Miguel Cornejo y Reyes (May 8, 1888 – August 8, 1984) was a Filipino soldier, politician, and lawyer. He served as municipal president of Pasay and representative from Mountain Province. During the American administration in the Philippines, and after independence, as an attorney and legislator he championed many causes. 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 Philippine National Guard (PNG) 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. Descended from a prominent Spanish Filipino mestizo family, he spoke and authored many works in fluent Spanish, English and Tagalog. He married Crisanta Soldevilla of Gasan, Marinduque.
Political career Cornejo was a two-term municipal president (present-day equivalent of mayor) of Pasay, then a municipality in the province of Rizal.Pasay City-Islands Philippines. http://pasay.islandsphilippines.com/history.php He was first elected municipal president in 1919. In 1922, at the end of his term as municipal president, he was elected Representative of Mountain Province's Lone District for the 6th Philippine Legislature. However, he did not finish his term as he was removed from office by the governor-general on October 6, 1925, after being convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for assaulting an American. In 1928, he became Municipal President of Pasay once again, serving until 1931.
During the 1930s, Cornejo was the leader of a minor fascist party, which in 1935 became one of the founding parties of the National Socialist Party. The party ran former Philippine president Emilio Aguinaldo as its candidate in the 1935 Philippine presidential election, which Aguinaldo lost to Nacionalista Party candidate Manuel L. Quezon.
References
Book - History of the Armed Forces of the Filipino People by Cesar P. Pobre. New Day Publishers, 2000. Pages 163, 171.*
External links Cornell University. Asia Collections - Colonial Era Resources. Book - The Philippine Army 1935-1942, by Ricardo Trota Jose. Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992. Page 21.