William Dar
William Dollente Dar (born April 10, 1953) is a Filipino horticulturist and civil servant who served as the Secretary of Agriculture under the Duterte administration. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 5, 2019, to replace Emmanuel Piñol. Dar held the same position under President Joseph Estrada in an acting capacity from 1998 to 1999. He is also a former Director General of ICRISAT. Profile Dar was born and educated in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. A horticulturist, he received his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Master of Science in Agronomy degrees from the then Mountain State Agricultural College (MSAC), now known as Benguet State University (BSU), and Ph.D. in Horticulture degree from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. After serving on the faculty of the Benguet State University, he became the first director of the Philippine Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) in 1988. This was a period when the Philippines started to invest much in building a national system of advanced agricultural research institutes, such as the Philippine Rice Research Institute, PhilRice. William Dar was designated the executive director of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) and served