Menardo de Lemos named new NBI director

By Gabriela Baron

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. appointed long-time Assistant Director Medardo de Lemos as the new director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced Monday, Aug. 1.

De Lemos, a lawyer and career officer, had been with the NBI for 37 years. He was earlier designated NBI officer-in-charge (OIC) by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla.

He graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1983 and from the NBI Academy in Tagaytay in 1985.

He is also a regular lecturer at the Philippine Judicial Academy on the use of deadly force in the security training for judges.

The newly appointed NBI director was also once designated as the agency’s OIC in 2013 under then Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.

De Lemos will replace Eric Distor, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte last March. – ag

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