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RAMON DIOKNO
28 March 1886 to 21 April 1954
Ramon Diokno was a prominent lawyer, politician and educator. He was elected to the Senate in 1946 where he served until 1947. In 1954 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Diokno was the founder of Colegio la Ilustracion and co-founder of Rizal University where he became a Professor.
In the first Commonwealth election held in September 1935, he was one of the chief campaign managers of President Quezon and was immediately appointed Corporate Counsel.
Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, 80th Anniversary #3637, 1 Dec 2015
The OGCC began as a small corporate counsel division under the Department of Justice on 1 December 1935. Ramon Diokno served as head of the corporate counsel division until 1941.
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