Venancio Concepción Explained

Venancio Concepcion
Office:President, Philippine National Bank
Office1:Chief of General Staff, Philippine Republican Army
Term End:1920
Term Start:1918
Termstart1:January 21, 1899
Termend1:June 6,1899
Serviceyears:1896 – 1899
Profession:Accountant
Branch:Philippine Republican Army
Allegiance:Philippines
Successor:Henry Parker Willis
Successor1:Philippine Republican Army defeated
Rank: Heneral de Division
Governor-General:Francis Burton Harrison
President1:Emilio Aguinaldo
Occupation:Banker
Public Servant
Soldier
Lawmaker
Predecessor1:Ambrosio Flores

Venancio Concepción was a Filipino general under the leadership of President Emilio Aguinaldo. He fought battles in Iloilo. He represented Iloilo in Malolos Congress.[1]

He was appointed as Chief of General of the Army and he saw action Central Luzon. However, President Aguinaldo, just hours after Antonio Luna's death on June 5, 1899, mobilized the remaining reserves of Luna's officers and men from the field, including General Concepción, whose headquarters in Angeles, Pampanga Aguinaldo launched an inspection of firearms the same day Luna was murdered.[2] During the American period, in 1918, he was appointed as the first Filipino president of the Philippine National Bank, the first universal bank in the Philippines, by the American Governor-General of the Philippines Francis Burton Harrison. He succeeded Henry Parker Willis, who was then appointed director of research of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[3] However, in 1920, he was tried and convicted of fraud.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://philippinediaryproject.com/about-the-philippine-diary-project/about-the-diaries/about-venancio-concepcion/
  2. Book: Jose, Vicencio. The Rise and Fall of Antonio Luna. 1972. Solar Pub. Corporation. 9789711707002.
  3. Web site: Locating Federal Reserve Districts and Headquarters Cities . David Hammes . Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071219073811/http://www.minneapolisfed.org/pubs/region/01-09/hammes.cfm . 2007-12-19 .
  4. , page 444.