Napoleon G. Rama

Napoleon "Nap" Genson Rama, PLH (July 27, 1923 – January 10, 2016) was a Filipino Visayan lawyer, journalist, and writer in English and Spanish from Cebu, Philippines. He was the Vice President of the 1971 Constitutional Convention and the Floor Leader of the 1986 Constitutional Commission. In 2011, he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor, the country's highest recognition, with the rank of Grand Commander on the 25th anniversary of the EDSA 1 Revolution by President Benigno S. Aquino III. Early life Napoleon Rama, son of statesman Vicente Rama and Catalina Genson, was born on July 27, 1923. He married Paz Ramos and the couple had five children namely Liza Grace, Napoleon Jr., Ma. Gina Linda, Ma. Pamela and Ronald. In college, he attended the University of San Carlos and was the school paper's editor-in-chief, and became a lawyer on January 26, 1952. Career Journalism A lawyer by profession, he represented Vicente Rubi's copyright case for the song "Kasadya ning Taknaa" that had a Tagalog version, "Ang Pasko ay Sumapit." He wrote for the Philippine Free Press, and his article "North Borneo Belongs To Us" was a landmark publication that was used by the Philippines as a basis to claim Borneo. Awarded "Journalist of the Year" in 1959, he worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin in the United States and was the editor of El Observatorio, a Spanish newspaper in Cebu.