Rafael Corpus, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRafael Corpus
Filipino politician
Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1880
Date of Death: 21-Jul-1960
Profession: politician
Nationality: Philippines
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Rafael Corpus
- Rafael Corpus (October 24, 1880 – July 21, 1960) was a Philippine economist, politician, and statesman who served as both Chairman and President of the Philippine National Bank.
- Corpus was born in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines, and finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Ateneo de Manila University in 1897.
- He then studied at the University of Santo Tomas and later studied Law at Escuela de Derecho in 1903.
- He then went to the United States to take up a post graduate course at George Washington University, Washington D.C.
- in 1905. He represented the province of Zambales as an Assemblyman in the Third Philippine Legislature in 1912.
- He was appointed Solicitor General in 1914, a position he held until 1916.
- He became Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources in 1922.
- During the so-called Cabinet Crisis of 1923, he, together with other Cabinet Secretaries, resigned en masse over a dispute with Governor General Leonard Wood.
- He was the Chairman of the Philippine National Bank from 1923 to 1931 before becoming its President from 1932-1935.
- He was a member of the first Monetary Board of the Central Bank of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) in 1949.
- He devoted more than thirty years to public service occupying various other important government positions. A nephew of the philanthropist Teodoro R.
- Yangco, he successfully managed the latter’s various business enterprises and became Administrator of his Estate. He was married to Eluteria Pablo with whom he had six children, including Sergio P.
- Corpus, a notable businessman.
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