
Danao in May 2022
Commander of Area Police Command - Western Mindanao of the Philippine National Police
In office
August 08, 2022  August 10, 2023
PresidentBongbong Marcos
Preceded byPMGen. Eden T. Ugale (OIC)
Succeeded byPLtGen. Jonnel C. Estomo
Deputy Chief for Operations of the Philippine National Police
In office
May 2, 2022  August 08, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Preceded byPLtGen. Ferdinand O. Divina
Succeeded byPMGen. Benjamin D. Santos Jr.
Chief of the Philippine National Police
In office
May 8, 2022  August 1, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Bongbong Marcos
Preceded byPGen. Dionardo Carlos
Succeeded byPGen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr.
Chief of Directorial Staff of the Philippine National Police
In office
March 1, 2022  May 15, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPLtGen. Rhodel O. Sermonia
Succeeded byPLtGen. Manuel M. Abu
Regional Director of the National Capital Region Police Office
In office
November 10, 2020  March 1, 2022
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPMGen. Debold Sinas
Succeeded byPMGen. Felipe R. Natividad
Regional Director of Police Regional Office IV-A (Calabarzon)
In office
October 20, 2019  November 10, 2020
PresidentRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPBGen. Edward Carranza
Succeeded byPBGen. Felipe Natividad
District Director of the Manila Police District
In office
November 9, 2018  October 20, 2019
MayorJoseph Estrada
Isko Moreno Domagoso
Preceded byPCSupt. Rolando Anduyan
Succeeded byPBGen. Bernabe Balba
City Director of the Davao City Police Office
In office
October 18, 2013  June 24, 2016
MayorRodrigo Duterte
Preceded byPSSupt. Ronald dela Rosa
Succeeded byPSSupt. Michael John Dubria
Personal details
Born
Vicente Dupa Danao Jr.

(1967-08-10) August 10, 1967
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
EducationPhilippine Military Academy (B.Sc. Mil.)
Police career
ServicePhilippine National Police
Divisions
Police offices
Service years1991–2023
Rank Police Lieutenant General

Vicente "Vic" Dupa Danao Jr. (born August 10, 1967) is a retired Filipino law enforcement officer and former Commander of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao. Danao has been with the Philippine National Police for over 29 years and has served as Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine National Police from May to August 2022, Deputy Chief for Operations, Chief of the National Capital Region Police Office from 2020 until 2022, deputy director for operations of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, as task force commander under the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, and as chief of police in two cities and two regions. His longest term as police chief was between October 2013 and June 2016 in Davao City.