Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
Director General Term Administration
USEC . Anselmo S. Avenido , Jr. ( Ret . PDDG ) July 2002 - April 2006 Arroyo
USEC . Dionisio R. Santiago ( Ret . GEN ) April 2006 - January 2011 Arroyo , Aquino III
USEC . Jose S. Gutierrez , Jr. ( Ret . PCSUPT ) January 2011 - October 2012 Aquino III
USEC . Arturo G. Cacdac , Jr. ( Ret . PDDG ) October 2012 - June 2016 Aquino III
USEC . Isidro S. Lapeña ( Ret . PDDG ) July 2016 - August 2017 Duterte
USEC . Aaron N. Aquino ( Ret . PCSUPT ) September 2017 - May 2020 Duterte
USEC . Wilkins M. Villanueva May 2020 - present Duterte
Director generals
The Director General of the PDEA shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines and shall perform such other duties that may be assigned to him/her . He/she must possess adequate knowledge , training and experience in the field of dangerous drugs , and in any of the following fields : law enforcement , law , medicine , criminology , psychology or social work . This table lists all PDEA Director Generals , their dates of service , and under which administration they served .
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA ; Filipino: Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot) is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines. The agency is tasked with the enforcement of the penal and regulatory provisions of Republic Act No. 9165 (R.A. 9165), otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. PDEA is the implementing arm of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). The DDB is the policy-making and strategy-formulating body in the planning and formulation of policies and programs on drug prevention and control. PDEA and DDB are both under the supervision of the Office of the President of the Philippines.