Major General Paulino Santos (June 22, 1980 - August 25, 1945) is the first chief of staff of the Philippine Army, a former director of the Bureau of Prisons and manager of the National Land Settlement Administration (NLSA). One of the settlements he founded, the former Buayan District in Cotabato, is renamed General Santos City. This biography, which comes in magazine form, dwells more on his official events rather than his personal life.