Jose de los Reyes | |
Status: | Director, Bureau of Constabulary (Japanese Occupation) |
Office: | Chief of the Philippine Constabulary |
Mainwidth: | 22em |
Office1: | Provost Marshal General, Philippine Army |
Termstart1: | May 4, 1936 |
Termend1: | April 3, 1938 |
Office2: | Chief of Staff, Philippine Army |
Term Start: | November 1942 |
Term End: | April 1943 |
Termstart2: | December 21, 1935 |
Termend2: | May 3, 1936 |
President: | Jose P. Laurel |
President1: | Manuel L. Quezon |
Vicepresident: | Ramon Avanceña |
Vicepresident1: | Sergio Osmeña |
Serviceyears: | 1898 - 1945 |
Profession: | Soldier Clerk of Court |
Branch: | |
Rank: | Major general |
Commands: |
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Country: | Philippines |
Birth Place: | Bulakan, Bulacan Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Birth Date: | August 19, 1874 |
Office3: | Chief of Bureau of Customs Service |
Termstart3: | 1935 |
Termend3: | December 21, 1935 |
Successor1: | Guillermo B. Francisco |
Successor: | Guillermo B. Francisco |
Alma Mater: | Colegio de San Juan de Letran |
Birth Name: | Jose Delos Reyes |
Death Date: | February 7, 1945 |
Death Place: | Manila, Philippines |
President2: | Manuel L. Quezon |
Prior Term: | Provost Marshal General Commander, Constabulary Division |
Prior Term1: | Adjutant Manila Garrison |
President3: | Manuel L. Quezon |
Occupation: | Soldier Public Servant |
Successor2: | Paulino Santos |
Leader3: | Elpidio Quirino |
Successor3: | Guillermo Gomez |
Predecessor1: | Basilio Valdes |
Predecessor: | New |
Predecessor2: | Antonio Luna |
Predecessor3: | Vicente Aldenese |
Office4: | Assistant Chief of Constabulary |
Termstart4: | August 24, 1918 |
Termend4: | October 16, 1930 |
Governor-General4: | Francis Burton Harrison |
Jose de los Reyes was a Filipino military officer who served as the first Chief of Staff in acting capacity appointed by President Manuel L. Quezon in 1936.[1] He served in acting capacity while waiting for the assumption of General Paulino Santos the original choice of President Quezon who was still completing his term as Director of Bureau of Corrections.[2]
After the conclusion of Japanese invasion campaign in 1942, all constabulary officers are rounded and force into service to new Bureau of Constabulary. He served as its first Director from November 1942 to April 1943, succeeded by another pre-war Constabulary Chief General Francisco. He was executed by the Japanese in February 1945 along with other military prisoners of war during the US forces liberation of Manila. Along with thousands of citizens massacred, his body was not recovered.[3]