international hydrographic organization 2003 - IHO
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES<br />
President Gloria MACAPAGAL ARROYO appointed Capt. Rodolfo M. AGATON laston 15 November<br />
2002, with the rank of Commodore, as the new<br />
Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey<br />
Department (CGSD) Director with the rank of<br />
Commodore. Prior to this appointment, he served as<br />
Assistant Director of the same office for almost 3<br />
years.<br />
Commodore AGATON has been in the service for<br />
more than 29 years. He started his career as a cadet<br />
in 1973 at the former Bureau of Coast and Geodetic<br />
Survey (BCGS), now the CGSD of the National<br />
Mapping and Resource Information Authority<br />
(NAMRIA). After his promotion as ensignto Ensign<br />
in 1974, he further rose from the ranks to stellar positions: lieutenant junior grade in 1977, lieutenant<br />
senior grade in 1981, lieutenant commander in 1984, commander in 1990, and captainhigher positions:<br />
Lieutenant Junior Grade in 1977, Lieutenant Senior Grade in 1981, Lieutenant Commander in 1984,<br />
Commander in 1990, and Captain in 1999.<br />
The newThis high-ranking official is a graduate of the Mapua Institute of Technology withand has a<br />
degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also hascompleted a graduate degree course in Photogrammetry<br />
fromat the Institute of Aerial and Earth Science, The Netherlands. Further, he has undergone extensive<br />
trainings andtraining and attended many seminars in and out of the country, including the<br />
<strong>hydrographic</strong> course at the Maritime Safety Agency and map compilation training,training in map<br />
compilation, both in Japan.<br />
ARGENTINA<br />
Captain Miguel CLEMENTS took up the post of<br />
Chief of the Naval HydrographyHydrographic<br />
Service on 26 February <strong>2003</strong>.<br />
Captain CLEMENTS joined the Argentinean Navy in<br />
1969. During his career, he served on board<br />
<strong>hydrographic</strong> and oceanographic ships, and was<br />
Commander of the <strong>hydrographic</strong> ship “Comodoro<br />
Rivadavia”.<br />
In the Naval HydrographyHydrographic Service he<br />
held the post of Chief ofthe Nautical Safety and<br />
Oceanography.<br />
Sweden.<br />
He took a degree in Physical Oceanography at the<br />
Technological Institute of Buenos Aires and hold a<br />
Masterholds a Master's Degree in Maritime<br />
Administration and Marine Environment Protection<br />
offrom the World Maritime University of Malmö,
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