Oscar Castelo (May 20, 1903 – June 20, 1982) was a judge of the Manila Court and
Secretary of National Defense of the
Philippines
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Born in
Cabanatuan
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Nueva Ecija
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, Castelo enrolled at the
San Juan de Letran and later at
Escuela de Derecho. He was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1927 and was equally fluent in English and Spanish. He later moved to United States, where he died on June 20, 1982, aged 79.
See also
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Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
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List of Cabinets of the Philippines
The following is a list of Cabinets of the Philippines by the President of the Philippines under which they operated.
Emilio Aguinaldo (1899–1901)
Manuel L. Quezon (1935–1944)
Appointments (1935–1941)
War Cabinet (1941–1 ...
References
Castelo's Biography
1903 births
1982 deaths
Secretaries of National Defense of the Philippines
20th-century Filipino judges
Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni
University of Santo Tomas alumni
People from Cabanatuan
Quirino administration cabinet members
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