Paulino Santos
Paulino Torres Santos Sr. was a Filipino military officer who was Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 1936 to 1938. Concurrently, he is considered the first official Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Upon his retirement, he served as a civilian administrator under President Manuel L. Quezon, facilitating the settlement and cultivation of agricultural lands in Mindanao. The city of General Santos is named after him, having been renamed from Buayan in 1954.
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