| Rafael Martinez | |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Tubigon, Bohol, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Party: | Nacionalista |
| Office1: | Senator of the Philippines |
| Term Start1: | 30 December 1941 |
| Term End1: | 25 May 1946 |
| Office2: | Governor of Leyte |
| Term Start2: | 1936 |
| Term End2: | 30 December 1941 |
Rafael Martinez (born 10 October 1873) was a Filipino politician.
Martinez was born in Tubigon, Bohol to Celestino Martinez and Carlota Corro on 10 October 1873. He pursued his higher education in Porcuna and Bilbao, Spain. After he returned to the Philippines, he engaged in farming, cattle-raising and other agricultural activities before entering politics.[1]
Martinez was elected in 1934 as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the 1st district of Leyte. In 1936, he was appointed Governor of Leyte, and was elected in his own right in 1937. He was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1941 as a Nacionalista candidate but was only able to take office in 1945 due to the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War. He served until 1946.[1] He ran for re-election for senator in the 1946 Philippine general election under the Nacionalista Party tandem of Sergio Osmeña and Eulogio Rodriguez, but lost, ranking 28th out of the 57 candidates.