Soc Rodrigo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Soc Rodrigo

Filipino politician

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Bulakan, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1998

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Francisco "Soc" Aldana Rodrigo (January 29, 1914 – January 4, 1998) was a Filipino playwright, lawyer, broadcaster, and a Senator of the Third Congress (1955–1957), Fourth Congress (1958–1961), Fifth Congress (1962–1965), and Sixth Congress (1966–1969) of the Republic of the Philippines. In honor of in the struggle against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, his name was inscribed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in 1998 - the year in which he died.
An national cultural award named in his honor, the Gawad Soc Rodrigo is given by the Philippines' Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).