Anthony Alcantara
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Anthony J. Alcantara | |
|---|---|
| Executive Director of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime | |
| Assumed office August 2024 | |
| Special Envoy on Transnational Crime | |
| Assumed office May 2023 | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Philippines |
| Branch/service |  Philippine Army |
| Years of service | 1979–2013[1] |
| Rank | Lieutenant General[2] |
| Commands | |
Anthony "Cantoi" J. Alcantara is a retired Philippine Army lieutenant general and former police officer who has served as the executive director of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC) since 2024. He had previously served as the deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from May 3, 2011 to February 2012,[3] as well as commander of the 6th Infantry Division in Cotabato City from November 27, 2009 to May 2, 2011. He was previously a member of the Philippine Constabulary's Special Action Force under Fidel V. Ramos during the People Power Revolution in 1986, and later served as the spokesperson of the Philippine Army in the early 2000s.
As 6th Infantry commander, he implemented the nine-day martial law order of president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the wake of the Maguindanao massacre in 2009. In March 2025, he arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte based on an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Alcantara graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1979.[2]