Eduardo Manahan Año is a Filipino public official and retired general of the Philippine Army who currently serves as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. He previously served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2018 to 2022, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 2016 to 2017, and the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2015 to 2016. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Año, along with the rest of the Philippine government's Cabinet Secretaries, became part of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a task force formed to advise the President on the strategies which would effectively manage the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
Eduardo Año
Then DILG officer-in-charge Eduardo M. Año with PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino during a press conference at the PDEA office in Quezon City, April 30, 2018.
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
The secretary of the interior and local government is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government