Venancio Concepción
Venancio Concepcion | |
|---|---|
Chief of General Staff, Philippine Republican Army | |
| In office January 21, 1899 – June 6,1899 | |
| President | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Preceded by | Ambrosio Flores |
| Succeeded by | Philippine Republican Army defeated |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Banker Public Servant Soldier Lawmaker |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Heneral de Division |
Venancio Concepción was a
He was appointed as Chief of General of the Army and he saw action Central Luzon. However, President Aguinaldo, just hours after Antonio Luna's death on June 5, 1899, mobilized the remaining reserves of Luna's officers and men from the field, including General Concepción, whose headquarters in Angeles, Pampanga Aguinaldo launched an inspection of firearms the same day Luna was murdered.[2] During the American period, in 1918, he was appointed as the first Filipino president of the Philippine National Bank, the first universal bank in the Philippines, by the American Governor-General of the Philippines Francis Burton Harrison. He succeeded Henry Parker Willis, who was then appointed director of research of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[3] However, in 1920, he was tried and convicted of fraud.[4]
References
- ^ https://philippinediaryproject.com/about-the-philippine-diary-project/about-the-diaries/about-venancio-concepcion/
- ISBN 9789711707002.
- ^ David Hammes. "Locating Federal Reserve Districts and Headquarters Cities". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19.
- ISBN 978-0394549750., page 444.
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