Thompson Lantion | |||||||||||||
Birth Name: | Thompson C. Lantion | ||||||||||||
Party: | Partido Federal ng Pilipinas | ||||||||||||
Office: | Chairman of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority | ||||||||||||
President: | Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. | ||||||||||||
Term Start: | September 9, 2024 | ||||||||||||
Predecessor: | Delfin Lorenzana | ||||||||||||
Alma Mater: | Philippine Military Academy (BS) | ||||||||||||
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Thompson Lantion is a Filipino retired police officer and current Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). He is also the current secretary-general of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.
Graduate of Philippine Military Academy class of 1973 (with retired army general and former Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana as one of his batchmate),[1] [2] Lantion worked as the regional director of the Cagayan Valley Regional Police Office,[3] [4] directorate for police community relations,[5] and with directorate for research and development.[6]
After retiring, Lantion served as DOTC Spokesperson (from 2003),[7] and undersecretary for maritime transport until June 2010.[8] He also served as chairman of Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
He later served as secretary general of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas.
On September 9, 2024, Lantion was appointed by president and his partymate Bongbong Marcos to be the chairman of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, replacing his batchmate Lorenzana.[9]