Victor Corpus | |
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_-_Flickr.jpg) Corpus in 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Victor Navarro Corpus October 4, 1944 San Pablo, Laguna, Philippine Commonwealth |
| Died | April 4, 2024 (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | Philippine Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Philippines New People's Army |
| Branch/service | Philippine Army (GRP) |
| Years of service | 1967–1970; 1987–2004 (PA) 1970–1976 (NPA) |
| Rank |  Brigadier General (PA) |
| Commands | Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines |
Victor Navarro Corpus (October 4, 1944 – April 4, 2024) was a Filipino military officer and public official best known for his 1970 defection from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to the New People's Army of the Communist Party of the Philippines during the authoritarian regime of Ferdinand Marcos,[1][2] for his defection from the NPA in 1976, his return to the AFP after the 1986 People Power Revolution,[3] and his later role as chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP).
A member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class of 1967, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of the AFP in May 2003,[4] and retired with that rank when he reached retirement age in October 2004.[5][6]
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- ^ "Ex-communist leader gets sentimental as divers find sunken ship". Gulf News Asia. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ Mydans, Seth; Special to the New York Times (January 16, 1987). "Manila Journal; the Rebel Soldier Who's Never Without a Cause". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ "Victor Corpus now a general". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ "Corpus out as ISAFP chief". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ^ "Victor Corpus retires at 60". Balitang Marino. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
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