26 Facts About Rodolfo Biazon

Rodolfo Biazon was the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in early 1991 and then served as a Senator from 1992 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2010.

Rodolfo Biazon's father Rufino Biazon, was a doughmaker then, while his mother Juliana Gaspar, was a clotheswasher.

Rodolfo Biazon's father died and left him along with his mother and three younger sisters when he was seven years old.

Rodolfo Biazon enrolled as a Grade One student at the age of eleven in 1946.

Rodolfo Biazon would collect seashells in Manila Bay which were in turn sold at the market.

Rodolfo Biazon studied at Jose Rizal Elementary School in Pasay for his primary education where he graduated salutatorian.

Rodolfo Biazon stopped doing laundry and instead worked as a laborer in the then Highway 54, this time to sustain his college education in FEATI where he took mechanical engineering.

Rodolfo Biazon attended other trainings or schooling which include the TOP Management Program at the Asian Institute of Management; Command and General Staff Course in Quantico, Virginia, United States; Crisis Program in California, United States; Allied Combat Intelligence Course in Okinawa, Japan; Senior Officer Maintenance Course in Kentucky, United States; Amphibious Warfare Course in Quantico, Virginia, United States and, Military Instructors in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

Rodolfo Biazon entered the Philippine Military Academy in 1957, although he applied and passed for the US Navy.

Rodolfo Biazon was the class goat of PMA Class 1961 yet this did not prevent him from achieving his goal.

Rodolfo Biazon was assigned in Davao in 1983 during the Marcos administration.

Rodolfo Biazon led the Marines and the officers and men of the AFP NCR Defense Command in foiling the coup attempt.

Rodolfo Biazon is the first and only AFP Chief of Staff from the Philippine Marine Corps.

Rodolfo Biazon was convinced by Paul Aquino, the brother of the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr.

Rodolfo Biazon ran for senator in 1992 under Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino.

Rodolfo Biazon was successful, placing 20th to become a senator in the 9th Congress from 1992 to 1995.

Rodolfo Biazon was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security and Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement.

Rodolfo Biazon was the President of the Asian Regional Council Global Parliamentarians on Habitat, the Vice-President for Asia Global Parliamentarians on Habitat, the Co-chairperson of the Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc and a member of the Commission on Appointments.

Rodolfo Biazon ran for re-election under the K4 administration coalition in 2004 and won, narrowly beating incumbent Senator Robert Barbers by a margin of 10,685 votes for the 12th place.

Rodolfo Biazon continued filing numerous bills and resolution, many of them were passed into law, some of them including:.

Rodolfo Biazon was one of the main proponents of the Reproductive Health Bill.

Rodolfo Biazon ran for the open seat of his son, Ruffy in the lone district in 2010 as he was term-limited.

Rodolfo Biazon was then reelected in 2013, defeating four opponents.

Rodolfo Biazon met Monserrat Narag Bunoan as a classmate in the Philippine Military Academy.

Rodolfo Biazon later caught pneumonia twice in 2023, with the second being more severe.

Rodolfo Biazon died on June 12,2023, during the 125th Independence Day, at Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang, Muntinlupa.