Manny Piñol
| Emmanuel "Manny" F. Piñol | |
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Piñol on January 2017
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| Secretary of Agriculture | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Proceso Alcala |
| Vice Governor of Cotabato | |
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In office June 30, 2007 – June 30, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Jesus N. Sacdalan |
| Succeeded by | Gregorio T. Ipong |
| Governor of Cotabato | |
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In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Agnes S. Amador |
| Succeeded by | Jesus N. Sacdalan |
| Mayor of M'lang | |
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In office June 30, 1995 – June 30, 1998 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Emmanuel Fantin Piñol December 16, 1953 M'lang, Cotabato, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party |
PDP-Laban (2017–present) Nationalist People's Coalition (until 2017) Cotabato United People's Movement |
| Residence | Kidapawan, Cotabato |
| Alma mater | University of Southern Mindanao |
| Occupation | Agriculturist, Journalist |
| Profession | Politician |
Emmanuel "Manny" Fantin Piñol (born December 16, 1953) is a Filipino journalist, writer, agriculturist and politician who is the current Secretary of the Philippine Department of Agriculture. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Proceso Alcala, the Agriculture secretary of the preceding Benigno Aquino III administration.
Piñol was first elected into public office in 1995 when he ran for mayor as a substitute to his father, former Cotabato Provincial Board member Bernardo Piñol Sr., in their hometown of M'lang, Cotabato. In 1998, he was elected as Cotabato's provincial governor, a position he held for three consecutive terms. During his term as governor, he supported several agriculture programs such as the Malitubog–Maradugao irrigation and bottom-up planning for the province's rubber, oil palm, banana and coconut industries.
Barred from seeking another term in 2007, Piñol ran as Vice Governor of Cotabato and won with his former vice governor Jesus Sacdalan becoming the new governor. He is credited with having reduced the province's poverty incidence from 41.6% in 2000 to 25.6% in 2009. He was also known for his opposition to the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the government under President Gloria Arroyo and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
During the 2010 gubernatorial elections, Piñol was again a candidate for governor of Cotabato but eventually lost to Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza. In the 2013 elections, he again ran for the same position and lost again to the reelectionist governor.
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