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Miguel R. Cornejo (1888–1984), two-term Municipal President (Mayor) of Pasay, Philippines,〔Pasay City-Islands Philippines. http://pasay.islandsphilippines.com/history.php〕 was also an elected member of the 6th Philippine Legislature (Congress) from 1922 to 1925. During the American Administration in the Philippines,〔Book - Philippine Parties and Politics by Dapen Liang PhD. Gladstone Press, 1971. Page 203. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvJaAAAAIAAJ&q=miguel+cornejo+philippines&dq=miguel+cornejo+philippines&hl=en&ei=2mpeTK7EKMaAlAfX-dSZCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ〕 and after independence, as an attorney and legislator he championed many causes.〔National Committee on Urban Problems. US Congress. Comm. on Foreign Affairs. 1960. Page 78. http://books.google.com/books?id=GUcgAAAAMAAJ&q=miguel+cornejo+philippines&dq=miguel+cornejo+philippines&hl=en&ei=q6peTKP3B4L68Abz0ci5DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgK〕 In 1939, he compiled and published the Cornejo's Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines, often used as an historical source for the period.〔Philippine eLib, Your access to the most comprehensive libraries in the Philippines and the world. http://www.elib.gov.ph/results.php?f=author&q=Cornejo%2C+Miguel+R.%2C++1888-〕 Earlier in his career, he served in the National Guard in World War I after legislative enactment of the Militia Act on March 17, 1917. After the war upon its disbandment, because the US Territorial government did not authorize a Philippine Army at the time, Miguel R. Cornejo, together with Manuel David, founded the military organization of the National Volunteers of the Philippines, leading as Brigadier General.〔History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People. New Day Publishers, 2000. Page 171. http://books.google.com/books?id=4RzfAAAAMAAJ&hl=en&dq=miguel%20cornejo%20national%20volunteers%20philippines&ei=Ck1eTJSmE4L-8AbU0Y25DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA〕 Descended from a prominent Spanish Filipino Mestizo Family, he spoke and authored many works in fluent Spanish, English〔Book-Filipino English and Taglish. By Roger M. Tomphson. John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2003. Page 65. http://books.google.com/books?id=W1h9oF9rj-MC&pg=PA64&dq=spanish+filipino&hl=en&ei=X3NeTLz1HIPGlQfp05CxCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=spanish%20filipino&f=false〕 and Tagalog. He married Crisanta Soldevilla of Gasan, Marinduque. His direct descendants are spread all over the world, from Australia〔National Library of Australia. Catalogue. Cornejo's Commonwealth directory of the Philippines, compiled and edited by Miguel R. Cornejo. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/970814〕 to Miami, Florida, USA, Montgomery County Maryland, USA, as well as Ontario, Canada, and include singer Wency Cornejo; composer Dr Rodolfo Cornejo; model Deneice Cornejo; late Naval Colonel and Paranaque politician Councilor Jess C Bustamante; former television personality Joaqui Mendoza; Papal Knight Sir Drexel Gregory; and GMA executive Rodrigo Cornejo. File:Cornejo.jpg == References == Book - History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People by Cesar P. Pobre. New Day Publishers, 2000. Pages 163, 171. * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miguel Cornejo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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