1. Rafael Manio Ileto was a Filipino general who served as the 22nd Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines.
20 Facts About Rafael Ileto
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Rafael Ileto became the Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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Rafael Ileto served as Philippine Ambassador to Turkey, Iran, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos.
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Rafael Ileto was born on October 24,1920, in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija.
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Rafael Ileto took up his primary education in his hometown, and finished his secondary education in Nueva Ecija High School in Cabanatuan.
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Rafael Ileto finished with the accelerated Class of 1943, along with prominent members such as Brig.
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Rafael Ileto entered the Infantry School for three months in Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Rafael Ileto transferred to the famed Alamo Scouts of the Sixth United States Army.
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Rafael Ileto returned to the Philippines thereafter, and helped in rebuilding the post-war Philippine Military Academy.
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Arellano gave the task to Rafael Ileto to organize the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment, which was established on November 25,1950, at the Scout Ranger Training Unit in Fort Bonifacio.
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Rafael Ileto was designated foreign affairs attache to Saigon and Vientiane.
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Rafael Ileto again went back for further studies in 1965 in the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, and later joined the Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College at Fort Bonifacio.
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Rafael Ileto was appointed Commanding General of the Philippine Army, a post which he held until 1971.
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Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on September 21,1972, Rafael Ileto was one of the few generals who opposed the President, losing favor for the next series of promotions in the patronage politics that has already begun in the promotion system in the AFP.
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In 1973, Rafael Ileto became Deputy Chief of Staff of the AFP was then promoted to Major General, then Vice Chief of Staff as a Lieutenant General from 1975 until his retirement in 1978.
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Rafael Ileto served as the Philippine Ambassador to Iran and Turkey from 1975 to 1980, and to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos from 1980 to 1986.
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Rafael Ileto was then appointed as Undersecretary of Defense by Pres.
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Corazon Aquino, Rafael Ileto was appointed as the Secretary National Defense on November 23,1986.
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Rafael Ileto resigned from this government position after a falling out with the President on January 21,1988.
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On June 19,2003, Rafael Ileto died at the Philippine Heart Center after a heart attack at the age of 82.