Lina Sarmiento (born 1958) is the first female third-level official of the Philippine National Police to receive and hold the rank of director, a rank equivalent to that of a major general in the Philippine military.

[1] As a graduate student with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry,[2] Sarmiento started in her career as policewoman as a forensic chemist in the police service,[1] by joining the Philippine National Police in 1980.

[2] She later held other positions in the PNP Crime Laboratory, Directorate for Operations, Police Regional Office and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.

She later became Director of the PNP Human Rights Affairs Office and the Police Security and Protection Group.

She has four children, namely Mark Alvin, Matthew Allen, April Madeline, and Aylene Marie.