| Office1: | Director General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority | ||||||||||||
| President1: | Rodrigo Roa Duterte | ||||||||||||
| Term Start1: | October 25, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Term End1: | June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Guiling Mamondiong | ||||||||||||
| Successor1: | Danilo Cruz | ||||||||||||
| Office2: | Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs | ||||||||||||
| Term Start2: | August 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Term End2: | October 25, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| President2: | Rodrigo Roa Duterte | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Nicanor Faeldon | ||||||||||||
| Successor2: | Rey Leonardo Guerrero | ||||||||||||
| Office3: | Director General of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency | ||||||||||||
| President3: | Rodrigo Roa Duterte | ||||||||||||
| Term Start3: | July 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Term End3: | August 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. | ||||||||||||
| Successor3: | Aaron N. Aquino | ||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Isidro S. Lapeña | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1950 | ||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Philippine Military Academy (BS) | ||||||||||||
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Isidro S. Lapeña (born January 2, 1951) is a Filipino retired police officer and former government official former served as director general of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and commissioner of Bureau of Customs.
Graduate of PMA Maagap Class of 1973, notable police assignment of Lapeña was being the Davao City Police Chief under then-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.[1] Lapeña's batchmates are former police general Thompson Lantion, and former Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.[2] Lapeña also served as Directorate for Operations,[3] and later served as deputy chief for operations and retired on January 2, 2007, with the rank of Deputy Director General (3-star rank).[4]
Lapeña was appointed by then-President Duterte as Director of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency from July 12, 2016, to August 30, 2017.[5] [6]
He was reassigned at Bureau of Customs on August 30, 2017. But, in 2018, he was implicated in the Custom's drug smuggling scandal, and other officials for smuggling of the ₱11 billion worth of methamphetamine, locally known as shabu which was discovered inside the magnetic lifters in a warehouse in General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite.[7] He claimed it was only a demolition job against him,[8] will not resign, and did not show up in the Senate probe.[9] The Department of Justice later halted probe process, after Lapeña was reassigned.[10]
On October 25, 2018, he was reassigned again, this time at the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority as its director general.[11] He served until June 30, 2022.[12]