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Gil Puyat
1981Mar, 22

Gil Puyat

Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
Gil Juco Puyat Sr. (September 1, 1907 – March 22, 1981) was a Filipino statesman and businessman who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951 until 1972, when President Ferdinand Marcos shut Congress down and declared Martial Law, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972.

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