Draft:Lisandro Abadia

Lisandro C. Abadia (April 12, 1938 – January 9, 2022) was a Philippine Army General who served as 24th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 1991 to 1994. . He bested 4 other candidates who are more experience and senior. He also served as The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and Commanding General of the Philippine Army prior being appointed as Chief of Staff.

Education
Boy Abadia was born on April 12, 1938, in Talisay, Cebu, son of Manuel Abadia and Benjamina Campo. The youngest of the three brothers Lino the eldest and Loven the second who joined the Philippine Military Academy ahead of him and both joined Air Force. Lino died in an air mishap in 1957 a year before he entered the academy. Loven the second brother graduated from PMA in 1960 became 20th Commanding General of Philippine Air Force in 1991 who was under him during his tenure. Lisandro graduated in 1962 and joined the Army, however he is a trained pilot too flying helicopter, S211 trainer, and OV10 Bronco.

Military career
Abadia started his military career as 2nd Lieutenant assigned to Infantry Battalion which participated in anti-communist campaign and subduing moro rebels in Mindanao. He joined the Special Forces and was among the PHILCAG soldiers sent to South Vietnam in 1966 to 1968 under Brigadier General Gaudencio Tobias and one of his mentor then Lieutenant Colonel Fidel V. Ramos. He rose to become brigade commander of 502nd Brigade in Northern Luzon in 1984.

Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence J2
In 1988 General De Villa appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence J2 helping in thwarting numerous coups and mutinies during President Corazon Aquino's term. He was also instrumental in finding not coup plots but also the communist activities and Moro rebellions'.

Commanding General Philippine Army
On January 11, 1991, he was appointed as Commanding General of Philippine Army where he replaced MGen. Guillermo Flores who was designated as the new Vice Chief of Staff. He commanded the army for 3 months as he was again appointed to higher position in the military.

AFP Chief of Staff
On April 9, 1991, he was appointed as the new Chief of Staff to replaced retiring General Rodolfo Biazon who had a three-month stint as Chief of Staff. Which led to the questions of the junior officers but he immediately took action to quell this disgruntlement basing on his experience in denying the coup plotters of their success. He was also instrumental in the success of the counter-insurgency campaign against NPA rebels with his "Lambat-Bitag Campaign" which resulted to killing or capturing high ranking communist rebels.

Later years
Abadia spent the rest of his life fighting legal battles in court until he died last January 9, 2022