, nicknamed Gibo, is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and business executive who has served as the 23rd secretary of national defense under President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. He served in the same post from 2007 to 2009 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 9
Official portrait of Gilbert Teodoro during the 13th Congress
US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Defense Secretary Teodoro (right) at a press conference at Camp Aguinaldo, June 1, 2009.
Teodoro during his party's Grand Rally at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila.
A crowd estimate of 135,000 rallied behind Teodoro and his party during the grand rally in Manila, 2010
Teodoro being sworn in as Defense Secretary before President Bongbong Marcos at Malacañang Palace, June 5, 2023.
Defense Secretary Teodoro (right) and then-U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, June 1, 2024.
Defense Secretary Teodoro (right) hosts US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Camp Aguinaldo, March 28, 2025.Politicians born in the 1960s 6
About this person
Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro Jr., nicknamed Gibo, is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and business executive who has served as the 23rd secretary of national defense under President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. He served in the same post from 2007 to 2009 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was the nominee of Arroyo's Lakas-Kampi in the 2010 presidential election, which he lost to his second cousin, Benigno Aquino III.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.