Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
AUGUST 24, 1890
Jorge Bartolome Vargas (August 24, 1890 - February 22, 1980), a lawyer, sportsman and civic leader was born in Bago City, Negros Occidental.
He was a charter member of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (now the Philippine Olympic Committee) and one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
In 1941, he sat as the Secretary of National Defense and was appointed by President Manuel Quezon as mayor of the Greater Manila Area.
Vargas was chairman of the Philippine Executive Commission in 1942 to 1943 and Ambassador to Japan from 1943 to 1945.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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